Gordon Bennett

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Gordon Bennett was a prominent Australian contemporary artist known for his powerful explorations of Indigenous identity, postcolonialism, and race through painting and mixed media.

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instanceOf Australian artist
contemporary artist
human
painter
activeYearsStart late 1980s
artisticTechnique appropriation of Western art historical imagery
mixed media collage
use of text in painting
awardReceived Moët & Chandon Australian Art Fellowship NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1955-10-09
dateOfDeath 2014-06-03
educatedAt Queensland College of Art NERFINISHED
ethnicBackground Aboriginal Australian and Anglo-Celtic descent
ethnicGroup Indigenous Australian
familyName Bennett NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork contemporary art
mixed media art
painting
genre abstract painting
history painting
portraiture
givenName Gordon NERFINISHED
hasWorkInCollection Art Gallery of New South Wales NERFINISHED
National Gallery of Australia NERFINISHED
National Gallery of Victoria NERFINISHED
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art NERFINISHED
influencedBy Aboriginal art traditions
Australian colonial painting
Jackson Pollock NERFINISHED
Jean-Michel Basquiat NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement appropriation art
conceptual art
contemporary Indigenous Australian art
postcolonial art
name Gordon Bennett NERFINISHED
nationality Australian
notableFor critical engagement with Australian colonial history
explorations of Indigenous identity
explorations of postcolonialism
explorations of race
notableWork “Home Décor (Algebra)” series NERFINISHED
“Notes to Basquiat” series NERFINISHED
“Possession Island” NERFINISHED
“Self-portrait (But I Always Wanted to Be One of the Good Guys)” NERFINISHED
“The Coming of the Light” NERFINISHED
occupation artist
painter
printmaker
placeOfBirth Monto, Queensland, Australia NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Brisbane, Queensland, Australia NERFINISHED

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National Art School hasAlumni Gordon Bennett
South Australian artists notableMember Gordon Bennett