Lot 27

Private collection, Melbourne

Juan Davila Retrospective, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 9 September – 12 November 2006 (another example)
Juan Davila Retrospective, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 30 November 2006 - 4 February 2007 (another example)
Mix Tape 1980s: Appropriation, Subculture, Critical Style, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 11 April – 1 September 2013 (another example)

Brett, G. and Benjamin, R., Juan Davila, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne and Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2006, pl. 119, p. 228 (illus., another example)
Cotterell, S., ‘Review of Mix Tape 1980s: Appropriation, Subculture, Critical Style', Fusion Journal, no. 2 2013, p. 4 (another example)

Other examples of this print are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; and State Library Victoria, Melbourne.

"'God and Country' was created by Davila in the wake of the celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of European settlement. A year later it appeared as a huge poster over an inner suburban street in the company of advertisements for beer and printing centres. The patriotic title is in stark contrast to the word 'WOG' which almost obscures the comic-like illustrations of Aussie icons, and the buzz words of art history. It is a wry comment on the politics of inclusion."
(Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art, Melbourne)

© Juan Davila, licenced by Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art