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Gordon Bennett BIOGRAPHY
1955 Monto, Queensland, Australia - 2014. Known for: Conceptual painting, abstract figure, calligraphy, cartoonish images.
Five things to know about Gordon Bennett. Meet one of Australia’s most important contemporary artists, whose bold and playful works explore the politics of identity. 1. HE IS ONE OF THE LEADING... Read full biography
Five things to know about Gordon Bennett. Meet one of Australia’s most important contemporary artists, whose bold and playful works explore the politics of identity. 1. HE IS ONE OF THE LEADING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS OF HIS GENERATION. Gordon Bennett (1955–2014) worked for Telecom Australia before... Read full biography
Five things to know about Gordon Bennett. Meet one of Australia’s most important contemporary artists, whose bold and playful works explore the politics of identity. 1. HE IS ONE OF THE LEADING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS OF HIS GENERATION. Gordon Bennett (1955–2014) worked for Telecom Australia before quitting his job at the age of thirty and enrolling in a fine arts degree at Queensland College of Art. His colourful and thought provoking conceptual paintings, prints, performance videos and... Read full biography
Five things to know about Gordon Bennett. Meet one of Australia’s most important contemporary artists, whose bold and playful works explore the politics of identity. 1. HE IS ONE OF THE LEADING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS OF HIS GENERATION. Gordon Bennett (1955–2014) worked for Telecom Australia before quitting his job at the age of thirty and enrolling in a fine arts degree at Queensland College of Art. His colourful and thought provoking conceptual paintings, prints, performance videos and installations draw on many different sources and styles. This included abstract expressionism and a dot aesthetic inspired by the Papunya Tula art movement of the Australian Western Desert. His artwork resist and debate racial stereotyping and is critical of... Read full biography
Five things to know about Gordon Bennett. Meet one of Australia’s most important contemporary artists, whose bold and playful works explore the politics of identity. 1. HE IS ONE OF THE LEADING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS OF HIS GENERATION. Gordon Bennett (1955–2014) worked for Telecom Australia before quitting his job at the age of thirty and enrolling in a fine arts degree at Queensland College of Art. His colourful and thought provoking conceptual paintings, prints, performance videos and installations draw on many different sources and styles. This included abstract expressionism and a dot aesthetic inspired by the Papunya Tula art movement of the Australian Western Desert. His artwork resist and debate racial stereotyping and is critical of Australia’s colonial history and postcolonial present. Major retrospectives of his work toured Icon and Arnolfini galleries and Heine Onstad Ku... Read full biography
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Five things to know about Gordon Bennett
Meet one of Australia’s most important contemporary artists, whose bold and playful works explore the politics of identity
1. HE IS ONE OF THE LEADING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS OF HIS GENERATION
Gordon Bennett (1955–2014) worked for Telecom Australia before quitting his job at the age of thirty and enrolling in a fine arts degree at Queensland College of Art. His colourful and thought provoking conceptual paintings, prints, performance videos and installations draw on many different sources and styles. This included abstract expressionism and a dot aesthetic inspired by the Papunya Tula art movement of the Australian Western Desert. His artwork resist and debate racial stereotyping and is criti...But wait, there's more...
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