Welfare
1990
Medium
synthetic polymer paint on canvas board
Measurements
60.9 × 45.7 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Christine Collingwood, 1997
© The Estate of HJ Wedge
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
HJ Wedge was born at Erambie Mission near Cowra in New South Wales. He worked as a drover and fruit picker before moving to Warrane/Sydney in 1988. After visiting the Boomalli Indigenous Art Centre, he enrolled to study photography and painting at the Eora Centre for Visual and Performing Arts and quickly became known for his distinctive, often-nightmarish paintings drawing on his experiences of mission life, racism and injustice.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
inscribed in white acrylic paint on work l.l.: H J. Wedge .90
Accession Number
1997.88
Department
First Nations Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Physical description
Rainbow coloured background. In the centre is a large black figure emerging out of the background with outstretched arms and evil face, reaching to a male, female and a child figure