Lot 68
Some Night Musak 1997
bubble jet print from polaroid photograph 1/5
signed, titled, dated, and numbered below image
49 x 39cm
Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery, Melbourne, 2004
Private collection, Melbourne
Destiny Deacon is a descendant of the KuKu (Far North Queensland) and Erub/Mer (Torres Strait) people. An artist, broadcaster and political activist, her performative photographs, videos and installations feature members of her family and friends as well as items from her collection of 'Aboriginalia' - assorted black dolls and kitsch. Partly autobiographical and partly fictitious, her acerbic and melancholic work deals with both historical issues and contemporary Aboriginal life and is informed by personal experience and the mass media. Deacon's humorous works examine the wide discrepancies between representations of Aboriginal people by the white Australian population and the reality of Aboriginal life. In her 'lo-tech' productions, Deacon creates an insightful comedy that is effective in establishing a discourse about political, Indigenous and feminist concerns. Tine Baum, Artist Profile, MCA
Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Prints
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8333
6:00pm - 11 September 2019
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
Saturday 7 - Sunday 8 September, 10am-4pm
Wednesday 11 September, 10am-4pm
CONTACT
Ella Perrottet
art.salon@leonardjoel.com.au
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