The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The temporary camp for New Zealand troops at Guadalcanal Beach Resort; eX de Medici also sketched this location [ART94161]. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with troops from New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga formed the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI). The RAMSI peacekeeping mission has been present in the Solomon Islands since 2003. eX de Medici was sent to the Solomon Islands in March 2009 as an Australian War Memorial official artists during one of the wettest weeks of the year. Continual downpour restricted her ability to paint or sketch on site. De Medici relied on journal records and hundreds of photographs of her observations and experiences to produce her artwork. Stitching together elements from numerous photographs, de Medici created a series of artworks that does not reflect a particular location, instead merges historical and contemporary motifs revealing the uncertain future of the Solomon Islands.
Pencil sketch of the temporary camp for the New Zealanders at Guadalcanal Beach Resort. Guadalcanal Beach Resort (GBR) is the main base for the military and police forces of the Regional Assistance M
Inside eX de Medici's home studio. eX de Medici was sent to the Solomon Islands in March 2009 during one of the wettest weeks of the year. Continual downpour restricted her ability to paint and sketch
Glenn Campbell, official photographer for the Australian War Memorial, avoiding the tropical downpour at Guadalcanal Beach Resort, the main base for military and police forces of the Regional Assistan
eX de Medici's makeshift studio set up to escape the torrential rain. Located at the Guadalcanal Beach Resort accommodation blocks, which was the main base for the Regional Assistance Mission to the S
Corporal (Cpl) Natalie Forrestal (left), Cpl Fenton (centre) and Private Jensen at Guadalcanal Beach Resort the main base for military and police forces of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solom
A palm frond lying in the mud after one of the wettest weeks of the year. eX de Medici used this pattern as her interpretation of camouflage on a cutaway helmet [ART94370]. The Australian Defence Forc
New Zealand army Corporal Robert Turner, mechanic at the Guadalcanal Beach Resort workshops, reveals his tattoo to eX de Medici. The skill, technique and patience required for tattooing has fed into e
