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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Joe Hinchliffe

‘Death is birth’: Megan Cope on creating art out of catastrophe

Quandamooka artist Megan Cope frequently works with maps for her sculptural installations and paintings, which explore identity, environment and critiques of colonialism.
Quandamooka artist Megan Cope frequently works with maps for her sculptural installations and paintings, which explore identity, environment and colonialism Photograph: Supplied by Megan Cope

The most significant venue of her career was about to host her most important work yet, but Quandamooka artist Megan Cope almost didn’t board the plane to attend its opening night in Paris.

Cope couldn’t find her passport. But that wasn’t the main reason she was on the brink of choosing to stay in her Lismore studio rather than fly off to join a handful of selected artists from around the world displaying their work in the Palais de Tokyo’s Reclaim the Earth exhibition.

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