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THE inaugural Julie Miller Markoff Visual Arts Award exhibition, The Glory Box, by Mildura artist Rosina Byrne, challenges the expectations and limitations placed on many women living in ethnic cultural groups within Australian society.
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Byrne's powerful work Wrapped within Culture is the centrepiece, with 45 plastic dolls of various ethnicities, encased in sheep bungs (normally used to make salami), hanging from stainless steel hooks in the gallery.
Through this direct reference to Italian migrant experiences, Rosina questions notions of inherited cultural roles and gender stereotypes.
The Glory Box is the first of three annual exhibitions made possible by Castlemaine businesswoman and entrepreneur Julie Miller Markoff, who recently added the role of philanthropist to her creative endeavours.
The Glory Box, and Bendigo Writers Festival Exhibition: Bruce Whatley are showing at the La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre until Sunday, August 9.
