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Gordon Bennett

Gordon Bennett (1955 - 2014) was active/lived in Australia.  Gordon Bennett is 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 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 Kunstsenter in Europe during 1999–2000, Australian State galleries between 2007–2009 and The Netherlan   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6139 characters.]  Artist bio

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