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Fleur Childs by Lost At E Minor

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Young Australian artist Fleur Childs was "staying at Arugam Bay, a remote beach community on the east coast of Sri Lanka, when the Indian ocean tsunami struck. With the works that make up Boxing Day, Childs relives and reimagines her experience of riding the wave that killed over 200,000 people." Childs is a graduate of the College of Fine Arts.

Her exhibition, "Boxing Day," is on at Sydney's Blank Space Gallery
26 October-1 November 2006
374 Crown Street
Surry Hills, NSW 2010
Australia

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This entry posted on 23 October 2006 at 9:28 AM
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