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Colonial cream #2
2005

Medium
synthetic polymer paint, bitumen and enamel paint on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Ben and Helen Korman through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2018
© Clinton Naina
Gallery location
Not on display
 

About this work

‘I am the target I wear it on my face. My heart is here, inside my chest. My skin is the Mission Brown colour. Fences surround me and I have to wear this dress.’
– Clinton Naina, 2005

Artwork Details

Medium
synthetic polymer paint, bitumen and enamel paint on canvas
Measurements
(a-c) 152.7 × 275.0 cm (overall)
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
(a) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.: 1 (in a circle)
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse c.: Clinton Nain 2005
(b) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.: 2 (in a circle)
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse c.: Clinton Nain 2005
(c) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.: 3 (in a circle)
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse c.: Clinton Nain 2005
Accession Number
2018.779.a-c
Department
First Nations Australia
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Ben and Helen Korman through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2018
© Clinton Naina
Gallery location
Not on display