Art in BONDage. A public meeting to protest the dcision of the Australian National Gallery to exhibit a selection of paintings from the collection of Alan Bond.
Primary Artist
eX De Medici (1959–)
Title
Date made
1989
Place made
Australia, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Ainslie View on map Close map
Category
Poster
Print type
stencil
Technique
screenprint, printed in black ink, from one stencil
Matrix size
76.2 x 51.0 cm (printed image)
Support
thin yellow paper
Support size
76.2 x 51.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
No inscriptions.
Subject description
Image shows a newspaper photograph of Alan Bond greeting the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochetwith. The caption notes 'The Australian entrepeneur was said to be unperturbed by Chilian politics'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
104531
Accession number
89.1704
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 3, 1989/90 (1989-10-12)
Provenance
Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from aGOG [Australian Girls Own Gallery), Canberra, 1989.
Credit line
Gift of Helen Maxwell 1989
Copyright
© Ex de Medici
Subject categories
Art dialogue | Australia, Political figures
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Megalo International Screenprinting Collective. | (1980–) Australian | Organisation | print workshop
de Medici, eX | (1959–) Australian | Female | artist