TREVOR NICKOLLS - FLOOD

 TREVOR NICKOLLS
FLOOD,  1990
56 x 76 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvas
 
PROVENANCE
Adelaide, SA
Queensland College of Art Gallery, QLDPrivate Collection, QLD 
 
STORY
This work was created in 1990 for Nickollsā€™ solo exhibition ā€�Gondola Dreamingā€™ at the Queensland College of Art Gallery, after his return from the 1990 Venice Biennale where he was exhibited alongside of Rover Thomas. ā€�Nickolls work has always dealt with the paradoxes and complexities of being an Aboriginal, in an urban environment.This particular work deals metaphorically with the difficulties of living with the incessant rain of white culture on Aboriginal society. The sad Aboriginal trapped in white mans houses with the spirit attempting to escape through the roof. The snakes in this painting represent danger.ā€¯ Exhibition catalogue
 
EXHIBITED
Paris Outsider Art Fair, October 2015, ParisTrevor Nickolls : Gondola Dreaming, Brisbane : Queensland College of Art Gallery, 1990.Illustrated in Trevor Nickolls : Gondola Dreaming and Other Dreams, Henrietta Fourmile Henrietta and Doug Hall, Queensland College of Art Gallery, 1990.