BLAK DOUGLAS - GONE TO THE DOGS
BLAK DOUGLAS
GONE TO THE DOGS, 2005
86 x 230 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvas
REGION
Redfern, NSW
PROVENANCE
Walkabout Gallery, SydneyPrivate collection, Sydney
Shapiro Auctioneers, Sydney, 28 July 2022, lot 96
Private collection, Melbourne
Art Leven, NSW
STORY
Born Adam Douglas Hill in Blacktown, NSW (1970) to a Dhungatti Father / Caucasian Mother and carries English, German, Irish & Scottish ancestry. The moniker ‘Blak Douglas’ was conceived 2014 in honour of his dominant genealogies.
Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from University of Western Sydney Nepean 1994, he observed a family of artisans leading to becoming self-practiced in painting. His style is generally influenced by politics and social justice.
Blak Douglas won the Kilgour Prize 2019, the STILL Award 2020 and the Archibald Prize 2022. Prior he has exhibited extensively including at the 3rd National Indigenous Triennial at National Gallery of Australia, TARNANTHI festival in Adelaide, AAMU in Netherlands.
Text from Blak Douglas
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