Judy Watson sensitively draws from histories of Indigenous Australians, including her own family and cultural connections. She often incorporates silhouetted figures, recalling those found in rock art in parts of Indigenous Australia; this device signals the persistence of Aboriginal presence, as well as a kind of spiritual power. Here, two paintings use veiled imagery to evoke different experiences of loss. In passing from the edge of memory to the night sky, layers of indigo depict the night sky as seen from Waanyi country in far north-western Queensland, the homeland of Watson’s grandmother, who passed away as the work was being made. In memory bones, white marks overlay splattered red, representing the fractured ribs and blood of Mulrunji Doomadgee, a Palm Island man who died in police custody in 2004 – and whose loss became representative of continued police brutality against Aboriginal people.