‘Like a radioactive cloud’: elegance and horror combine in powerful Yhonnie Scarce exhibition

Australia’s forgotten nuclear history and its dehumanisation of Aboriginal people come together in the First Nations glass artist’s fiercely intellectual and deeply felt workGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailYhonnie Scarce grew up in the grim aftermath of nuclear weapons testing in South Australia in the 50s and 60s, not far from her birthplace of Woomera. From the tender age of ten, she heard stories from elders about a cataclysmic roar, the sky turning red and a poisonous