Karla Dickens Black and Blue - Andrew Baker · the phantoms who walk through dispossession closure...

KA R L A D I C K E N S

B L A C K A N D B L U E

TA K I N G B A C K T H E S TA R S 2016Mixed media225 × 108 cm

$22,000

TA K I N G B A C K T H E S TA R S 2016 (D E TA I L )

S E V E N S I S T E R S

The flag has taken a turnin an attempt to reclaim the starsas I work on the 'Seven Sisters' story

Ancestral womensky peoplethe sky worlda bridge between culturesthe connection cord to Earth

Including the dark patchesin which the black fellas seem more interested

Also liking the connection in the storyof women protecting each other from the predatorbe it the Southern Crossthe Moonor the man who wouldn't take “no” for an answer

Anyhow, the process is long but steady

DO G H O U S E 2016Mixed media

140 × 60 × 55 cm$7,700

DO G H O U S E 2016 (D E TA I L )

BO U N D 2015Mixed media

Polyptych (6 parts), dimensions variable$33,000

BO U N D (DE TA I L— V E R S O)

BO U N D B Y A D D I C T I O N 2015Mixed media210 × 55 cm

BO U N D B Y A D D I C T I O N 2015 (DE TA I L )

BO U N D B Y B E A U T Y M Y T H S 2015Mixed media210 × 55 cm

BO U N D B Y B E A U T Y M Y T H S 2015 (DE TA I L )

BO U N D B Y C H I L D R E N 2015Mixed media210 × 55 cm

BO U N D B Y C H I L D R E N 2015 (DE TA I L )

BO U N D B Y L A N D 2015Mixed media210 × 55 cm

BO U N D B Y L A N D 2015 (D E TA I L )

BO U N D B Y M A R R I A G E 2015Mixed media210 × 55 cm

BO U N D B Y M A R R I A G E 2015 (DE TA I L )

BO U N D B Y M O N E Y 2015Mixed media210 × 55 cm

BO U N D B Y M O N E Y 2015 (DE TA I L )

B O U N D

You asked for itin front of Godfor better or worsein sickness and in health‘till death do you parthand-cuffs lock vowsobey

Not in front of the kidsreassure the unborn babypegging tiny singlets on the linehands tried behind her backdying desperate housewivescrippled by fearpregnant

Home sweet homeblack and blue poorhouseswith a high security guarda decorated cellcommon place anchorsdreams of great escapeshung high by a worn heart-string

You’re lucky you've got meugly whinging bitchwrapped in tight cruelnessa social dress malfunctionout of date and damageddrowning in shamebe grateful

You need memummy's little helper visits dailywaiting on a chemical disastertoo lost to caretoo numb to fight backknots of effective confusiondisgraceful embarrassment

Impossible departurein ropes with closed walletsdepending on a pittanceworthless money-makerscutting off circulationrestraining the sunshineimposing quiet punishment

Bondage isn't sexyif an everyday toolcover up the swellingbuckled up for painblood-strained devotionpromises of changesorrys no more

Run

BU S H C O C K Y I 2015Mixed media

40 × 32 × 30 cm$3,300

BU S H C O C K Y I I 2015Mixed media

35 × 30 × 20 cm$3,300

BU S H C O C K Y I I I 2015Mixed media

40 × 32 × 30 cm$3,300

EX P O S E D I 2016Inkjet print, Edition 6

60 × 90 cm$2,200

E X P O S E D I I 2016Inkjet print, Edition 6

60 × 90 cm$2,200

E X P O S E D I I I 2016Inkjet print, Edition 6

60 × 90 cm$2,200

F I G H T C L U B 2016Steel and acrylic paint


F I G H T C L U B #1 (LO O K A T Y O U R S E L F) 2016Steel and acrylic paint

47 × 20 × 10 cm

LO O K A T Y O U R S E L F

Look at yorselfAustralian culture

B.Y.O.you royal boozeryou lush merchanthaving a few at the localyou elbow bending piss-pot

Aussie pridetrue sportsmen for liquorlook at the juicerhe wouldn't shout if a shark bit himlook at Mr. Boozingtonhaving a few at the locallook at the aristocratsof the bottle

Local pastimeskull-it you muganother night out with the boyshanging at the water-holeknockin' back a coupleafter a hard day's worknothin' like a coldiedodgin' booze buses

One of the boysa good Aussie blokepoor bastard having a bad runsilly old barflyboys will be boysdon't forget the Eskyflat-out like a lizard drinkinggoing off at the RSLfull as a googwith a gut-full

Grab a long-neck for me darl’pour me another middyno worries, make it a schoonerhitting the piss this arvo mateheading out to get rottenso baked he lost his stubby-holderhitting the turpsdrinking with the fliesjust a larrikin who likes a tinny

Yobbos and boganstalk our nation's thoughtsit doesn't come closein spirit or public legacymaking headlinescreating a stereotypesuch as ‘drinking Aboriginal’we have our own special labels‘top-shelf’ with added adjectives

Australian culture

F I G H T C L U B #2 (GU A R D I A N S) 2016Steel and acrylic paint

40 × 40 × 28 cm

G U A R D I A N S

Maskedwhat lies beneath?why wear one?

Protection maybeto protect oneself in battleprotect oneself from the fears of othersa country with little understandingand no care

To hideconceal your scarshidden from the truth of thosenot ready to face itAustralia's colonial shame

A sense of the invisibilitywhen you’re barely seen and never hearda few with eyes wide openthose who have a similar knowingno recognition

Death maskscultural genocidedark secrets still liveno matter how deep they are buriedthey linger, hauntgovernment policies

Worn by the homelessthe phantoms who walk through dispossessionclosure of communitiesan unspoken apartheid

Disguise the uglyto beautify the frightening realitymasquerade the factssuicide numbers raise

Altered states veiledmasking the landscapedestruction of Aboriginal sitescommercialise the spiritualdiscounted culturemining heritage

Masking complexitiesmirroring back to the face of a nationto the worldpresence and memoriescamouflage deceiving rule

Heroes wearing masksfighting for truthjusticeunlawful act unnoticedblack facered necks

Outsiders transformsmokescreens thickdistortion of warriorsprotectedwe see you

FI G H T C L U B #3 (J A C K A N D J I L L ) 2016Steel and acrylic paint

44 × 44 × 6 cm

JA C K A N D J I L L

Hold a thoughtfor the womanwho hid in the long grasslonging to be invisible

With no make-upto cover the scarsas rivers of grog flowedshe spills an ocean of blood

A workhorse by dayand endless dark nightsan animal for the takingsome called it ‘assimilation’

There was warmthon occasionglimpses of kindnessconfusion of love for lust

Babies to kissuntil the eyes turnhis fists flewthe bottle was empty

No flowersno silk scarvessinking into deep grooves of griefHoudini would find it hard to escape

One may have a paddleoccasionally a boatyet the water still smellsup Shit Creek

Staining her heartbruising her cheekswounding herknowing “until death do us part”

FI G H T C L U B #4 (DA R K S E C R E TS ) 2016Steel and acrylic paint

48 × 48 × 6 cm

D A R K S E C R E T S

1 horse2 gins3 cowsmovedremoved& eaten

My black historybrokenin the day of Mary Andersonloving her memoryI cannot polish her storyI will hold her scarsin the lightbathe them in my tearshonour her pain in artwith my own knowing pieces

Voices of true warriorsstories bleed togetherassimilatedbeaten and abusedculture torn awayleft with threads soakingin fragmented welfare bloodknowledge deniednot shared, given or toldan offensivea wardcareless protectionunjust memoriesleft& kept

No country to sit onto feelreserved for expertsanthropologists included

I wandera heart wide openI search for placecommunityholding solid momentswhere my spirit finds knowingknowing those songslistening deeplyI sing with Mary

In-between worldscultures and timestationscross-cultural holesI fall downI tripweaving my pathlonging for a wholenessthe wholeness is acceptanceaccepting damage, losstrauma

Mary was removedripped awayworked hardall day and most nightunder the skies of the Crownlawful actsrusty hooks ripbush cockyson& on

1 horse2 gins3 cowsmovedremoved& eaten

FI G H T C L U B #6 (T H E F I G H T I N G W O U N D E D) 2016Steel and acrylic paint

48 × 48 × 6 cm

TH E F I G H T I N G W O U N D E D

There are many woundssome as deep as the cliffs were highwhen the natives were rounded upand pushed to their endssome as toxic as the poisons to die forfinely-laced gifts to warm and feed

Scars lingering from the pastfew have healedsome still-open soresweeping when pokedby another black death in custodymaybe just ‘that’ lookblack-faced drunks on Australia Day

The wounded still fightreaching deep for a voicespeaking with never-heard tearswhich feed the soillimping to the next battlesupported by a crutch or stick

Standing proud

FI G H T C L U B #7 (TH E BL A C K D O G) 2016Steel and acrylic paint

40 × 40 × 8 cm

TH E B L A C K D O G

You lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas.

It was my 5th birthday.When I blew out the candles on my cake,I wished to be happy.I remember clearly laying in bed as a 10 year old,seriously worried about my propose in life.The concern of others was visible when I hit the scary age of 13.At 15 the doctors gave me my first label.

The journey since has taken many forms: inside and out.

You are either a cat-person or a dog-person.No holds bared, I'm with the dogs.

I have a shadow,it has been loyal from an early age.Like all the four-legged dogs that have walked with me,I have learnt that love and compassion win over.Each dog is an opportunity for relationship, learning, understanding and training.Some better behaved than others,but all with unconditional love on offer.

I still fight with my shadow at times.But, more than not, I love it—at least, the best I can.

Five years ago I picked up a stray dog at the Taree truckstop.Jet-black in colour, like the dog before.His fur was lacking, with scars a plenty.I was clear with myself, it would be an “outside dog”.That lasted less than a week.

Truckstop Jerry from Taree has become my lover-boy, my tangible shadow.He sleeps: with his head on a pillow, in bed, at my feet in the studio,upright in the passenger seat of the car, across my lap when I stop for the day.As I feed, love and spoil my furry son, I wonder who is the boss.I need to fight to make this point clear at times, but I do.He needs to know this balance is essential.His eyes, ears and smell have become an extension of me,

aware of anything or anyone that comes close.I know this soul and he knows mine.

I now know my shadow, my inside life.I know the best thing to feed it, I know the worst foods.I have learnt how long to stay in bed in the morning with it, how much attention is healthy.I appreciate how it keeps me company during long periods in the studio,how it allows me to fall deep into uncomfortable awareness.I value the need to express it.

My shadow has a richness.It has colour, depth, its own kind of magic, its special connections.These paintings are my attempt to give the viewer a peek into the not always black journey of living with the black dog.

When his shadow become disconnected,Peter Pan had Wendy sew it back on.If my shadow went astray, would I search for a needle?I'm not sure.But if Truckstop Jerry went walkabout,I'd surely do everything I could to find my Black Dog.

FI G H T C L U B #8 (NO C O U N T R Y ) 2016Steel and acrylic paint

40 × 40 × 5 cm

N O C O U N T R Y (P A R T O F D A R K SE C R E T S )

No country to sit onto feelreserved for expertsanthropologists includedI wandera heart wide openI search for placecommunityholding solid momentswhere my spirit finds knowingknowing those songslistening deeplyI sing with Mary

In-between worldscultures and timestationscross-cultural holesI fall downI tripweaving my pathlonging for a wholenessthe wholeness is acceptanceaccepting damage, losstrauma

Mary was removedripped awayworked hardall day and most night

CR O S S 2015Inkjet print, Editon 6

60 × 90 cm$2,200

E N T R A P P E D 2015Inkjet print, Editon 6

60 × 90 cm$2,200

AB U S E D 2015Inkjet print, Editon 6

60 × 90 cm$2,200

ON H E R K N E E S 2015Mixed media

185 × 30 × 5 cm$3,300

UN W E L C O M E 2016Mixed media

250 × 400 × 150 cm$33,000

UN W E L C O M E 2016 (A L T E R N A T I V E V I E W)

SO N G S O F S O R R O W I 2015Mixed media

190 × 60 × 5 cm$9,900

S O N G S O F S O R R O W I 2015 (DE TA I L )

S O N G S O F S O R R O W I I 2015Mixed media

190 × 60 × 5 cm$9,900

S O N G S O F S O R R O W I I 2015 (DE TA I L )

S O N G S O F S O R R O W

Before angels fallfeathers are slowly pluckednames are calledeyes are blackenedhair pulledbe brave

A fallen angellives with the wickedher sins not her ownsleeping in hellcooking for Satanbe careful

Committed to chainsin silent darknesstoo weak to runcast deep downflightless wounds weepbe scared

Sons of gods rulemen morph into giantswomen into blind miceunnatural painprotect the childrenbe smart

Angelic descentnot from great heightsbut bottomless pitsthrown against wallshostage takenbe quiet

Damned if she doesdamned if she doesn'tno prayers find heavenno love to kissfat lips bleedbe good

Smiling masqueradeshappy families lielying in the dirtdeceiving Lucifercrushing cherubbe absent

Divine mercy lostfree will brokenunforgivable torturecannot disobeyangel ceases to existbe gone

FO R B E T T E R O R W O R S E #1 2016Mixed media

42 × 30 cm (cross)$990


42 × 30 cm (cross)$990


30 × 20 cm (cross)$770

FA L L E N 2015Inkjet print, Edition 3

110 × 252 cm$11,000

S E V E N S I S T E R S (FA L L E N )

Seven sistersstars are toolsthe sky a calendardarkness unveils the lightnessunion of human and divinePleiades to some

Seven sistersover western desertsflames licking elders’ facesdogs woven into lapsnestled in the dustthe Dreaming

Seven sistersover Java roadssmoke flittering on dancers’ faceslights, makeup and dreamsstars at work, in heelswings in flight

Desert to citywest to eastwomen hold golden threadssky to earthanchoring mystical heartbeatsbearing torches in the night

Seven sisterschased by menIs it love?they run, flee, are caughtsonglines travel from ancient timesclose above the horizon

Seven sistersmothers and daughtersaunties and lady-girls light firesglimpses of men as huntersthe Southern Cross hijackedunwelcome attentionscarves stolen

Bigger stories are always underfootalways overheadlisten and widen your eyesnot forgetting the morning and evening starsfocus on the dark patchesopaque clouds of dust and gas

Connect

F A L L E N #1 2015Inkjet print, Edition 6

110 × 36 cm$2,200


110 × 36 cm$2,200

S L E E P I N G B E A U T Y I 2016Mixed media120 × 120 cm

$11,000

S L E E P I N G B E A U T Y I I 2016Mixed media120 × 120 cm

$11,000

SL E E P I N G B E A U T Y I I I 2016Mixed media120 × 120 cm

$11,000

SL E E P I N G B E A U T Y IV 2016Mixed media120 × 120 cm

$11,000

S L E E P I N G B E A U T Y

A still nightsummer smellswet grassplayful freedomdisturbed

Hunters lurkbehind cruel smilesdeluded entitlementhateful desirewanting now

Sweet dressfresh pink nailsclean squeezey haira hint of rose oildancing heart

Cruel takers takeagainst protesthard screamswilful violenceno permission

The breeze stirsmoonlight sparklesbirds stoppetals closegentle rains land

Death grippenetrating her soultrails of bloodimposing nightmaresoverpowered

Looking backenoughmovement no moredeep silence fallssleep long

I leave you flowerslove lettersgardens of tearsbutterfly kissestender hugsand yesterday's dreams

Beautiful thenbeautiful still

NE V E R E N D I N G 2015Mixed media


N E V E R E N D I N G

disrespectContinualremoval of childrenstrong voices

dispossessionNon-stopcultural genocidereconciliation

displacementEverlastingwidespread damageengaged warriors

disillusionedUnboundedentrenched povertyancestral guidance

discriminationRelentlessrising suicidesfamily bonds

disempoweredCeaselessoppressive incarcerationstrength of pride

destructionLimitlessnational neglectconnection to country

disregardUnendingstolen identitiesspirit of survival

NE V E R E N D I N G (CO N T I N U A L ) 2015Mixed media

NE V E R E N D I N G (NO N- S T O P ) 2015Mixed media

NE V E R E N D I N G (NO N -S T O P ) 2015 (VE R S O)Mixed media

NE V E R E N D I N G (EV E R L A S T I N G ) 2015Mixed media

NE V E R E N D I N G (E V E R L A S T I N G ) 2015 (VE R S O)Mixed media

NE V E R E N D I N G (UN B O U N D E D ) 2015Mixed media

NE V E R E N D I N G (UN B O U N D E D) 2015 (VE R S O)Mixed media

NE V E R E N D I N G (RE L E N T L E S S ) 2015Mixed media

NE V E R E N D I N G (RE L E N T L E S S) 2015 (VE R S O)Mixed media

NE V E R E N D I N G (CE A S E L E S S ) 2015Mixed media

NE V E R E N D I N G (CE A S E L E S S ) 2015 (VE R S O)Mixed media

NE V E R E N D I N G (L I M I T L E S S) 2015Mixed media

NE V E R E N D I N G (L I M I T L E S S ) 2015 (VE R S O)Mixed media

NE V E R E N D I N G (UN E N D I N G) 2015Mixed media

NE V E R E N D I N G (UN E N D I N G ) 2015 (VE R S O)Mixed media

LA W L E S S F R E E D O M 2016Mixed media

280 × 120 × 20 cm$22,000

LA W L E S S FR E E D O M

Australia's toxic shadowthose targeted can see itsome with emotional hearts feel itnatives wear itthe rest of the world can smell it

British boats unloaded itthe Empire fed itthe settlers nurtured itnew immigrants built on itthe young and free breed it

The same joke isn't funnyretold for centuriesit grows old, stale and uglierout of date yet still for saleeaten and regurgitated

Celebrated denialismtoasted by loyal boressome sip Moët and snort cocainesome suck on beer with ice and weedunder a flag that loves country

It’s as Aussie as a meat pieleft-wing do gooders want to kill itoverreactive sooks need to deal with itsavages want to eradicate itWhat is it?

It’s a gold medal classican invisible disease on steroidsa crippling disabilityit knocks you to the ground like a king-hitit’s white free speech

I have shields of armour to use, or notin your boring shameless gamesI have the deep knowing of your fearI have listened deeply to your self-hateI have my own tongue

WE L F A R E S L A V E 2015Mixed media

55 × 60 × 10 cm$3,300

K A R L A D I C K E N SBorn 3 December 1967, SydneyHeritage Wiradjuri

E D U C A T I O N

2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney1993 Diploma of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney

S E L E C T E D SO L O EX H I B I T I O N S

2016 Black and Blue, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane2016–18 King-hit by a life-like liquid, Allens, Sydney2015 Black Dogs, Love and Crutches, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane

You Winesome you lose some, Glasshouse Port Macquarie, New South WalesOn This Site, Verge Gallery, University of Sydney Union, New South Wales

2012 Field and Game, The Hughes Gallery, Sydney2011 Home is Where the Rabbits Live, Firstdraft, Sydney2010 The Black Madonna, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney; Grafton Regional Gallery, New South Wales

Beloved Mother, Dacou, Alstonville, New South Wales2009 In Loving Memory I Found the Black Madonna, Museum of Brisbane, Queensland2008 Karla Dickens, Iain Dawson Gallery, Sydney

Loving Memory, Lismore Regional Gallery, New South Wales2005 Home, Next Contemporary Art Space, Sourthern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales2004 Our Lady of Triana, Black Fellas Dreaming, Sydney

Urban Aboriginals, Black Fellas Dreaming, Bangalow, New South Wales2003 Love, Luck & Lust, A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney2002 Sheilas Downunder, Pine Street Gallery, Sydney2001 Unwind, A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney2000 Now Nowhere Here, DQ Gallery, Sydney1998 Cross Works, Guardella, Italy

No Limits, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney

JO I N T EX H I B I T I O N S

2014 The Honey and the Bunny (with Monica Oppens), Southern Cross University Library, Lismore, New South Wales

2011 Mother of All (with Ishta Wilson), Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, New South Wales

S E L E C T E D GR O U P EX H I B I T I O N S

2016 Lighting the Sails: Songlines (part of Vivid LIVE), Sydney Opera House, New South Wales

Darkness on the Edge of Town, Artbank, SydneySixth Sense, National Art School, Sydney

2015 Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards 2015, Art Gallery of Western Australia, PerthThe Colour of the Sky Today: Prague Quadrennial of Space and Design (PQ), Collorado Mansfeld Palace, Prague, Czech RepublicBungaree’s Farm, The Tanks/Mosman Art Gallery, SydneyBlak Nite Screen 2015, City of Melbourne, Treasury Gardens, MelbourneCementa 15: Biennial Contemporary Arts Festival, Kandos, New South WalesWiradjuri Ngurambanggu, Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA), New South WalesC3West Blacktown Native Institution Corroboree, Blacktown Arts Centre/Museum of Contemporary Art Australia/UrbanGrowth NSW, SydneyTalk the change//Change the talk: An exhibition of Aboriginal self-determination, Fairfield City Museum & Gallery, New South WalesRough Medicine: Life & Death in the Age of Sail, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney

2014 TarraWarra Biennial 2014: Whisper in My Mask, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, VictoriaHereby Make Protest, Carriageworks, Sydney

2013 The Art of Sound, Grafton Regional Gallery, New South WalesThe Native Institute, Blacktown Arts Centre, New South WalesParliament of New South Wales Aboriginal Art Prize, Parliament House, Sydney

2012–15 Bungaree: The First Australian, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney; Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, New South Wales; The Glasshouse, Port Macquarie, New South Wales

2012 Home, Art Gallery of New South Wales, SydneyFeminage: The Logic of Feminist Collage, The Cross Art Projects, Sydney

2011 People We Know—Places We’ve Been, Goulburn Regional Gallery, New South WalesThank you for the days: My Teenage Years, Lismore Regional Gallery, New South WalesPink Sunrise, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, SydneyFreedom Riders, University Art Gallery, The University of Sydney, New South WalesFairytales in Fairyland, Grafton Regional Gallery, New South Wales

2010 Safari: Biennale of Sydney Fringe, MOP, SydneyParliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Award, Parliament House, SydneyArticles of Interest, SCI Next Art Gallery, Lismore, New South WalesLest We Forget, Dacou, Alstonville, New South Wales

2009 Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Award, Parliament House, Sydney (touring New South Wales regional galleries)Connections, NPWS Art, Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina, New South Wales

2008 Messages of Peace, Gallery XX, Settembre, ItalyFisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown City Art Centre, New South WalesConfidential Business Project, Casula Powerhouse, SydneyAustralian Values, Next Art Gallery, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales Premier State, Campbelltown City Art Centre, New South WalesIdentity, Grafton Regional Gallery, New South WalesThe Year of the Apology, Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina, New South Wales

2007 Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Award, Parliament House, Sydney (touring New South Wales regional galleries)Past, Present, Future, Grafton Regional Gallery, New South Wales3 in 10, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, Sydney

2006 Chrysalis: The Emergence of Northern Rivers Artists, Lismore Regional Gallery, New South Wales The Pink, The Black and the Beautiful, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, SydneyOur Spirit Our Country, Bungjalung Art Award, Lismore Regional Gallery, New South Wales

2005 Group of Eleven Artists—NAIDOC Week, Waverley Library, Sydney2004 Nice Coloured Dolls, 24HR Art Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin2003 Hung, Drawn and Quartered, Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney, New South Wales2001 Aboriginal Ways of Knowing, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA1999 Perspecta: Love Magic, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

Arone Meeks & Co., Cooee Aboriginal Gallery, Sydney1998 National Indigenous Heritage Art Award, Old Parliament House, Canberra

Co-existence—Sorry, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney1997 Stars on the Net, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney1996 Never the Less, John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales1995 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney1994 Festival of Fisher’s Ghost, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, New South Wales

Recognising the Republic, Michael Nagy Fine Art Gallery, Sydney

A W A R D S

2013 Winner, New South Wales Parliament Art Prize, NSW Parliament, Sydney2009 Runner-up, NPWS Northern Rivers Region Aboriginal Art Award, Northern Rivers Community

Gallery, Ballina, New South Wales2007 Winner, NPWS Northern Rivers Region Aboriginal Art Award, Northern Rivers Community

Gallery, Ballina, New South Wales

2006 Winner, NPWS Northern Rivers Region Aboriginal Art Award, Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina, New South Wales

S E L E C T E D BI B L I O G R A P H Y

Anon. 'Freedom Riders', Sydney University Museums News, Art and Aboriginal Rights Special Feature, Sydney, June 2011Anon. ‘Remembering 'Humanity Lost': Karla Dickens and Aris Prabawa’, Art Monthly Australia, Issue 244, October 2011, pp. 66–67Anon. 'The medicine of creation', GPSpeak, October 2011Balodis, Janis. 'The healing art of transformation', Health Speak, Summer 2015Behrendt, Larissa. ‘Hereby Make Protest review—a historical reflection on Aboriginal activism’, The Guardian, 18 June 2014Encalada, Javier. ‘Local artists ‘paint’ the Opera House with light’, The Northern Star, 17 March 2016Finegan, Ann. ‘Retro Black: Interpellating History’, Sturgeon, Issue 5, 2016Flemming, Robyn (editor). Wiradjuri Ngurambanggu [ex. cat.], Murray Art Museum Albury, New South Wales, 2015Fraser, Virginia. ‘Bungaree, the First Australian interrupted’, Art Monthly Australia, Issue 262, August 2013, pp. 9–12Geczy, Adam. ‘The Native Institute’, Art Monthly Australia, Issue 263 September 2014, p. 56 King, Natalie, Mundine, Djon and Cruikshank, Alan. 'Whisper in my mask', Contemporary Visual Art+Culture Broadsheet, Issue 43.2, 2014Leane, Jeanine. ‘Karla Dickens: Continuing the Dialogue’, Art and Australia, May 2104, 51.4McDonald, John. ‘Using art to making sense of the past at MAMA and Bathurst regional galleries’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 November 2015Mundine, Professor Djon OAM (editor). Bungaree: The First Australian [ex.cat.], Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney; Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, New South Wales, 2012, p. 11 and pp. 38–39Mundine, Professor Djon OAM. ‘Conversations with a Crow’, Art Monthly Australia, Issue 212, August 2008, pp. 40-42Nahlous, Lena (editor). Talk the change//Change the talk: An exhibition of Aboriginal self-determination, Fairfield City Museum & Gallery, Smithfield, 2015O’Riordan, Maurice. ‘Where Eagles Hover’, Artlink , Volume 18 Number 1, March 1999O’Riordan, Maurice. ‘What’s up, Karla’, Karla Dickens: Home is Where the Rabbit Lives [ex. cat.], Firstdraft/Arts NSW, Sydney, 2011O’Riordan, Maurice. ‘In My Painting, At My Window’, Karla Dickens: Loving Memory [ex. cat.], Lismore Regional Gallery, 2008Parker, Luke and Stephen, Ann (editors). Freedom Riders: Art and Activism 1960s to Now, University Art Gallery, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2011

Taffel, Jacqui. ‘Story of Bungaree explored on the site that was once his’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 February 2015Taylor, Andrew. ‘Wrapped in colours of denial: Finalists in an Aboriginal art prize aren't afraid of controversy’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 October 2013 Zafiriou, Yiorgos. ‘Karla Dickens: It's Not Bloody Art—It's Work!’, Artlink, Issue 35:2 Artlink Indigenous Global, June 2015

CO L L E C T I O N S

National Gallery of Australia, CanberraNational Museum of Australia, CanberraAustralian National Maritime Museum, SydneyArt Gallery of Western Australia, PerthArtbank, SydneyArtspace Mackay, QueenslandBendigo Art Gallery, VictoriaBlack Fellas Dreaming Museum, SydneyCampbelltown City Art Centre, New South WalesGrafton Regional Art Gallery, New South WalesLismore Regional Art Gallery, New South WalesNorthern Rivers Performing Arts, Lismore, New South WalesUniversity of Technology, SydneyUBS Warburg Collection, Sydney

Andrew Baker Ar t Dea le r26 Brookes Street • Bowen Hills Qld 4006

07 3252 2292 • 0412 990 [email protected] • www.andrew-baker.com

Karla Dickens Black and Blue - Andrew Baker · the phantoms who walk through dispossession closure...

Documents

Transcript of Karla Dickens Black and Blue - Andrew Baker · the phantoms who walk through dispossession closure...