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Artist Franck Gohier is part of the artistic fabric of Darwin, but, when he arrived from France with his parents 50 years ago, the cyclone-ravaged outpost was like an alien universe. "It was like being on another planet, or in a science fiction movie or something," he says. "It was pretty wild." That impression reverberates in the vast body of work the painter, sculptor and printmaker has produced since he started making art in the 1980s, at times weaving Northern Territory and French culture seamlessly. His work is exhibited in galleries across Australia and overseas, sharing his unique take on all things typically Territorian with the broader world. Gohier grew up around his parents’ demolition business during the clean-up after Cyclone Tracy, and much of his early years were spent foraging around the mangroves as an amateur archaeologist. By Dianne King for ABC News Northern Territory.
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