Colonial cream #2
2005
Medium
synthetic polymer paint, bitumen and enamel paint on canvas
Measurements
(a-c) 152.7 × 275.0 cm (overall)
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
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