One foot on the ground, one foot in the water

‘One foot on the ground, one foot in the water’ presented by La Trobe Art Institute explores the universal subject of death and our concern with loss of life. The artworks by 10 leading artists and collectives – including Nell, Richard Lewer, Catherine Bell and Mabel Juli – mount art making as a means to face mortality, collectively and individually. A departure from vanitas and memento mori paintings, these