Humanity and the sea - maritime art goes virtual
By Meg Hill
A portrait of Behrouz Boochani – the outspoken refugee activist who was held in detention by the Australian government for six years – has won a category award in the Mission to Seafarers Victoria’s (MtSV’s) Maritime Art Prize.
The portrait, titled All Men will be Sailors, won artist Benedict Sibley the 2020 emerging artist award in the highly regarded competition in October.
“A main aspect with this work is that it’s inherently political,” Mr Sibley told Docklands News.
“The theme of the exhibition was ‘the relationship of humanity to the sea’ and the way most people have historically come to Australia was from boat.”
Mr Sibley’s parents were both “boat people” – his mother a refugee from Lithuania, and his fa- ther was what Mr Sibley...
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