Artist:
Unlinke Richard Bell, Vernon Ah Kee's work is both beautiful as well as political. In the works below Ah Kee makes the connection between the Germany and his own country.
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| Consent, selling; fire; burning; consent 2003
Leading Indigenous artist Vernon Ah Kee is known for his incisive critiques of White Australian culture. In the Cant Chant exhibition he takes on the iconic subject of the
beach and casts a critical eye on its special role in forming Australian identity.
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pushes aside the common sense of the beach as a destination for leisure, relaxation, and fun, and presents it as a cultural battleground. As the Cronulla riots demonstrated, racism remains deeply-rooted in the Australian psyche. Casting themselves as Indigenous, white yobbos wearing such slogans as '' attacked more recent immigrants.
Cant Chant includes surfboards painted with north Queensland rainforest shield designs as well as a video installation featuring dead boards (waterlogged surfboards) blasted by guns, and Aboriginal surfers.
Cant Chant is an Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane touring exhibition. - http://www.artscentre.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/past-event/cantchant-vernon-ah-kee.cfm
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| 'Cant Chat', 2007-9. |
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| 'Cant Chat', 2007-9. |
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