Bildcredits: Ausschnitt der Ausstellung „Not an Animal or a Plant“, Sydney Festival 2017. Foto: Peter Morgan
Über…
- Geboren 1967 in Queensland, Australien
- Studium am Queensland College of Art
- Gründer von ProppaNOW
- Als indigener Künstler zieht sich das Thema des Rassismus und Kolonialismus durch sein Werk
„I had no status when I was born, none at all. My skin is too dark to be considered a white person. My status was non-person. It would have been possible for a policeman to shoot me dead and there would have been no repercussions for him whatsoever. So I’m not talking about history here. I’m talking about my own life.“ – Vernon Ah Kee, 20171
ausgewählte Beispiele…
If I was White 2002, 6×5 A4 Raster, The Island, Campbeltow
Kick the Dust 2019, Schutzschilde und Kohle, Installationsansicht aus ‘Volent Salt’ 2019, Artspace Mackay. Foto: Claire Watson.
Quellen:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-22/indigenous-australian-artist-vernon-ah-kee- the-island-exhibition/11985958
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jan/09/vernon-ah-kee-review-racism- dominates-show-that-should-not-be-missed