Monday, February 26, 2018

Artist of the day, February 26: Richard Bell, Australian (Kamilaroi tribe) painter and political activist

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.


Mr Richard Bell



1991, Heritage in Black and White

1993, Devine inspiration

1993, the rainbow connection

2001, The rise & rise of aboriginal art (diptych)

2001, You're entitled to your wrong opinion

2002, Biblica Australis


2002, Popular Culture

2003, Honest John

2004, Oh Richie... I Love You Too

2007, Kill..

2008, Terrarists Colonialhism

2008. Judgement Day (Bell's Theorem)

2009, Pay the rent

2010, Ooga and Booga

2011, UZ VS THEM


2012, Hymn to the night

2013, Embassy installation at 5th Moscow Biennial

2013, Omega (Bell's Theorem)

2014, Foley Vs The Springboks

2014, We Can Be Heroes

Barramundi Dreaming, Rock Art

I am worth less

Look at Me

None of 'Em

Propositions 021









Self.

Thank Christ

You Don't Hafta! (Lie)


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