{"product_id":"childhood","title":"Childhood","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChildhood, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCyanotype print on tea paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChildhood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a baby rests in a coolamon surrounded by abundance, while the magpie’s outstretched wings evoke Country as provider and protector. Above, symbols of the colony gather, imposing themselves upon a world in which the child is already cared for, protected and belonging.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work challenges colonial assumptions that Blak childhood required intervention, protection or remaking. Before these imposed definitions, Blak children belonged within their own systems of kinship, care, knowledge, law and Country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChildhood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e asks us to see the child before state intervention: loved, connected and belonging. Their life and future were never the state’s to define.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boneta-Marie Mabo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52815164834072,"sku":"B-MM02","price":300.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0859\/7526\/9656\/files\/63.png?v=1791521147","url":"https:\/\/aboriginalart.co\/products\/childhood","provider":"Aboriginal Art Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}