Gordon Bennett - Artist Info

About Gordon Bennett

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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...

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