Gordon BENNETT

Notes to Basquiat: Double vision
2000

Medium

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through the NGV Foundation with the assistance of Mr Henry Gillespie, Governor, 2000
© The Estate of Gordon Bennett
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Gallery location: Not on display

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Medium

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Measurements

152.3 × 182.7 cm

Inscription

inscribed in pencil on reverse : G Bennett 19-5-2000 / "NOTES TO BASQUIAT : DOUBLE VISION" / Acrylic on Linen 152 x 182.5 cms / Jean Cocteau "orpheus" / MIRRORS WOULD DO WELL / TO REFLECT MORE"

Accession Number

2000.203

Department

Contemporary Art

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through the NGV Foundation with the assistance of Mr Henry Gillespie, Governor, 2000
© The Estate of Gordon Bennett
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation

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Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Another Work Human Figures

Subjects (specific)

appropriation (imagery) Australian Aboriginal (culture and style) Basquiat, Jean-Michel heads (representations) postcolonialism racial discrimination words (layout features)

Movements

Contemporary (style of art)

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Gordon BENNETT

Notes to Basquiat: Double vision
2000