Podcast: Play in new window Download. At the time of writing, his work hangs in the Art Gallery of NSW in both the Archibald and Wynne prizes which are arguably the most famous portrait and landscape awards in Australia. His paintings always have something to say about social justice, often with irony and humour playing an important part and with his Aboriginal identity central to his work. Although his name given at birth is Adam Hill, he took on the name Blak Douglas in recent years to reflect those two sides of his ancestry.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Blak Douglas
Leave empty or type-in a single keyword to search in work title or work description. Leave empty or type-in Cooee catalogue numbers digits only separated by commas eg: , to find selected works. Search by numbers is exclusive of catgory search above. In that exhibition, I restyled generic road signs we are all too familiar with and gave them a satirical makeover. In this exhibition, we see several pieces of a similar vein. This piece came to mind when recently driving through a National Park in Western Sydney. So with a twist, here we see a fictitious version. Given the amount of country highways I see, there are stretches where speed limits could definitely increase. The metaphor I see here is reflected in the Colonial law under which Aboriginal peoples have been forced to live. Subscribe to our email newsletters to keep informed.
Queen of her own stage
Simon Chan has established a reputation as a professional gallery director who has helped many aspiring artists by showing them in his Art Atrium Gallery. Mixing exhibitions of established artists with younger artists, he has created a perfect way to promote living artists in difficult times. Simon has also endeavoured to get prominent figures in the art world to open his exhibitions, which is a good way to publicise and promote younger artists.
Is this a sign of my own weakness. We try to make this place a little better than we found it. Modest dressing is the best policy here. I am Roman Catholic so I believe almost the exact same things as a regular-non mobot- type mormon This religion Mormonism has a dual identity where some believers are closed mined fools. He states that if he is making such a tremendously better income, it would be selfish of me to put our children in daycare in the future so I can work. I agree we shouldn't continue if we can't accept each other as we are. It's a heart-wrenching story. Not one little bit. I forgot to add, that if you marry and alow your children to be raised as Mormon, chances are you wont be able to be at their wedding because it will be in the temple. Now just ask yourself what are the odds of her thinking her way out that crazy nonsense.
