Richard Bell (1953), from Kamilaroi tribe, is an Australian artist and political activist. He is one of the founders of proppaNOW, a Brisbane-based aboriginal art collective. He lives in Brisbane, Queensland.
Bell came to the attention of the wider community after his painting Scientia E Metaphysica (Bell's Theorem) won the 2003 Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. It prominently featured the text "Aboriginal Art – It's A White Thing".
In 2006, the Queensland art critic Rex Butler profiled his work for Australian Art Collector magazine. Bell caused controversy in April 2011 after revealing that he had selected the winner of the prestigious Sir John Sulman Prize through the toss of a coin. In March 2012, Bell won a court case against a person who had issued a take-down notice in 2011, for "unjustifiable threats of copyright infringement", and was awarded $147,000 in damages, setting "an important precedent".
In 2013 he presented the eight-episode TV series Colour Theory on National Indigenous Television.
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by Richard Bell. The use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission from the artist is obtained.
Bell came to the attention of the wider community after his painting Scientia E Metaphysica (Bell's Theorem) won the 2003 Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. It prominently featured the text "Aboriginal Art – It's A White Thing".
In 2006, the Queensland art critic Rex Butler profiled his work for Australian Art Collector magazine. Bell caused controversy in April 2011 after revealing that he had selected the winner of the prestigious Sir John Sulman Prize through the toss of a coin. In March 2012, Bell won a court case against a person who had issued a take-down notice in 2011, for "unjustifiable threats of copyright infringement", and was awarded $147,000 in damages, setting "an important precedent".
In 2013 he presented the eight-episode TV series Colour Theory on National Indigenous Television.
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by Richard Bell. The use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission from the artist is obtained.
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| Mr Richard Bell |
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| 1991, Heritage in Black and White |
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| 1993, Devine inspiration |
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| 1993, the rainbow connection |
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| 2001, The rise & rise of aboriginal art (diptych) |
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| 2001, You're entitled to your wrong opinion |
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| 2002, Biblica Australis |
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| 2002, Popular Culture |
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| 2003, Honest John |
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| 2004, Oh Richie... I Love You Too |
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| 2007, Kill.. |
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| 2008, Terrarists Colonialhism |
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| 2008. Judgement Day (Bell's Theorem) |
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| 2009, Pay the rent |
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| 2010, Ooga and Booga |
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| 2011, UZ VS THEM |
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| 2012, Hymn to the night |
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| 2013, Embassy installation at 5th Moscow Biennial |
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| 2013, Omega (Bell's Theorem) |
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| 2014, Foley Vs The Springboks |
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| 2014, We Can Be Heroes |
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| Barramundi Dreaming, Rock Art |
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| I am worth less |
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| Look at Me |
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| None of 'Em |
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| Propositions 021 |
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| Self. |
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| Thank Christ |
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| You Don't Hafta! (Lie) |
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