Vincent Namatjira's latest exhibition, King Dingo, is designed to make people think about what a leader looks like.
For proclaimed Western Aranda artist Vincent Namatjira , painting dingoes dressed in royal garb, wearing capes and crowns in the desert, is akin to doing a self-portrait.
Across the eight paintings, Namatjira depicts dingoes as humans wearing royal garb and staged in seemingly powerful poses — sitting on thrones, saluting and riding a horse.Namatjira says his artworks in this exhibition are about "a reversal of colonial power and ownership".Namatjira's work often pokes fun at the idea of what a powerful leader is.
The works of artists Vincent Namatjira and Eric Barney from Indulkana, South Australia, bring aspects of the outback to Sydney.Namatjira is sharing the gallery space with artists from his Aboriginal community, Eric Barney and respected elder Alec Baker, who is one of the founding artists of Iwantja Arts.
"Every day, I help him," Barney explains of their relationship and their responsibility for certain symbols in the artwork.
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