Click to enlargeb. 1941
- Region
- South-East Australia
- Community
- Nabiac
- Language group
- Birpi (Biripi); Worimi
The Narcissistic Red Coat, 2000
oil on canvas
41 x 51 Image: 60 x 72 frame cm
$4,500
- Provenance
- The Collection of Gordon and Elaine Syron, NSW
- Exhibited
- Black Art White Walls – The Anne and Adrian Newstead Collection (Australian regional gallery tour): Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Wahroonga NSW, 23 January – 30 March 2014 Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, Wagga Wagga NSW, 7 April – 12 June 2014 Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong Vic, 4 September – 8 October 2014 Moree Plains Gallery, Moree NSW, 1 December 2014 – 29 January 2015 Manning Regional Gallery, Taree NSW, 30 January – 15 March 2015 Burrinja Regional Gallery, Upwey Vic, 4 July – 28 September 2015 Brunswick Regional Gallery, Brunswick Vic, 16 October – 8 November 2015 Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra Qld, 20 January – 28 February 2016 O Tempo dos Sonhos – The Time of Dreaming (Arte Aborígene Contemporânea da Austrália), Caixa Cultural Foundation & Casa Fiat de Cultura, touring 2018 – 2024: Brazil: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza, Curitiba, Brasília, Salvador, Recife, Uberlândia Argentina: Buenos Aires, Córdoba Uruguay: Montevideo
- Artwork story
- This redcoat is admiring his reflection at the edge of the water. He loves his red coat. He washes his hands of the blood as he has had a busy day cutting off heads to take back as trophies, some may be even sent to England to scientists. He has been hired to clear the land for the squatters to make it safe for their families. The squatters can then clear the land of the trees and wildlife as they wish at their leisure.