PAUL BONG | 'The Heart Will Live On' | 2026 | Hand coloured intaglio etching | H 1120 x W 800 mm

"The final work in the series, ‘The Heart Will Live on 2000/present’, shows that despite frontier wars and colonisation, Aboriginal people and their cultures are still very much alive. In a statement about the work the artist writes: 'The flag of the Union Jack is now as part the other fragments in this shield. The middle fragment represents the "Heart”, The Heart of the Dreamtime, The Heart of the song lines and the heart of my story. The shield is the “Heart" of the rainforest people but our fragmented lives are still very much alive. We are still hanging on to what is left. To Our Fallen, Men Women and Our Children. Lest We Forget.'"

PAUL BONG | 'The Heart Will Live On' | 2026 | Hand coloured intaglio etching | H 1120 x W 800 mm