Artist
Vernon Ah Kee
b. 1967 · Aboriginal Australian
Vernon Ah Kee creates large charcoal portraits, text works and videos that confront racism, colonial violence and the representation of Aboriginal people. His portraits often reclaim archival photographs by restoring scale and individual presence.
Drawing; video; text; installation
Major Works
- 2010Tall Man →
- 2007not an animal or a plant →
- 2008Born in This Skin →
- 2007cantchant →
- 2006neither pride nor courage →
- 2008brutalities →
- 2014unrelenting →
- 2013Ideas of Barbed Wire →
- 2004fantasies of the good →
- 2000s onwardPortrait Drawings →
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
