Gina Rinehart and me II
Vincent NAMATJIRA: artist
I decided to paint some of the political leaders and big decision makers in the world and our country today... I'm interested in painting strong figures and leaders, we see them on the news and wonder how and why they make their decisions. These powerful people are far away from us here on the APY Lands, but when I paint them it brings them right into the studio. I like to paint with a little bit of humour, humour takes away soem of their power and keeps us all equal (Artist statement, Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art: Tarnanthi 2017).
Title
Gina Rinehart and me II
Artist/Maker and role
Vincent NAMATJIRA: artist
Date
2017
Medium
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Measurements
91.0 x 122.0cm
94.5 x 124.5 cm [framed]
94.5 x 124.5 cm [framed]
Credit line
Purchased through The Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation: TomorrowFund, 2017
© Vincent Namatjira, 2017
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
2017/0209