Artist
Gordon Bennett
1955–2014 · Aboriginal Australian
Gordon Bennett developed a major painting practice around colonial history, race, language and the construction of Australian identity. He appropriated Western modernism, Aboriginal visual references, maps and historical documents while resisting pressure to be reduced to a fixed Indigenous style.
Painting; printmaking; installation
Major Works
- 1990The Nine Ricochets (Fall Down Black Fella, Jump Up White Fella) →
- 1991Possession Island (Abstraction) →
- 1988Outsider →
- 1991Interior (with Interiority) →
- 1997Home Decor (Preston + De Stijl = Citizen) →
- 1999–2007Notes to Basquiat →
- 1987The Coming of the Light →
- 1990Self-Portrait (But I Always Wanted to Be One of the Good Guys) →
- 2000sNumber Nine →
- 1990sHome Décor series →
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
