https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news daily 0.75 2023-09-25 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-ao-yimba-yimbana-/-just-listen-4-27-october-2022-online-3sbbx-gzcf4-brazx-bhb3a monthly 0.5 2023-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/56b923f5-7194-4a70-8f48-326b77aba9ee/Screenshot+2023-09-25+at+14.39.10.png News - Performance: Recital—Christian Thompson AO - “If I sing even one word of our language, which is considered an extinct or lost language, then it can’t be described as such, because it is being presented as a living language within the art context.” – Christian Thompson Read More https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-ao-yimba-yimbana-/-just-listen-4-27-october-2022-online-3sbbx-gzcf4-brazx monthly 0.5 2023-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/172e35a0-cb00-4830-89d8-c7b9f23fbf9b/1J3A9530.jpg News - ACMI Artist Talk with Leading Visual Artist Dr Christian Thompson AO - “If I sing even one word of our language, which is considered an extinct or lost language, then it can’t be described as such, because it is being presented as a living language within the art context.” – Christian Thompson Read More https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-ao-yimba-yimbana-/-just-listen-4-27-october-2022-online-3sbbx-gzcf4 monthly 0.5 2023-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/43936282-9f68-4dd7-a1d8-5b8267fd3a90/Screenshot+2023-09-25+at+14.28.07.png News - Christian Thompson, the Australian artist taking over London’s streets: ‘I can be my own worst critic’ - Thompson has worked with Marina Abramović, been among the first Aboriginal students at Oxford – and is now the first artist on display in Soho’s new Photography Quarter Read More https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-ao-yimba-yimbana-/-just-listen-4-27-october-2022-online-3sbbx monthly 0.5 2023-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/c52a5222-ca4a-4112-9825-15273a221cda/Christian.jpeg News - NGV MELBOURNE NOW - Underscoring his singing is a combination of synth-heavy instrumentation, breath and spoken word. As well as exploring Thompson’s experiences of the Bidjara language, Burdi Burdi (Fire Fire) is a tender, personal case for the revitalisation of First Nations languages, bringing forward 60,000 years of narrative and experiences embedded in the lilting textures and rhythms of Thompson’s voice and the language of what Thompson describes as ‘pre-invasion Australia’. Read More https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-ao-yimba-yimbana-/-just-listen-4-27-october-2022-online monthly 0.5 2023-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/c084b84c-7342-4be6-92c7-3b398db31825/CT+RIghts+Land+2022+JPG+copy.jpg News - Christian Thompson AO Yimba Yimbana / Just Listen 4 - 27 October 2022 | ONLINE | Yavuz Gallery Singapore - Yavuz Gallery is pleased to announce Yimba Yimbana / Just Listen, the first survey exhibition of the pioneering language-based sound artist Christian Thompson AO. Yimba Yimbana / Just Listen brings together Thompson’s compelling and ethereal sound works, centered around an enduring premise on the notion that if one word of the artist’s endangered Bidjara is spoken, or sung, it remains a living language. Combining evocative chanting and electronic elements, Thompson invokes the cultural experiences and narratives of his Bidjara culture. Comprising seven sound works from a repertoire spanning over two decades, Thompson continues his Bidjara language, creating illuminating prose to form prevailing narratives from the lives of Thompson’s ancestors pre-invasion. Read More https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/https/wwwsarahscoutpresentscom/news/44-christian-thompson-ao-in-photo-2022-international-festival-rmit-alumni-courtyard-mwgwa monthly 0.5 2022-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/48f608d6-7007-41b7-933f-9c1dfbccacc5/Stepping-Into-Entirety_Thompson.jpg News - Dr Christian Thompson AO ON VIEW NOW | Michael Reid Berlin until 5 November 2022 - Dr Christian Thompson AO ON VIEW NOW Michael Reid Berlin until 5 November 2022 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/https/wwwsarahscoutpresentscom/news/44-christian-thompson-ao-in-photo-2022-international-festival-rmit-alumni-courtyard monthly 0.5 2022-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/58b0fcb2-6f9b-45ba-9b84-fb43f77a6f48/Christian-Thompson-Being-Human-Human-Being.jpg News - Christian Thompson AO in Photo 2022 International Festival of Photography - Christian Thompson AO - Being Human Human Being, an official exhibition of PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/old-gaol-now-a-riot-of-colour-as-city-landmarks-get-a-makeover monthly 0.5 2022-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/8fee4428-9570-4e9f-836c-6b11e6c7b782/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2860%29.jpg News - Old Gaol Now a Riot of Colour as City Landmarks Get a Makeover - Christian Thompson’s flower walls at the old Melbourne Gaol, as part of Photo 2022. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/marina-abramovic-sky-arts monthly 0.5 2022-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/bb8b49ff-72b8-4d52-b499-8168fa0c860d/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2858%29.jpg News - Marina Abramovic Takes Over SKY TV featuring “Dead Tongue, 2015” - Christian Thompson's 2015 video work ‘Dead Tongue’ featured in Marina Abramovic documentary on Sky Arts. ⁣ https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/lake-dolly-series-for-the-antidote-festival-at-the-sydney-opera-house-2017 monthly 0.5 2022-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/7451f84e-2537-4863-9201-0a063428bb16/Screenshot+2022-03-02+at+21.05.08.png News - Lake Dolly series for the Antidote Festival at the Sydney Opera House 2017 - Lake Dolly series for the Antidote Festival at the Sydney Opera House 2017 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/ultichannel-video-work-berceuse-2017 monthly 0.5 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/ef3e7f28-0d72-436d-bf84-7fe16b136c5b/Screenshot+2022-03-02+at+20.59.57.png News - Multichannel Video Work ‘Berceuse’ 2017 at The National Gallery of Australia - Multichannel video work ‘Berceuse’ 2017 at the @nationalgalleryaus https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-says-though-the-lockdown-last-year-was-difficult-it-was-also-illuminating-r9e72 monthly 0.5 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/f1393477-0582-40b0-bad3-62f85641b143/274802959_1031399391112697_5949227562760498883_n.jpg News - ‘Black Gum 2’ From The ‘Australian Graffiti’ Series 2007 Featured in Thames and Hudson publication ‘Auto Focus: The Self-Portrait in Contemporary Photography’ by Susan Bright - ‘Black Gum 2’ from the ‘Australian Graffiti’ series 2007 in Thames and Hudson @thamesandhudson publication ‘Auto Focus: The Self-Portrait in Contemporary Photography’ by Susan Bright Auto Focus The Self-Portrait in Contemporary Photography by Susan Bright https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-says-though-the-lockdown-last-year-was-difficult-it-was-also-illuminating monthly 0.5 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1630321558742-UUU36Q67PM18F1Z7KUAE/Screenshot+2021-08-30+at+12.05.30.png News - Christian Thompson Featured in The Sydney Morning Herald - Christian Thompson, The Meaning of Fire (2021), c-type print on pearl metallic paper, 250 x 250 cm. Photography courtesy of the artist and Yavuz Gallery Read Full Article: The Sydney Morning Herald https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-the-meaning-of-fire-2021-featured-in-vogue-au monthly 0.5 2021-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1630320439870-9M1939K4F9BYLJ2ZSH5L/meaning+of+fire+%2872%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson "The Meaning of Fire (2021)" Featured in Vogue AU - Christian Thompson, The Meaning of Fire (2021), c-type print on pearl metallic paper, 250 x 250 cm. Photography courtesy of the artist and Yavuz Gallery Read Full Article: VOGUE https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-natsiaa-2021-the-winners-and-finalists-of-australias-indigenous-art-prize-in-pictures monthly 0.5 2021-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1630320439870-9M1939K4F9BYLJ2ZSH5L/meaning+of+fire+%2872%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson "The Meaning of Fire (2021)" Featured in The Guardian - Natsiaa 2021: the winners and finalists of Australia’s Indigenous art prize – in pictures Read Full Article: The Guardian https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-at-mornington-peninsula-regional-gallery monthly 0.5 2021-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1626167155310-MKLZ49LPD9VB6DST9ZTS/MorningtonPeninsulaDead-As-A-Door-Nail-COPY-copy-593x600.jpg News - Christian Thompson AO at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery - Surreal Landscapes Curated by Danny Lacy and Rosie Weiss. Surreal Landscapes is a group exhibition that explores the way artists position subtle and strange, absurd and dreamlike interventions within the landscape, abstracting and shifting our reading of the landscape. Features: Nadine Christensen, Peta Clancy, Emily Ferretti, Tara Gilbee, Philip Hunter, Raafat Ishak, James Newitt, Emma Phillips, Christian Thompson AO. Morning Peninsula Regional Gallery https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-in-art-collector monthly 0.5 2021-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1626166401448-0O206548AGY3SFJ9KM2L/214346400_375676833895616_800389418919619093_n.jpg News - Christian Thompson AO in Art Collector Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1626166401674-Q30SKLZQNI2CT65BICLY/214472632_521752615741785_5725319572989357088_n.jpg News - Christian Thompson AO in Art Collector Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1626166305807-ZVJ9B2SQKH9DOKMJ100P/214194622_1873490886143482_4378386483099105720_n+%281%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson AO in Art Collector Magazine - Christian Thompson AO featured in Art Collector Magazine The hard-copy July edition of the Art Collector is on stands now. www.artcollector.net.au https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-at-art-basel-with-yavuz-gallery monthly 0.5 2021-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1623225899658-YWESDEJ8HDP0LQRATRDG/189204382_1164679520672549_9002689995496218925_n.jpg News - Christian Thompson AO at Art Basel with Yavuz Gallery - Visit Yavuz at booth 1D39 at Art Basel Hong Kong. 'Wanga Bayi (The Stick That Won't Come Back)' is a continuation of Thompson’s signature flower walls offering a portal to his Indigenous culture and ancestral history. The various native and non-native flora dominate the imagery in this work which plays with the codes of abstraction and surrealism. The botanical constellation is a measurement of time, capturing a transient moment in the Australian landscape when the flowers are only briefly in bloom. www.yavuzgallery.com https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/monumental-image-by-christian-thompson-takes-bowness-prize monthly 0.5 2021-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1611650937030-7SR749YH7H3SMQUAXZSE/118401777_3360147274065874_2532994431289204976_o.jpg News - 'Monumental' Image by Christian Thompson Takes Bowness Prize - Dr Christian Thompson AO has won the $30,000 2020 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize for this ‘epic’ four-panel work, Rule of three (2020). The judging panel consisted of Anouska Phizacklea, Hobart-based photographer Fiona Hall, and National Gallery of Australia senior curator Shaune Lakin. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/dead-dongue-featured-in-marina-abramovic-documentry monthly 0.5 2021-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1610976698896-XV6U4LV5PK67Y8DQ2NZ0/Dead-Tongue-Still.jpg News - ‘Dead Tongue’ Featured in Marina Abramovic’s Documentary on Performance - 2015 video work ‘Dead Tongue’ featured in Marina Abramovic’s @abramovicinstitute new documentary on performance art ‘A Program for Performance’ for @skytv UK. Video work made with mentorship with Marina @kaldorpublicart arts project in 2015. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/oracles-at-te-whare-toi-city-gallery-wellington monthly 0.5 2020-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604791961949-DFNRS7CI3C6G7I6XZCXR/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%288%29.jpg News - Oracles at Te Whare Toi, City Gallery Wellington - Christian Thompson is pleased to present works in Oracles, at Te Whare Toi, City Gallery Wellington in Aotearoa New Zealand. Exhibiting alongside Pati Solomona Tyrell, Oracles is a multidisciplinary "channeling of historical spirits and their consequences through masquerade." Oracles is now open, closing 6 September 2020. Visit the exhibition listing here for more information https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/pitt-rivers-museum-research-affiliate monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604828252206-6BFZZ464EXBB7XJOIN1B/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2812%29.jpg News - Pitt Rivers Museum Research Affiliate - Christian Thompson is pleased to announce his position as Research Affiliate at the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. This is a prodigious appointment which Thompson is humbled and proud to receive. "In 2010 Thompson made history when he became the first Aboriginal Australian to be admitted into the University of Oxford in its 900-year history, and began to work closely with the collections and staff at the Pitt Rivers Museum. In 2012 Thompson exhibited a body of new work in response to the Museum’s collections titled We Bury Our Own, which travelled internationally to great acclaim. In 2016 the Museum opened a permanent display of Thompson’s work on its Lower Gallery, including work from We Bury Our Own and his 2016 series The Museum of Others." Excerpt from 'Dr Christian Thompson AO: Research Affiliate', Pitt Rivers Museum. READ MORE Image Courtesy of Pitt Rivers Museum. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/winnifred-bowness-photography-prize monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604827551797-3AWOIVBTCBZICX6SHUE7/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2811%29.jpg News - Winnifred Bowness Photography Prize - Christian Thompson is honoured to have been asked to be a part of the prestigious judging panel for this year's Winnifred Bowness Photography prize. Thompson will be joined on the panel by Anouska Phizacklea, Director of the Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, and Chris Saines, Director of the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane. The finalists of this leading Australian photography prize will be announced 9 August 2019, with an award announcement on 10 October. The Bowness Prize finalist exhibition runs 5 October – 17 November 2019 at the Monash Gallery of Art. "The Bowness Photography Prize has become an important survey of contemporary photographic practice and one of the most prestigious prizes in the country, providing Australian artists with the opportunity to exhibit at one of Australia's leading public galleries. Since 2017 the prize has been acquisitive and the $30,000 cash prize awarded to the winner ensures that it continues to provide a significant boost to an artist’s career. The Sotheby’s Australia People’s Choice Award has been doubled this year from $2,500 to $5,000." SOURCE https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/ritual-intimacy-at-john-curtain-gallery-perth monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604826799115-TIQM94K4H3CGE2TJL4NI/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2810%29.jpg News - Ritual Intimacy at John Curtain Gallery, Perth - Ritual Intimacy is now in its final iteration at John Curtain Gallery, Perth. This wraps up an incredible two year tour of Christian Thompson's survey exhibition, developed by Charlotte Day and Hetti Perkins at the Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA). Ritual Intimacy runs from 17 May - 21 July at the John Curtain Gallery, Perth. Select Media: Click here to read Intimacy rules Christian Thompson’s latest exhibition, from the Canning Times, Perth. Click here to read RITUAL INTIMACY AT JOHN CURTIN GALLERY, Artist's Chronicle, Perth. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/thea-anamara-perkins-announced-archibald-prize-2019-finalist-for-christian monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604829003444-BAVE2G4UHPF546PHE179/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2814%29.jpg News - Thea Anamara Perkins announced Archibald Prize 2019 finalist for 'Christian' - Congratulations to Thea Anamara Perkins, whose work 'Christian' has been announced as an Archibald Prize 2019 finalist. This is an incredible achievement for the artist, who is a first time applicant and first time short-listed artist for the prize. Christian is honored to have sat for this portrait and thrilled for Thea's much-deserved short-listing. _ "Thea Anamara Perkins’ subject is contemporary Aboriginal artist Christian Thompson. ‘I met Christian when I was nine and he has been part of our family ever since. I have always admired Christian’s work and the inner world that generates it. In his images, he will often meld into a dreamscape and is often partially or largely concealed. It was my intention to bring him unadorned, as an individual, to the forefront,’ says Perkins. ‘In making this portrait I felt the importance of creating representations of Indigenous people in our multifariousness. I think it is also important to represent our queer community. Christian’s heritage is alluded to in the stem of Desert Slipper, which grows on Bidjara country in Barcaldine, Queensland, where he is from. Pink felt dynamic and I hoped to capture Christian’s gentleness and what he calls his “feminine Virgo moon-rising energy”. I let him arrive at his pose naturally, and focused on the face and hands, and let the clothes merge into the frame.’ Born in Sydney in 1992, Perkins is an Arrernte and Kalkadoon woman. She has had solo shows at Firstdraft (2018) and Our Neon Foe (2019) and was a lead artist in the restoration of the 40,000 years mural in Redfern. This is her first time in the Archibald Prize." SOURCE IMAGE: Thea Anamara Perkins. Christian, 2019. Acrylic on clay board. 61 x 46 cm. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/national-anthem-at-buxton-contemporary monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604829324244-N5M2PQ4KQ5LTN5RKH803/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2815%29.jpg News - National Anthem at Buxton Contemporary - Christian Thompson is thrilled to have two works included in National Anthem at Buxton Contemporary. Both Dead Tongue (2015) and Refuge (2014) are showing as a part of the exhibition, curated by Kate Just. "Presenting a cacophonous array of artistic voices and perspectives, National Anthem brings together 24 artists, from a range of generations, who critically address Australian national identity. Built around key works in the Michael Buxton Collection, together with works sourced from beyond the collection, this project reflects on the ways that the desire for a singular national identity often excludes Indigenous histories and denies the multiplicity of voices, cultures and experiences that enrich, contest and enhance Australian life." Full text here Artists: Brook Andrew, Abdul Abdullah, Kay Abude, Hoda Afshar, Tony Albert, Ali Gumillya Baker, Archie Barry, Richard Bell, Daniel Boyd, Juan Davila, Destiny Deacon, Janenne Eaton, Tony Garifalakis, Eugenia Lim, Tracey Moffatt, Callum Morton, Hoang Tran Nguyen, Raquel Ormella, Mike Parr, Steven Rhall, Tony Schwensen, Christian Thompson, Paul Yore and Siying Zhou https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/bill-shorten-photographed-by-christian-thompson-for-cover-of-the-monthly monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604829674722-MYXET2ZCH08OBSLCFTAR/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2816%29.jpg News - Bill Shorten photographed by Christian Thompson for cover of The Monthly - It is with great pleasure that Christian Thompson accepted an invitation to photograph Bill Shorten for the cover of The Monthly. The portrait is complimented by an article by Laura Tingle. Like the article, Thompson's portrait of Shorten capture a serious, more contemplative side to the leader of the opposition as the 2019 federal election approaches. Subscribers can view the full article and portraits online here The hard-copy March edition of the Monthly is on stands now. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-in-love-displaced monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604842528969-2UX4R85RWACMK2R2WBN9/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2818%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson in Love, Displaced - Curated by Felicity Fenner at Lawrence Wilson Gallery as a part of Perth Festival 2019, Love, Displaced is an all-video exhibition. Christian Thompson's Refuge, 2014 is included in this beautifully considered investigation of "shared approaches to investigating romance and love in a hyper-self-conscious, media-saturated contemporary world". (Felicity Fenner, 2019) Over the exhibition's opening weekend, Thompson was thrilled to be invited to present an artist talk, discussing the work and artistic practice at large. Alongside Christian, Love, Displaced also presents work by AES+F, Jacobus Capone, Jeremy Deller & Cecelia Bengolea, Richard Lewer, Tracey Moffatt & Gary Hillberg, Roee Rosen. Love, Displaced runs from 9 February - 11 May, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia. A comprehensive review of this exhibition, Love, Displaced, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth by Gina Fairly can be found via ArtsHub Here. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/devils-darning-needle-in-queer-as-folk-lore monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604830221299-3LOXMTUTYFLWV2RXT83F/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2817%29.jpg News - 'Devil's Darning Needle' in Queer as Folk Lore - Coinciding with the Sydney Mardi Gras, Queer as Folk Lore brings together an impressive selection of works and artists from the collections of Dick Quan and Holdsworth House Medical Practice. Christian Thompson is delighted to have Devil's Darning Needle from his Lake Dolly series (2017) exhibited in Queer as Folk Lore alongside works by Adel Abdessemed, Abdul Abdullah, Tony Albert, AES&F, Del Kathryn Barton, Nick Cave, Jake and Dinos Chapman X Louis Vuitton, Juan Davila, Christine Dean, Elmgreen & Dragset, David Griggs, Uji ‘Hahan’ Handok, Deborah Kelly, Jeff Koons, Yayoi Kusama X Louis Vuitton, Fiona Lowry, Tracey Moffatt, Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Eko Nugroho, João Penalva, Sterling Ruby X Raf Simons, Phil Solomon, and Kehinde Wiley. Showing at the Rayner Hoff Project Space, National Art School, Queer as Folk Lore runs from 15 February - 2 March 2019. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-awarded-officer-of-the-order-of-australia-in-queens-birthday-honours-list monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604843702461-HYCOWFE1JEZ2G7XHB9GN/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%287%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson Awarded Officer of the Order of Australia in Queen's Birthday Honours list - Dr Christian Thompson AO has been awarded of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to the visual arts as a sculptor, photographer, video and performance artist, and as a role model for young Indigenous artists. "So humbled to have my work recognised in such a way, to know my journey has been a positive possibility model for other people, especially young people from my own community, makes me very proud" - Christian Thompson SOURCE https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-included-in-marina-warners-forms-of-enchantment monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604843433080-2ZBTEL5N1NPOSRMYSK13/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2820%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson included in Marina Warner's 'Forms of Enchantment' - Christian Thompson is delighted to announce his inclusion in Dame Marina Warner's Forms of Enchantment: Writings on Art and Artists published by Thames and Hudson. "Art writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity, and passions of the objects of its enquiry, argues author Marina Warner in this new anthology. Here, some of Warner’s most compelling writing captures the visual experience of the work of a diverse group of artists—with a notable focus on the inner lives of women—through an exploration of the range of stories and symbols to which they allude in their work. Warner vividly describes this imagery, covering the connection with animals in the work of Louise Bourgeois, the Catholicism of Damien Hirst, performance as a medium of memory in the installations of Joan Jonas, and more. Rather than drawing on connoisseurship, Warner’s approach grows principally out of anthropology and mythology. Accompanied by illustrations of the works being described, Marina Warner’s writing unites the imagination of artist, writer, and reader, creating a reading experience that parallels the intrinsic pleasure of looking at art. This book will appeal to any student of art history, those interested in philosophy, feminism, and more generally in the humanities." SOURCE https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompsons-equinox-included-in-becoming-the-other-a-self-guide monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604843194290-7PELKQZ0FEUWZWUTNFTN/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2819%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson's 'Equinox' included in ‘Becoming the Other - A Self Guide’ - Christian Thompson is thrilled to have Equinox (2018) included in ‘Becoming the Other - A Self Guide’ a project by Aether Galerie, Sofia, Bulgaria for Soft Power Palace, Stuttgart. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/equinox-featured-in-wrong-wrong-magazine monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604842816553-2R6JDBH0X0LE6VQY7KK6/20180730-Christian-Thompson-2957-Edit-768x1024.jpg News - 'Equinox' featured in Wrong Wrong magazine - Launched last year at Michael Reid Berlin, coinciding with the European Month of Photography, Equinox has been featured in online publication Wrong Wrong Magazine. The series and an excerpt from Professor Ian McLean's catalog essay for the exhibition can be viewed on their website HERE. Professor Ian McLean's full essay can be read HERE. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/bayi-gardiya-launches-at-acmi-hg3dx monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604828681636-YWUHLW4WZW53YTEPAWAP/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2813%29.jpg News - Bayi Gardiya launches at ACMI (Copy) - Christian Thompson is the inaugural recipient of the Mordant Family Commission VR at the Australian Center for the Moving Image. He is thrilled to announce the launch of this VR commission - Bayi Gardiya. (Singing Desert). Bayi Gardiya (Singing Desert) is a bold, ambitious and new virtual reality work. In it, Christian Thompson invites audiences to walk through the landscape of his childhood, where they witness a simple yet profound aesthetic gesture of the artist singing in his traditional Bidjara language, a recognised lost language. The work is open for viewing at ACMI from 1 - 23 May. Read more about this landmark project here. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/dr-christian-thompson-awarded-anu-hc-coombs-creative-arts-fellowship monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604843953619-7DDLZ6C2PFOH952LVP3O/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2821%29.jpg News - Dr Christian Thompson awarded ANU H.C. Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship - Dr Christian Thompson has been awarded the Australian National University H.C. Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship. Thompson will take up the fellowship later this year joining an illustrious list of previous recipients including; Fiona Hall, Don Burrows, George Dreyfus, Narritjin Maymuru, Arthur Boyd, Sydney Nolan and Gordon Bennett. The H.C. Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship was established in 1964 at the instigation of Dr H.C. Coombs, ANU Pro-Chancellor at the time, to encourage creative work in the arts in Australia. SOURCE https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-joins-sarah-scout-presents monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604844661868-X98DCM642QXGOL9QVQU3/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2823%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson joins Sarah Scout Presents - SOURCE Christian Thompson is pleased to announce his representation with Melbourne gallery Sarah Scout Presents. Sarah Scout Presents is a private gallery, established in 2009, to represent and develop opportunities for a number of outstanding early to mid-career artists with critically engaged conceptual practices. Sarah Scout Presents primary focus is to present a program of challenging contemporary art and to represent its selected artists in a range of local and international situations. In 2014 Sarah Scout Presents relocated to new premises at the Paris End of Collins Street in Melbourne’s CBD. The suite of rooms in the Victor Horsley Chambers continues the gallery’s interest in presenting challenging contemporary work in domestically–scaled settings "Sarah Scout Presents are delighted to announce our representation of Christian Thompson. Having both known Christian and having engaged with his practice for many years we are pleased at the opportunity to work with him and represent his remarkable practice in Melbourne. Christian’s continual refashioning of his body as a performative device, together with his interest in identity and cultural hybridity, generates complex and highly individualistic work. He joins a stable of artists with similarly critically engaged conceptual practices and his peers and the wider arts community in Melbourne are looking forward to seeing more of Christian’s work locally. We are excited to be presenting a solo exhibition of Christian’s new work in 2017." - Kate Barber & Vikki McInnes, August 2016 www.sarahscoutpresents.com Image: Christian Thompson, 'To Behold is to be Beholden', 120 x 120 cm, C - Type Print, 2016. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/indigenous-artist-defends-abramovic monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604845201247-LLL66OJ612Q5V2CUD9EN/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2824%29.jpg News - Indigenous artist defends Abramovic - SOURCE Prominent Indigenous artist Christian Thompson has defended performance artist Marina Abramovic after an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir emerged that described Aboriginal Australians as looking like “dinosaurs”. The passage from the book, which Ms Abramovic later said was from an “early, uncorrected proof”, was widely panned on social media for its crude description of Aboriginal people. Mr Thompson, a Bidjara contemporary artist now based in London, posted on Facebook saying the Yugoslav artist had been a “mentor” to him and was “hugely supportive of Aboriginal culture”. “It was a poor command of language not a racially motivated attack as it has been represented and does not reflect the person I know or the opinions she holds today,” Mr Thompson’s post continued. “I have only ever heard Marina express a great warmth and a deep respect for our culture and people.” https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-selected-artist-for-11th-shanghai-biennale monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604844283716-V9SQKWFUL3VD74FYO99M/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2822%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson selected artist for 11th Shanghai Biennale - SOURCE The Shanghai-based art museum Power Station of Art has recently announced the artist lineup for the 11th Shanghai Biennale, totaling 92 international artists. From November 11, 2016 through March 12, 2017, the biennale will spotlight contemporary artists from 40 countries, including 27 Chinese artists, 37 female artists, and 48 male artists. Some of these participating talents are Agan Harashap, Christian Thompson, Aki Sasamoto, Anawana Haloba, Ayesha Jatoi, Chen Zhe, Christine Sun Kim, Etel Adnan, Wang Gongxin, Tao Hui, Taus Makhacheva, and Yang Zhenzhong. Curated by the Delhi-based artist group Raqs Media Collective, the biennale will respond to the theme “Why Not Ask Again? Arguments, Counter-arguments and Stories,” occupying the first three floors of the Power Station of Art. Perceived as a demand and a query, it hopes to prompt a multitude of questions and follow-ups from the artists, and from the audience based on the works exhibited. In addition to this, to add depth to the biennale, the curators have also created key extensions which will make up the overall program of the event. The “Terminals” comprise one of the vital components of the biennale, acting as a point of “connection and amplification” for the exhibition. This extension will feature international artists such as Ivana Franke, Regina José Galindo, Marjolijn Dijkman, and MouSen + MSG, who will be invited to develop a collection of questions through their artistic practice. Seven young curators selected from around the world will each present a sub-exhibition in the “Infra-Curatorial Platform,” designed to delve into various curatorial vantage points that draw on new queries around “networked thinking.”“51 Personae” features a total of three programs curated by Raqs Media Collective and executed by Curatorial Collegiate member Chen Yun. Each of these will present a Shanghai “figure” to the city every week throughout the duration of the biennale. And lastly, Liu Tan has developed “Theory Opera” in collaboration with Yao Mengxi as the scenographer, examining the “sensuality of thought. External events initiated by the Power Station of Art will be happening throughout Shanghai, including “Metamorphosis of the God Harvest,” which will be showcased at the art center of the Swatch Art Peace Hotel. The 11th Shanghai Biennale will run from November 11, 2016 through March 12, 2017 at the Power Station of Art, Shanghai. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/australian-artist-christian-thompson-on-being-mentored-by-marina-abramovi monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604845451138-647Q29BHQYMXZAD8AG6F/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%287%29.jpg News - Australian artist Christian Thompson on being mentored by Marina Abramović - SOURCE Christian Thompson can do a marvellous impression of the performance art luminary Marina Abramović. The Australian artist was one of 12 selected by Abramović for her 11-day Sydney residency in June, held with Kaldor Public Art Projects, during which he showed her a work-in-progress. The video piece called Dead Tongue featured himself singing in his father’s Indigenous Australian language of Bidjara, of the Kunja nation in central Queensland. “No, get rid of music,” says Thompson imitating a brusque Abramović and her staccato, accented English. He says she loved the work but was adamant: “You don’t use music. Just language.” Thompson mimes a furious taking of notes. “I was like: get, rid, of, music.” Her advice merely confirmed his own doubts – that perhaps the music was too melancholy, overpoweringly so. Including a language that “doesn’t really exist any more” was already a powerful thing in itself, he says. Bidjara has been categorised extinct by the global languages catalogue Ethnologue. But as Thompson says: “The language isn’t really dead if it’s being spoken, even if one word of it is being spoken.” The live-in residency was held on the top floor of Sydney’s Pier 2/3 and not only included one-on-one sessions with Abramović but a “very regimented sort of program”, Thompson says, including workshops and talks, and in the second week an intensive period of art-making. Participants also interacted with the Marina Abramović method, during which he spent six-and-a-half hours separating out a pile of black lentils and white rice. “After a while your ears go into white noise – sort of this ‘eeeeeeeee’ – then you regress into your memories, into your childhood. It’s quite amazing. I kept thinking my grandmother would be so proud of me, which is the most random thing. All of a sudden this internal voice becomes a lot clearer.” Few are as persistent with the rice and lentil sorting as Thompson was, and he says there was a “bit of a buzz” in the room when he finished. Later on he told Abramović, expecting her to be at least a little impressed, but who, with cool nonchalance, simply replied: “Yeah? Oh, good.” But Thompson says the most confronting task was looking into the eyes of a stranger. He’s not certain how long he did so, perhaps 30 minutes, but describes it as a “really uncomfortable” experience. “There were moments of complete seriousness and uncontrollable giggling and not knowing where to rest my eyes. I kept thinking: just look at the eyebrows, look at the sideburns, move your eyes into different places.” He spotted the man – whom he remembers only as “wearing glasses and with sandy hair” – two or three days later. “I just ran away,” he says. “I felt like we’d said a lot to each other but without actually speaking.” The photographer, sculptor and performance artist is based in London and in 2010 became the first Aboriginal Australian to be admitted into Oxford University in its 900-year history, completing a doctorate of philosophy in fine art. His works tackle identity, colonialism and culture, but often have a touch of flamboyancy and kitsch in their execution, from tacky, knitted sweaters to self-portraits wearing flower crowns and a fascination with crystals. His piece from the Marina Abramović residency, Dead Tongue, builds on a number of previous works, including 2010’s Gamu Mambu (Blood Song), 2011’s Dhagunyilangu (Brother) and 2014’s Refuge, now showing as part of a curated retrospective at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Sydney. In them, Thompson has paired his family’s Bidjara language with pop and operatic music, borrowing from the “pigeon Bidjara” taught by his dad as well as word lists from historical archives. He asked his father if there were any traditional songs left, and when he said no Thompson decided to simply write his own. Inevitably, most of those looking at the video work fail to recognise the language being sung, and in the past have asked him if it is Italian, French, German or even Asian languages such as Malaysian or Indonesian. “I like the idea of giving [the language] away and it being interpreted through the genre of opera, which I guess in western society is revered as a very high art form.” Collection+ Christian Thompson is showing at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation until 12 December https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/scaf-sydney-celebrates-christian-thompsons-innovative-art monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604845719922-DY5T15XLUZBGIDAGC6MQ/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2825%29.jpg News - SCAF Sydney Celebrates Christian Thompson’s Innovative Art - SOURCE Indigenous Australian artist Christian Thompson is not only one of the country’s most talented and exciting contemporary artists, he is also one of its most internationally successful and widely exhibited creative talents. Sydney’s Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF) is celebrating Thompson’s engaging and innovative practice with its fifth “Collection+” exhibition which will navigate the intersection of art and fashion through his cross-disciplinary work. Born in Australia and based in London, Thompson explores notions of identity, cultural hybridity & history through a multi-disciplinary practice that spans photography, performance, video, sculpture, sound, and often incorporates fashion-related imagery. Originally trained as a sculptor, Thompson made history in 2010 when he became the first Aboriginal Australian to be admitted into the University of Oxford where he obtained a Doctorate of Philosophy (Fine Art). “Collection+: Christian Thompson” is curated by emerging Melbourne-based curator and lawyer Alana Kushnir who has explored concepts of collection and ownership, the extinction and rediscovery of language, and the appropriation of Indigenous Australian material culture. As with all of the “Collection+” exhibitions, key works from the Gene & Brian Sherman Collection will feature alongside works loaned from major public and private collections worldwide. SCAF Executive Director Gene Sherman commented on Thompson’s practice: “A longstanding passion for fashion meshes with the artist’s deeply thought-through costume play. As a result of this and several other overlapping interests – including a need to foreground society’s marginalised – my personal connection with the artist’s practice intensified over the years.” “Collection+: Christian Thompson” will be on show at SCAF from 23 October until 12 December 2015 (Opening night: Thursday 22 October, 6–8 pm). https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/back-from-oxford-curators-are-snapping-up-christian-thompson monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604846084177-LCRG0VH3C693YN9FC8YS/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2826%29.jpg News - Back from Oxford, curators are snapping up Christian Thompson - SOURCE Sydney dealer Michael Reid is finalising three institutional acquisitions of recent Christian Thompson images, making the young photographer an increasingly sought-after artist on the contemporary art scene. Since completing his PhD with Oxford University late last year and returning to Australia, Thompson has racked up a slew of credits. He was one of 12 young artists selected to work alongside Marina Abramovic in a Kaldor Art Project in Sydney, and his work is currently in 24 Frames Per Second, an exhibition of contemporary art and dance at Carriageworks in Sydney. Coming up, he has been selected for the Asia Pacific Triennial at the Queensland Art Gallery in November and he'll exhibit with the Koorie Heritage Trust in Melbourne's Federation Square in August. Reid says he has witnessed this kind of surge of interest in an artist's work before but says it doesn't happen very often. "The oh-my-god effect is much rarer than you think," he says. He began offering work from Thompson's latest series Imperial Relic two weeks ago, following on from its first outing in Melbourne during the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival in May. It includes a video and four photographs of Thompson in elaborate costumes, all in small editions with prices between $7700 and $11,000. The three acquisitions will all go to Australian museums. While photography has traditionally been seen as an affordable entry point into art collecting, Reid says today's buyers and museum curators connect with the diversity of Thompson's practice – which has also included video, performance, soundscapes and sculpture. "You know you're buying into a richer experience, [the works are] part of a bigger scape," he says. He says this interdisciplinary approach has put Thompson "in the very spot where contemporary art is in fact heading," giving his work greater currency at home and internationally. It's a trend that other dealers are also witnessing. Bronwyn Rennex, who runs the photography gallery Stills in Sydney, says photography had a high point in the mid-2000s, marked by floods of works by artists like Tracey Moffatt onto the secondary market. Since then, buyers have moved away from medium-specific approaches to collecting, largely in response to artists themselves and the growing popularity of multidisciplinary and conceptually-driven practices. "Because artists are working that way, collectors have responded and they're collecting that way as well," she says. It's something she's seen with emerging artists in her stable, such as Kawita Vatanajyankur, who produces videos of performances, and Justine Varga, who makes images more akin to abstract painting. The three works by Varga in Stills' current group exhibition, all in editions of 5 with prices starting at $2,200, are now almost sold out. Rennex is also fielding institutional interest for another emerging artist she has recently begun working with, James Tylor. But there are other reasons contributing to Thompson's steady climb, including the fact he has now spent close to a decade living and working overseas: in The Netherlands, on campus at Oxford, and also London. Reid cites an exhibition at London's private Hospital Club that was attended by curators from the Getty Museum, British Museum, the Tate and others. "You can't do that here... You can not actually do an event in Australia where 10 of the 30 most important curators in the world just turn up." It's unlikely Thompson will stay in Australia for long. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-tells-indigenous-australias-story-in-the-imperial-relic monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604846314301-OL2ERXBF5OGVCI9CVHGQ/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2824%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson tells Indigenous Australia's story in The Imperial Relic - SOURCE In one photograph, Christian Thompson's head can be just seen emerging from a fabric sheath resembling an old-fashioned gramophone horn. In another, he wears an elaborate helmet made of maps, including one of the distribution of Aboriginal language groups, cut into triangular pieces. Another piece uses British flags and flowers "kind of inspired by the punk movement and ideas of nationalism and sovereignty" that harks back to Vivienne Westwood and David Bowie. Thompson, 37, is an Indigenous artist from Barcaldine in Queensland "13 hours inland from Brisbane" as he puts it. Barcaldine to a café in London's Soho, where we now sit: it's quite a journey. Thompson is talking about the images in his small show The Imperial Relic; he is at the heart of each one, literally as well as imaginatively. "I'm interested in ideas of submission and domination," he says. "So the trumpet headpiece is beautiful, but it also potentially muffles or silences the voice. The same thing with maps: they are purporting different kinds of historical narrative, depending who is telling the story. One is about the history of Indigenous people, one is about the history of white colonisers and then one is about the idea of charting the land and of discovery. I'm wearing it as an armature over my own body: that's part of my own history but also of Australian history." The Imperial Relic has been made by Thompson at the behest of Australia's Human Rights Arts and Film Festival. It is the first work he has made since finishing a practice doctorate at Oxford University, which he attended with the assistance of a scholarship named for the indefatigable Indigenous activist Charles Perkins. This week he was named as one of a small group of artists chosen to work as "conductors" with performance artist Marina Abramovic in the Kaldor Public Art Project in Sydney next month, but he is anything but cocky. Actually, he keeps apologising for talking too much, despite my assurances that this is a desirable thing in interviewees. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/david-cameron-pays-tribute-to-indigenous-university-students monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604846552393-M8XZTWE9I82WV9MPXOMX/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2827%29.jpg News - David Cameron Pays Tribute to Indigenous University Students - SOURCE UK Prime Minister David Cameron has acknowledged Indigenous students studying at Cambridge and Oxford universities in Britain. Mr Cameron is in Australia for the G20 summit in Brisbane. He addressed the Australian Parliament earlier today. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/pulse-reflections-on-the-body monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604847429366-BWGX9I7VH1TTBK7XZCAS/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2828%29.jpg News - PULSE: Reflections on the body - EXHIBITION PULSE: Reflections on the body Until 22 February, 2015 Canberra Museum and Art Gallery PULSE: Reflections on the body, is a Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG) project curated by Mark Bayly. It comprises a performance program and a series of floor talks and public conversations, all in relation to how our lived experiences have impacted our physical selves. The human body is an amazing feat of biological and manufactured architecture. Bayly describes how, given the continued acceleration of computer technology and biomedicine, prosthetics have challenged the traditional conventions differentiating the natural from the artificial body; “From the everyday use of false teeth and spectacles, to the advancement of hearing implants, pacemakers and artificial limbs, we’re witnessing a significant shift in our understanding of what it is to be human.” Through this modern evolution of our transhuman selves, Bayly argues that “the relationship between our physical and conscious self provides a universal and inexhaustible area of investigation” and the exhibition demonstrates how contemporary artists are exploring ideas about the body and what it means to be human. PULSE incorporates the work of 27 contemporary Australian artists; James Batchelor, Alexander Boynes, Robert Boynes, Julie Brooke, Michal Glikson, Marie Hagerty, Travis H. Heinrich, The Kingpins (Angelica Mesiti, Técha Noble, Emma and Katie Price), Jay Kochel, Richard Larter, Gary Lee, Lindy Lee, Peter Maloney, Chenoeh Miller and Little Dove Theatre Art, Nell, John Nelson, Sidney Nolan, Patsy Payne, Tim Phillips, Patricia Piccinini, Jude Rae, Sarah Rice, David Sequeira, Garry Stewart and Australian Dance Theatre, Christian Thompson, Charles White and Michael Zavros. The collaborating artists have reflected on the body and its functions as both a physical and metaphysical phenomenon. Some focus on life, like Sydney artist Nell, with her installation entitled ‘a white bird flies in the mist, a black bird flies in the night, a woman walks, wild and free, she is not afraid to die’ (2008) where a bronzed woman leads a posse of 33 small, hand-blown glass ghosts, representing each year in the artist’s life and symbolising the impermanence of the human body. Other artists respond to the challenge of living out their personal cultural and sexual journeys when living in strict societies, while for others the body is a mirror of self-consciousness, introspection and interiority. Exhibiting artist Jude Rae creates portraits that are firmly grounded in realism as she attends exclusively to the face and provides no clues to the background of her subjects in terms of dress or belongings. In each portrait, the eyes of her subject are closed, affording no engagement with the viewer. In closing the subject’s eyes, Rae presents a sympathetic employment of daydreaming and a connection with the inner self. PULSE poses three important questions: What are the constituent elements of the human body? What relationships do these have to our health, and to pathology? And, what drives us to define what is a ‘normal’ body? The exhibiting artists each provide an individual response to these phenomenological concerns, from the inner and outer realms of human anatomy, psychology and identity, forcing the audience to confront these questions and attempt to find some answers in assessing the values represented in each work against their own. SOURCE https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-hospital-club monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604848155324-3R4WMVQ7K8E31A1IK7W7/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2830%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson - Hospital Club - We Bury Our Own 'We Bury Our Own’ was the debut London show of leading Australian artist, Christian Thompson. A ground breaking photographic series and video work produced in dialogue with the renowned Pitt Rivers Museum collection, University of Oxford. Previously shown in New York, Oxford, Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, Virginia and now the final stop at the Hospital Club, Covent Garden. Christian Thompson is an inaugural Charlie Perkins Scholar who recently made history when he became one of the first Aboriginal Australians to be admitted to the University of Oxford in its 900 year existence. Exhibited internationally, Thompson’s stellar career spans more than a decade and encompasses photography, video, performance, sound and sculpture. He occupies the forefront of and has influenced a new generation of Australian artists whose work, not unexpectedly, explores issues of identity, cultural hybridity and history. Thompson’s artistic practice has been informed by his absorption of a wide range of cultures as an artist growing up in an urban environment in the 1980s and 1990s. His work transcends racial and political boundaries through a sophisticated universality that speaks of the personal human experience and poetic celebration of kinship in a rapid global economy. Combining traditional Australian scenarios with lurid ornamentation and outlandish dress, he has moved into the ‘exploration’ of a new cross-continental theatrically and ‘post’ - colonial identity blending Australian and European imagery and performance. Through dress, song, performance, photographic and video images, Thompson harnesses iconographies from completely different times and cultures, he grafts and blends them into charged and magical hybrids. SOURCE https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-interview-my-work-does-not-need-to-be-read-through-the-optical-lens-of-my-race monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604847778044-F4GTXT58NDGATOOAHIF0/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2829%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson interview: ‘My work does not need to be read through the optical lens of my race’ - SOURCE Christian Andrew William Bumbarra Thompson (born 1978) belongs to the Bidjara Indigenous people of central South West Queensland, Australia; his mother is of British heritage. Thompson has established an international career and now lives and works in the UK. In 2010, he won a scholarship to the University of Oxford, becoming one of the first two Australian Aboriginal students to study there. Janet McKenzie: Christian, you were born in South Australia, travelled extensively with your family while growing up, but consider your home to be in Queensland, where your great-great-great-grandfather was a senior tribesman of the Bidjara people. Can you describe your childhood and your family’s way of life. Christian Thompson: I grew up in the Royal Australian Air Force. In hindsight, though, I had quite a bohemian existence. We grew up surrounded by many of my father’s friends, who were also Aboriginal, and their families, who included people from Italy, India, Indonesia and Malaysia. So we existed in this little multicultural enclave inside the military. It was a unique way to grow up. At the time, it was hard to leave friends and be uprooted, but we saw so much of the country, met so many people, and adaptation was a way of life. It has served me well as an artist. We spent most of our holidays, Christmas and Easter, in Barcaldine in South West Queensland, where my father is from, and we always referred to it as “home”. We would tell people: “Oh, we are going out home to see our family.” The Thompson family has been in that town for more than 100 years and our traditional country is not far away and we have been there for thousands of years. We spent weeks on end in the bush with my great aunts and cousins; we would just take flour, water and salt. We had a very traditional Aboriginal upbringing and many of our traditional customs are still intact. I now realise how rare this is and I am very thankful to my family for instilling in us such pride in our roots. JMcK: What led you to choose study art? Where did you study? CT: There are many artists in my family on both sides. My paternal grandfather was a painter, my mother dabbled in ceramics, my dad is a great illustrator and plays guitar, my older brother plays classical guitar, my cousin is an amazing hyperrealist painter and my mum’s sister is as painter as well, so a grew up surrounded by creative people. It’s in our blood. I knew I wanted to do something creative. When I was about 16, my art teacher, Kim Betros, said: “I think you are very talented and could have a career as an artist.” It only took a little nudge. We are still friends to this day. My family was very supportive and put me forward for different competitions and prizes. JMcK: Your art practice centres on photography, video and performance. Given the spectacular development of Australian Aboriginal art as a cultural force, and with potentially great commercial success, were you tempted to use Indigenous methods of art production and become a painter? CT: No, not really. I can paint and draw, but my ideas come to me so quickly that it is a case of finding the right medium to embody the idea. I think video and photography were the media of my time; I grew up in the 1990s, so we were all about culture-jamming and mixing things up. JMcK: Music is a vital force in the development of your work: classical music, Indigenous ritual and punk music. Can you explain how performance and music interacted in your early work? CT: I spent most of my teenage years frequenting alternative music festivals in Australia. I was obsessed with Riot Grrrl bands such as Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Red Aunts, Cold Cold Hearts, Huggy Bear and other bands such as Hole, Babes in Toyland and Lunachicks, and female vocalists such as Tori Amos, PJ Harvey and Björk. I mean the list could go on and on. I guess I was a little feminist and now I’m just a bigger one. I was also in bands. I had a band in Melbourne called Red Knight Night and we played all over the place, under bridges, at gay bars and parties. My work has always been performance-based but I was shy – I didn’t want to be out the front. Over the years, I have become more comfortable with my own image: in fact, I don’t really see them as myself, they are more an idea at a particular time. In the beginning, I made sculptures and wore them, and took photos of myself wearing them, then I made videos, then live performance and now sound and music. JMcK: Can you describe your work that was included in the 2010 17th Biennale of Sydney, The Beauty of Distance – Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age? CT: I was invited by [the biennale’s artistic director] David Elliott to be part of the show. At the time, I was living in Amsterdam studying for a master’s of theatre at DasArts [DasArts is a master’s degree course within the Theatre School of the Amsterdam School of Arts]. I lived near the opera and was also taking opera singing lessons. The vocalist in Gamu Mambu (Blood Song) is my singing instructor and she is a baroque opera singer. I was writing my own songs in Bidjara, our traditional language, which is endangered. My father is one of only a handful of people who still have a command of it. So I gave her my Bidjara pop song and asked her to do a baroque version. I really think of it as a kind of portrait because it engages all these elements that were part of my life at that time. A motivation behind the work was to introduce our language back into the popular culture through music, which is so infectious and it really works. I heard people on Cockatoo Island during the biennale humming the melody and it was considered to be the signature work by one of the major reviewers. JMcK: You have had residencies in Arizona and Amsterdam. What has the impact of your international experience as an artist been, both in terms of your work and your sense of identity? CT: I have a worldview now. I think of how my work fits into a world context. I have been educated in the Netherlands and in England. A third of my life experiences and memories are attached to Europe. There was a generation of artists in America and England who considered themselves post-black – Yinka Shonibare, Renée Green, et al. I think of myself in the same way from an Australian point of view. My work does not need to be read through the optical lens of my race, although it can be framed in that way. My work is about lots of things, kinship, belonging, and place: universal ideas that we all have a yearning for, or are grappling with. I needed to leave Australia to grow: I knew that instinctively, I needed to find the artist I wanted to be and that involved going outside so I could look in. JMcK: Your mother’s family is of British descent? Did that play a part in your applying to study at Oxford, at the Ruskin School of Art? CT: Yes. My mother’s family is originally from south London and Bampton, just outside Oxford. I grew up surrounded by British television, The Kenny Everett Video Show, Some Mother Do ’Ave ’ Em, Are You Being Served? and Doctor Who. The more recent generations [in Australia] are more influenced by American culture. I really looked to England for everything, and had older cousins who lived in London. The solo performance I produced in Amsterdam titled Tree of Knowledge is partly about my desire to move to London. It just so happened that I applied for the Charlie Perkins’ Scholarship and was accepted into Oxford, so the universe has its own way of making these things happen. I felt as if I would make more sense in England and wanted to connect to my maternal heritage. JMcK: Can you describe the work that was included in the Royal Academy exhibition last year? CT: The work was titled Dead As A Door Nail (2009), and it was from my Lost Together series. It was inspired in part by the work of [the Australian painter] Frederick McCubbin [1855-1917]. I recreated this camping scene from one of his paintings, but in a forest in Amsterdam. It was one of the first bodies of work I had made outside Australia and I wanted to employ the formality of the Dutch landscape as a backdrop for the works. The Lost Together series was about living in Europe, looking out into the world and exploring. So I utilised my memories of Australia through the eyes of McCubbin, but as a young Bidjara man exploring the new frontier of Europe. That is a really special series for me; I look back on it with fondness because it represents an exciting and challenging time in my life. The work was formulated through the visual filter of Amsterdam and has a hedonistic and menacing quality. Isaac, the character in the painting, appears throughout the series – the works seemed just to emerge. JMcK: Was it surprising or depressing to read the terrible reviews in the British press of Australia [at the Royal Academy, London in 2013], since they showed so little awareness of the manner in which Australia as a nation and as a culture has evolved? CT: Not really: as Australians we love to slam things, the tall poppy syndrome at its best. The British response, I felt, was lazy and not researched. Some of the reviewers clearly had no interest in Australia, our history or our art, and couldn’t be bothered learning. I took colleagues through the show the whole time it was on and it had an amazing attendance and people where excited and engaged. I even discovered new things I would never have seen had I viewed the show at home, so I learned more about my own art history, which was wonderful. JMcK: What are you working on at Oxford? CT: I just submitted my thesis and am now preparing for my viva and graduation exhibition. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-aired-on-radio-new-zealand-national monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604848452454-R1L2GUPUPVD3PEZM48AK/4de27fd16fddf8f1a97866bbd866ff35.jpg News - Christian Thompson aired on Radio New Zealand National - 'Australian photographer and performance artist Christian Thompson on his artist's residency for the School of Art and Massey University and Wellington City Council, and why he had to leave Australia after being branded an 'angry Aboriginal artist'. He says he's more playful than angry, though some of his images pack a punch. Christian made history by becoming the first Aboriginal accepted into Oxford University and is now based in London.' LISTEN PODCAST https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-featured-in-yoke-magazine monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604848785140-UC2II4S49HMVHX4L9CFK/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2833%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson Featured in Yoke Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604848785882-1Y14OFIUUU9ANN67TFTL/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2832%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson Featured in Yoke Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604848624381-ZG9IG775TYMJCGPNDARU/2341c5_f6cbc34ed96342cb9ef96e5b4ba77511.png News - Christian Thompson Featured in Yoke Magazine - peaking from London, where he is currently finishing off his thesis – only 7,000 words to go –Christian Thompson muses with me on being the inaugural Charles Perkins Oxford Scholar recipient, the art of shape-shifting through self-portraiture, seasonal affective disorder and the nature of belonging. His artistic impetus has been to take “very traditional kinds of ideas and bring them into a contemporary context.” His interests have delved “beneath the surface of popular culture, and not the things that are.” He believes a culture moves forward by “questioning these perceived binaries, whether it’s male and female, black and white, gay and straight, or urban and regional.” Interview by Leah Renya Grycewicz SOURCE https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/the-guardian-melbourne-art-trams-add-colour-to-the-citys-streets monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604849168212-833AV43W8FF165POIHBH/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2834%29.jpg News - The Guardian: Melbourne Art Trams Add Colour to The City's Streets - SOURCE https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-shows-around-the-duke-and-duchess-of-cornwall-at-the-royal-academy-of-arts monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604849334805-TA01G5UWQU70PUB7RNC8/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2835%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson shows around the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall at the Royal Academy of Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604849393245-0YVJBOWVQZRXERESEPNK/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%2836%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson shows around the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall at the Royal Academy of Arts - Christian Thompson shows around HRH Prince of Wales, Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall with the curator Kathleen Soriano at the Royal Academy of Arts. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompsons-ellipse-2014-on-the-259-tram-part-of-the-melbourne-festival-2014 monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604849602833-9811RV0R19RPY6GYWGXO/2341c5_e54505a4490d43fb91f2428cace0b505.jpg News - Christian Thompson's 'Ellipse' 2014 on the 259 tram, part of the Melbourne Festival 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604849603469-KWAA7SYJ95AEX4SV9LCU/2341c5_9b5a2e13721743f4b097003594562055.jpg News - Christian Thompson's 'Ellipse' 2014 on the 259 tram, part of the Melbourne Festival 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604849604322-HM7Y6LQR2JTO309BVYB0/2341c5_4d2189d9401c4ae99ed4f2aa06c24f53.jpg News - Christian Thompson's 'Ellipse' 2014 on the 259 tram, part of the Melbourne Festival 2014 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-art-as-a-verb-part-of-melbourne-festival-2014 monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604849748971-PMHW8JU4NEABPYGTVATN/2341c5_cfe20ee65076488d9df6403ca052918b.jpg News - Christian Thompson - 'Art as a Verb' Part of Melbourne Festival 2014 - Christian Thompson, Desert Slippers, 2006 34 secs, Video Art as a Verb 3 October – 16 December 2014 Presented by MUMA in association with Melbourne Festival Opening function: Saturday 4 October 2014, 3-5pm Curatorium: Charlotte Day, Francis E. Parker and Patrice Sharkey Artists: Marina Abramović, Vito Acconci, Bas Jan Ader, Paweł Althamer & Artur Żmijewski, Francis Alÿs, Billy Apple, John Baldessari, Brown Council, Catherine or Kate, Clark Beaumont, Martin Creed, DAMP, John Davis, George Egerton-Warburton, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Emily Floyd, Ceal Floyer, Heath Franco, Alicia Frankovich, Andrea Fraser, Ryan Gander, Agatha Gothe-Snape, Matthew Griffin, Bianca Hester, Hi Red Center, Christopher L G Hill, Tehching Hsieh, Tim Johnson, Allan Kaprow, Peter Kennedy, Sister Mary Corita Kent, Anastasia Klose, Laresa Kosloff, Jiří Kovanda, George Kuchar, George Maciunas, Basim Magdy, Paul McCarthy, David McDiarmid, Ian Milliss, Kate Mitchell, Bruce Nauman, Rose Nolan, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Ariel Orozco, Deborah Ostrow, Mike Parr, Campbell Patterson, Kenny Pittock, Stuart Ringholt, Sarah Rodigari, Robert Rooney, Martha Rosler, Eva Rothschild, Tony Schwensen, Jill Scott, Kateřina Šedá, Christian Thompson, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Gabrielle de Vietri and Franz West Art as a Verb is a major thematic exhibition that takes as its departure point the concept of art as action, both inside the gallery and beyond. Drawing upon the unbridled energy and anarchy of fluxus and happenings, and looking back to a moment when art dematerialised, Art as a Verb presents a range of projects from the 1960s to today that challenge the traditional role of the artist and the site of the museum. What constitutes the work of an artist? How do the varying roles of an artist (as instigator, facilitator, teacher, performer, consumer or visionary) fit within broader society? And how does the museum support art forms that function beyond the art object? Bringing together artworks from a wide range of Australian and international practitioners, Art as a Verb will feature documentation of actions and performances, situational pieces, instructional works, manifestoes and interactive props. more info https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-featured-in-nga-publication-100-works-for-100-years monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604850066543-7CNG8XL3FAUVUQE1LCRK/2341c5_eb4033a60d464eefacb1229c2685063a.jpg News - Christian Thompson Featured in NGA Publication '100 Works for 100 Years' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604850035501-PUFOUFF7FI5FUVRKUYNC/2341c5_0d3e017cdaa7415396df9341bbcf23a1.jpg News - Christian Thompson Featured in NGA Publication '100 Works for 100 Years' https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/artist-in-resident-christian-thompson-public-lecture monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604850193813-XDLSVGB44HUKJ1YHI7MY/2341c5_0e7f9ee0c09846ddbd5425a7f09d381b.jpg News - Artist-in-Resident Christian Thompson Public Lecture https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-featured-in-national-gallery-of-australia-publication-gallery-highlights monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604850343868-CCELCZRYY7HKS84WLO11/2341c5_0dff0e67d72741e3a1b5efeff892b5a4.jpg News - Christian Thompson Featured in National Gallery of Australia Publication Gallery Highlights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604850367972-SOZ1HEMNNRNQXQK9WO9N/2341c5_0c0fd2cc0d384416abf2976f5730e058.jpg News - Christian Thompson Featured in National Gallery of Australia Publication Gallery Highlights https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/art-soul-episode-three-christian-thompson monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-part-of-wellington-international-artist-residency monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604851024525-UTORAXS219T5WCH8R6IB/2341c5_45950a28ddf840658f376104f84ebefe+%281%29.jpg News - Christian Thompson Part of Wellington International Artist Residency - New international arts residency has contemporary focus South Australian artist Christian Thompson is the first recipient of one of the most ambitious international artist-in-residence programmes to be staged in New Zealand. From October, in a partnership between Whiti o Rehua – The School of Art at Massey University and Wellington City Council, contemporary international artists will live and work on the Wellington waterfront. Starting with Mr Thompson, a photographic, conceptual and performance artist of Aboriginal descent, resident artists will carry out their art in an impressive new studio at the prow end of Clyde Quay Wharf (the old Overseas Passenger Terminal). Head of the School of Art, Associate Professor Heather Galbraith, says the invitation-only residence, called Te Whare Hēra (the house of the sails) reflects the location’s history of maritime arrivals and departures, and the ‘journey’ inherent in creating new art works. The residency programme is unique in New Zealand for its emphasis on public engagement and is in a highly visible location. Resident artists will lead community-facing events about once every six weeks, enabling Wellingtonians to interact with the artist on a regular basis. Resident artists will give public talks about their work, interact with tertiary students and be introduced to New Zealand artists, writers, students and curators. Residency coordinator, Associate Professor Ann Shelton, says these aspects of the residency “will help to foster a vibrant exchange of ideas and result in productive conversations between artists and communities of interest, calibrated by the concerns of each artist’s project.” Ms Galbraith says when Wellington Waterfront Ltd (a council holding company) approached the art school; the staff were delighted and worked alongside the company to develop the idea further. “The partnership with Wellington Waterfront Ltd and the Wellington City Council is incredibly exciting. We all share the desire to bring really relevant, contemporary international art to Wellington.” Mr Thompson’s body of work fits the residency brief that the artist be contemporary, innovative and engaged. The 36 year-old from Gawler in South Australia, who will be resident in Wellington for two months, is currently completing his doctorate through the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford. He came to prominence in Australia in the late 1990s and his work is primarily focused on the exploration of identity, and in his performances and photographic works he inhabits a range a personas achieved through hand-crafted costumes and carefully orchestrated poses and backdrops. He has presented his photographs, videos and performance works in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. His group exhibitions have included Andy and OZ: Parallel Visions, Andy Warhol Museum USA. Workin Down Under, Wood Street Galleries, USA. Brilliance, Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Massey University through a grant from its Strategic Innovation Fund, and Whiti o Rehua resourcing, with Wellington City Council and Wellington Waterfront Ltd, will fund the Wellington residency project in its first year. Wellington Waterfront Ltd chief executive Ian Pike says such a “high calibre” international residency will reinforce the capital’s position as a visual arts leader, fostering greater public recognition and debate of contemporary art. Ms Shelton says that by running the residency, Massey “can make a visible difference to the city’s cultural life and enrich the opportunities for our students.” The residency covers artists’ travel and accommodation, an honorarium and a materials stipend. Artists will receive technical and logistical support, and access to facilities from Whiti o Rehua, along with facilitation of public events and exhibition of their work. For further information contact Associate Professor Ann Shelton tel: 021 202 8879 e: a.shelton@massey.ac.nz or Associate Professor Heather Galbraith tel: 021 423 098 e: h.galbraith@massey.ac.nz more info https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-at-cairns-indigenous-art-fair-with-michael-reid-gallery monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604851733694-5FPACH7KTZ7WES8QAGHK/2341c5_42b53a7db47d40168342c62ff7da8902.jpg News - Christian Thompson at Cairns Indigenous Art Fair with Michael Reid Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604851733519-6DH196ZX2VA2A0KNJBU5/2341c5_d266dde369584afbbf0b82b39976d033.jpg News - Christian Thompson at Cairns Indigenous Art Fair with Michael Reid Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604851763820-MQMZZETEQ9MVQ8FI6LVE/2341c5_cb7f6f97719c4374be5c15bbec2049b3.jpg News - Christian Thompson at Cairns Indigenous Art Fair with Michael Reid Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604851738733-G9UYP6HBRH7OWZVA6K69/2341c5_4765b39a730f4af5bab3387fcdd83e12.jpg News - Christian Thompson at Cairns Indigenous Art Fair with Michael Reid Gallery https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/a-hrefhttpswwwchristianthompsonnetsingle-post20140718christian-thompson-part-of-2014-melbourne-art-tram-serieschristian-thompson-part-of-2014-melbourne-art-tram-seriesa monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604851922844-Q7DRUJOL87RT8R45YO0D/2341c5_f0fac0a285a64396b53dea61f2dc3196.jpg News - <a href="https://www.christianthompson.net/single-post/2014/07/18/Christian-Thompson-Part-of-2014-Melbourne-Art-Tram-series">Christian Thompson Part of 2014 Melbourne Art Tram series</a> - SOURCE Melbourne’s streets are about to get a lot more colourful now that eight new Victorian artists have been chosen to have their work featured on trams all across the network. It’s basically a moving exhibition that you can admire on your way to work – or feel part of as you roll into the city on one of the one-of-a-kind wonders. Melbourne Art Trams was initiated last year as part of Melbourne Festival, and takes inspiration from Transport Art – a project that ran from 1978­-1993 that saw 36 trams revamped by renowned Australian artists. The eight artworks (chosen from 150 proposals) showcase a diverse range of themes that creatively reflect our state’s identity. James Cattell’s Melbourne’s Dreamscape captures the city’s gothic architectural landscape with imagery from the Manchester Unity Building, the State Library and the Shrine of Remembrance, and landscape painter Jeff Makin’s design takes commuters on routes 11 and 86 to the Victorian landscape with a rustic depiction of the Grampians region. Internationally acclaimed artist Christian Thompson’s tram (pictured) depicts a stunning, androgynous portrait, raising questions about sexuality and gender. Other notable artists include Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi, daughter of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, whose design comes from her painting ‘Grandmother’s Country’ which represents a meeting place along a river. Art Trams also presents a fantastic opportunity for Callum Croker ­– a year 12 student from Wesley College – who won the emerging artist tram with his artwork inspired by a wooden train set. All eight trams will be on display in October during the Melbourne Festival, and you’ll get to vote for your favourite. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/the-age-indigenous-artists-tap-soul-of-their-homelands monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604852383731-2G91CGQLUS7H1TBLOMK4/2341c5_170ea693070643fb8e2fede5b5510b28.jpg News - The Age: Indigenous artists tap soul of their homelands - SOURCE Queensland-born indigenous artist Christian Thompson’s connection to the late Aboriginal activist Charles Perkins and his art curator daughter Hetti Perkins seems fated, somehow. Their paths have crossed in various and unexpected ways throughout Thompson’s life. And it’s through the Perkins family that he is now at one of the world’s most esteemed educational institutions, Oxford University. As a boy, Thompson met Perkins senior when he visited his school. ‘‘That was the most kind of obscure school in regional Queensland, so it was an unlikely place to have met him,’’ says Thompson of the man who was a driving force behind the freedom rides in New South Wales and the yes vote in the 1967 referendum to include Aboriginal Australians in the census. In his teens, Thompson developed a connection with Hetti, a curator and writer. He wrote to her, asking her for advice about how to become an artist. From that initial correspondence developed a mentorship that continues today. ‘‘I was doing my undergraduate uni in Queensland and there weren't really many resources on contemporary Aboriginal art at all, there was really no material there,’’ Thompson says, speaking by phone from England this week. ‘‘I started writing to Hetti…we had correspondence by snail mail when I was about 16, asking for information about artists and how to get started.’’ Now Thompson, 36, is studying his master's at Oxford as one of the first recipients of a scholarship in Charles Perkins’ name (Perkins was the first indigenous Australian to graduate from Sydney University). And he and Hetti have been brought together again, returning to his home town of Barcaldine in central Queensland, for the second series of her ABC TV program art + soul. Thompson is one of a number of indigenous artists – including filmmaker Warwick Thornton and visual artists such as Vernon Ah Kee, Daniel Boyd, Esme Timbery and Julie Gough – from around Australia who take Perkins into their communities and inside their art practice in the series. ‘‘It was very sweet because he...met dad, which was really lovely,’’ says Perkins of Thompson. ‘‘Christian, he’s quite the precocious person. It’s really wonderful, so there’s a really nice serendipity or synergy there.’’ The series is an attempt at conveying the depth of talent among indigenous artists in Australia, says Perkins, the former indigenous curator at the Art Gallery of NSW. ‘‘We’re really trying to mix it up a bit and show the kind of diversity that we have in this country.’’ The series also demonstrates the connections between younger and older indigenous artists, and those in both urban and remote communities, as well as the importance of a sense of place in their work, she says. ‘‘I think it does come through very strongly," Perkins says. "Obviously all artists are very cognisant of their environment and respond to it or not. With indigenous artists it is so important a part of their identity it becomes a very salient element of their work.’’ Thompson, who appears in the third episode, explains his process, the influence of his family and their ancestral lands on his work, and how he creates his art. His works range from video to performance art and photography. In his more recent pieces he has painted his body and face and worn coloured contact lenses before photographing himself, almost depicting himself as a changeling or shape shifter. Thompson, who has been living, working and studying in Europe for the past seven years, says his scholarship to Oxford was ‘‘kind of accidental’’ and unexpected. ‘‘I was doing a master's at the Amsterdam School of Art and then after I finished I didn’t really know where I was going or what I was going to do. ‘‘I knew that there had been a [Charles Perkins] foundation set up and I think I just Googled it and I think it was that year that they had announced that scholarship program. ‘‘My friends said I should at least put in an application. I had a phone interview. I wasn’t really planning on doing any more study, as the master's in theatre, that was one of the hardest things I’d ever done.’’ Since winning the scholarship, his time at Oxford has been divided between a practice-led dissertation and studio work. His major project there responds to historical items from the Pitt Rivers Museum, part of the university’s School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, which houses archaeological and ethnographic objects, including those from Australia. ‘‘The exhibition I had at the Pitt Rivers Museum was kind of my major project and the dissertation is the theoretical ... Something I’ve observed in [my] photos is this strong kind of ceremonial aspect, men’s ceremonies especially, this aspect of reinvention, reincarnation and metamorphosis, to the ancestral, creative spirits, an inherent aspect of traditional life. ‘‘I thought that was something that I could bring into contemporary expression of who I am as a person in the world. ‘‘I guess they are quite theatrical,’’ he says of his recent works. ‘‘The idea of artifice is something I was interested in, in terms of trying to not so much focus on representing myself, trying to get as far away from myself as possible and at the same time getting very close to who I am through that.’’ Returning to Barcaldine to film with Perkins, and running into relatives at almost every step, reminded him of how much he missed his family and homelands, and took him straight back to the ‘‘magical’’ place where he spent much of his childhood. ‘‘I guess it’s the beauty of distance and that the way that you remember somewhere is through the prism of your own imagination and your memory. In terms of my own work, I sort of delve into my memories, but it’s also connected very much to my lived experience in the moment, at different times, in different places. I let things percolate and manifest over a period of time. There are still things that I visit in my work now that I was thinking about in high school or as a child. ‘‘It was just so nice to take Hetti to Barcaldine. She’d never actually been there. To me it was really lovely to go back. It had been so long since I’d been back that I think that I realised in that moment how homesick I really was, not just on a spiritual kind of level. I felt like my soul had really been yearning [for] that time, that place where I grew up.’’ https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-featured-in-gallery-the-offical-magazine-of-nga monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604852170015-KN7XR2HWDVTKZMKBMJHN/image-asset.jpeg News - Christian Thompson Featured in Gallery the Offical Magazine of NGA - Christian Thompson featured in July/August edition of Gallery the magazine of National Gallery of Australia. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/dong-gang-international-photo-festival monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604852673064-KNHZSVVY7CGXZBLYEKNR/2341c5_29872c81eb444c5fb990518ac0b3ca62.jpg News - Dong Gang International Photo Festival Christian Thompson to be part of the annual Dong Gang International Photo Festival 2014 held in and around Dong Gang Museum of Photography in Yeongwol-gun, Gangwon-do Province. Dates: 18 July 2014 - 21 September 2014 Location: 1909-10, Yeongwol-ro, Yeongwol-eup, Yeongwol-gun, Gangwon-do dgphotofestival.com/en https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-featured-in-abc-series-art-soul-series-2 monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604852982850-IEAUVVBWK590R1OGIIEE/484473087.jpg News - Christian Thompson Featured in ABC Series Art + Soul Series 2 - art + soul, directed by Warwick Thornton (Samson and Delilah), is the powerful and emotionally engaging television series about contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, and the artists who create it.Hetti Perkins, the writer and presenter of art + soul, is an Eastern Arrernte and Kalkadoon desert woman, Senior Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), daughter of the late political activist Charles Perkins and sister of filmmaker Rachel Perkins (First Australians, Bran Nue Dae).With great generosity she shares her extraordinary knowledge of Aboriginal art, visiting the homes and studios of artists in remote desert communities, the tropical top end, and in urban environments. She also brings personal anecdotes to the fore, recalling her family’s own story, and her father’s legacy. SOURCE https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-on-the-cover-of-art-almanac monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604853240392-WW2LK75PUVRAH0EMB9V5/2341c5_5f866ba1cd7e4a7ca7a1429da25076f5.jpg News - CHRISTIAN THOMPSON ON THE COVER OF 'ART ALMANAC' - Christian Thompson featured on the July cover of 'Art Almanac' with work titled 'Rocks On Your Belly' from his 'Pagan Sun' series. SOURCE https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/exhibition-opening-dreamings monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604853445420-E7KMK9YY9ZLLPZ8M6429/2341c5_b40138437eb64abbaeaa8193ea9c4d1b.jpg News - Exhibition opening: Dreamings - SOURCE In Dreaming: Australian Aboriginal Art Meets de Chirico we ask you to imagine a conversation between a delegation of Australian Aboriginal artists who have come to meet the Italian modernist master of metaphysical art, Giorgio de Chirico. Accompanying them is a translator, Imants Tillers. Metaphysical art traces mysterious correspondences between things and across time, as if there are invisible forces acting on the world. Aboriginal artists depict their encounters with a powerful cosmological reality, called ‘Dreaming’. In this their art parallels de Chirico’s experiences of deeper cosmological realities embedded in the Mediterranean’s classical tradition. For him this classical world of myth was also a kind of Dreaming. As an artist who has been deeply interested in the art of de Chirico and Aboriginal art, as well as the metaphysical issues that preoccupy them, Tillers’ paintings are well suited to act as a bridge between their very different backgrounds. In asking what happens when these metaphysicians from different ends of the earth meet through their art, this exhibition addresses a question at the heart of contemporary art, as globalism forces us to ask not what just divides mankind, but also what unites it. As beings that feel a cosmological significance in the relations of the world, for us globalism is as much a metaphysical as it is a political or economic question. Opening: 3 - July - 2014 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/seventh-skin-hatch-contemporary-arts-space-vic monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604853716064-XXD0PO5JYZNFBGTN7I44/2341c5_c24cba06123842e8a37cf96feec60b18.jpg News - Seventh Skin, Hatch Contemporary Arts Space, VIC Christian Thompson at Hatch Contemporary Arts Space, VIC 18 June - 2 August 2014 Tues-Sat, 10am- 5pm Location:14 Ivanhoe Parade, Ivanhoe, VIC 3079 Postal Address: PO BOX 51, Ivanhoe, VIC, 3079 t: (03) 9457 985 www.banyule.vic.gov.au/Arts-and-Events/Hatch-Contemporary-Arts-Space Hatch Contemporary Arts Space Celebratory Event: Thursday 26 June, 6-8pm (all welcome) Seventh Skin features over 20 artists from across Australia, presenting works from the Banyule Art Collection and beyond around the them of disguise and adornment. The selected artists explore the role of theatre and costume in contemporary life in fascinating ways. Through props, make-up, costume and fashion, universal themes are explored such as identity, gender and cultural heritage. Feeling ‘comfortable in one’s own skin’ is an expression that has multiple meanings in today’s age. This exhibition asks ‘Just how many layers do we present through our public face to the world?’ and ‘Exactly what is real and what is disguised or concealed?’ The exhibition features photography, prints, video, jewellery and sculpture. Artists Include: Roseanne Bartley, Eric Bridgeman, Cate Consandine, Troy Emery, Kate James, Claire McArdle, Polixeni Papapetrou, Deborah Paauwe, Hannah Raisin, Tania Smith, Jacqui Stockdale and Hiromi Tango. With works from the Banyule Art Collection by: Pat Brassington, Lyndell Brown /Charles Green, Jazmina Cininas, Shaun Gladwell, Rona Green, Clare Humphries, Deborah Klein, Yuri Kawanabe, Christian Thompson and Anne Zahalka. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/the-other-and-me-the-sharjah-museum-uae monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604854085238-GQTIKCDASL1QTSKG77EC/2341c5_e29ed3395e55473398fa6a0ebc82ebd4.jpg News - The Other and Me, The Sharjah Museum, UAE - International Photography Exhibition, The Other and Me Event Dates : 21 May 2014 - 21 Jun 2014 Location : Sharjah Art Museum, Eastern Section at Shuwayheen Area, Heart of Sharjah Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the U.A.E Supreme Council, Ruler of Sharjah, and in accordance with the celebrations of Islamic Culture Capital 2014, the Department of Culture and Information, Directorate of Art, Sharjah Government cordially invites you to the “International Photography Exhibition, The Other and Me” https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/sunil-gupta-at-magdalen-arts-week-exhibiting-alongside-christian-thompson monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604854278815-HPM46M3DJJ5S6B020AGK/2341c5_b5d80bcaebeb4edc8bbe7b1c701314d2.jpg News - Sunil Gupta at Magdalen Arts Week, exhibiting alongside Christian Thompson - Please join gallery artist Sunil Gupta at Magdalen Arts Week, exhibiting alongside Christian Thompson. "Confronting cultural stereotypes, ancient myths and individual narratives, Gupta and Thompson promise a captivating and enlightening visual experience." - Magdalen Arts Week Exhibition Dates: May 19-24, 2014 Magdalen College, Oxford, OX1 4AU, United Kingdom Private View: Sunday, May 18th, 2014, 7-10pm, Magdalen College Old Kitchen Bar (entry via Porters' Lodge) RSVP: mariota.spens@magd.ox.ac.uk https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/review-christian-thompson-polari monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604854595057-TOU7ZK7SU7W0069KDYE6/2341c5_e766a126c67e45b989cedb408693783e.jpg News - REVIEW: Christian Thompson – Polari - SOURCE Christian Thompson’s photographs arise from the underlying performative nature of the artist’s practice. Primarily concerned with identity, particularly in terms of the artist’s sexuality and Indigeneity, his works see Thompson adopt and play with various personas by painting his skin and adorning himself with natural accessories such as flowers and feathers. This exhibition’s title, Polari, refers to a centuries-old slang dialect originating in Britain but in use throughout the English-speaking world by various subcultures, including homosexuals as well as prostitutes, actors, criminals, and carnival folk. Thompson’s investigation into evolving identity through changing appearance can be seen to echo the use of Polari as a form of disguise for the many communities that employ it. The works in Polari are dominated by the dichotomy of black and white, aesthetically and conceptually. Once again the artist plays dress-ups with his identity, obscuring his skin and even eye colour with monochrome extremes. The characters Thompson plays have been printed larger than life-sized, giving them an imposing presence. The figure occupying the central work in the triptych Trinity (2014) casts his gaze downwards through spirals of exhaled smoke, eyes partially obscured by a long grey wig, head adorned with a tall floral crown. In the two images flanking this one, the same character stares over his shoulders into the eyes of the viewer, simultaneously accusatory and vulnerable. In Echo I and Echo II (both 2014), Thompson appears, again with white-painted skin, staring wistfully into the distance. In both works the artist wears a white and black feathered headpiece, nestled amongst apparently natural curls. The tones of the feathers advance and recede against respectively white and black backgrounds in each image. Thompson’s photographs are all printed on metallic paper so that the artist’s skin takes on a silvery sheen and the feathers, coils of hair and tendrils of smoke appear to emerge outwards from the surface of the works. The exhibition also includes two photographs of crystals, rendered in the same scale as Thompson’s figures. These images form a connection to a 3D-printed cast resin sculpture resembling a giant crystal, entitled All revolutions are led by the young (2013), made by Thompson for the exhibition Pagan Sun at Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi in late 2013. They also bring to mind crystals placed over the eyes of the subject in the artist’s 2012 photograph Forgiveness of Land. This could be seen to reference the practice in some Indigenous Australian cultures of using crystals in burial rites. The titles of both crystal works, Sirens and Ariel, refer to mythological creatures who used the sexualised female form as a lure. The deceptively minimal yet strong compositions Thompson has employed in Polari continue the artist’s investigation into the role played by embellishment and disguise in the creation of personal and sexual identity. These intriguing works invite the viewer to enter a shared space of intentional ambiguity with Thompson and his alter egos, and stay a while. Polari, Wed to Sat 11am-5pm, until 30 May; Michael Reid, 44 Roslyn Gardens, Elizabeth Bay; (02) 8353 3500, michaelreid.com.au https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/exhibition-pagan-sun-christian-thompson-i-argus monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604854821637-79GQ06HRDUPPP8TPXUPW/2341c5_544109c01c834777abe4377dc9213d6f.jpg News - Exhibition: Pagan Sun - Christian Thompson I Argus - SOURCE Christian Bumbarra Thompson occupies the forefront of contemporary Indigenous art. Working in photography, video and performance, Thompson’s work addresses pertinent issues of identity, cultural hybridity and history. Official Opening: Thursday, 1st May 2014 – 10:00am Dates of Exhibition: Thursday 1st May 2014 to Saturday 31st May 2014 Artist Talk: Saturday, 7th June 2014 – 12:00pm Exhibiting photographer(s): Christian Thompson Venue: Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney Christian Bumbarra Thompson occupies the forefront of contemporary Indigenous art. Working in photography, video and performance, Thompson’s work addresses pertinent issues of identity, cultural hybridity and history. In this new body of work, Thompson continues to use self-portraiture to create striking images which explore his unique take on contemporary photographic practice. Thompson has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally, having been included in exhibitions such as unDisclosed, 2nd National Indigenous Triennial, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Collection, Valencian Institute of Modern Art, Valencia, Spain. Hijacked III, QUOD Gallery, Derby, United Kingdom. Shadow life Bangkok Art and Cultural centre, bangkok, Thailand. The beauty of Distance/ Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age, 17th Biennale of Sydney, Cultural Warriors, National Indigenous Art Triennial, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, and the Royal Academy’s survey show, ‘Australia’ in 2013. Gallery opening hours: 11am – 5pm (Tuesday – Saturday) Gallery website: http://www.michaelreid.com.au/ Gallery: Michael Reid Sydney 44 Roslyn Gardens 2011 Elizabeth Bay, NSW Australia For more information about exhibition go to: https://headon.com.au/event/pagan-sun https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-at-trinity-college monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/looking-at-leigh-bowery-sue-tilley-and-christian-thompson monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604855309463-ZACHUTRAW4H0FUZHN2JX/2341c5_d8c98ee7e9084b6da3fab1b8840ca56a.jpg News - Looking at Leigh Bowery: Sue Tilley and Christian Thompson - Over cake and fizz in the sketch Parlour, icon, and Leigh Bowery’s biographer, Sue Tilley and artist Christian Thompson will reflect on artistic journeys that span rural Australia and the lights of London. Sunday 24 November 2013 6:30pm for 7pm Leigh Bowery (1961-1994) was born in Sunshine, Victoria. Bowery moved to London at a young age, establishing himself as a flamboyant nightlife fixture, fashion designer and as an artists’ muse of extraordinary influence and vivacity. Sue Tilley was born in south London. One of Bowery’s closest friends and one-time vetting girl on the door of the notorious club Taboo, she is author of ‘Leigh Bowery, The Life and Times of an Icon’. Through Bowery she was introduced to Lucian Freud and is the subject of Freud’s Benefits Supervisor Sleeping (1995). Christian Thompson was born in Gawler, South Australia. As the inaugural Charlie Perkins Scholar, he has made history as the first Indigenous Australian to be admitted to the University of Oxford. Thompson’s first solo exhibition in London ‘We Bury Our Own’ was held at the Hospital Club Gallery earlier this month; and his work is currently on show in ‘Australia’ at the Royal Academy of Arts. Programmed by The Field. Sketch 9 Conduit Street London W1S 2XG https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/we-bury-our-own-hospital-club-london monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/tobiaspartners-all-the-fun-of-the-fair monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604856057769-Q7BP3MJLRA3ZQJ1YIR4H/2341c5_d97dbd7d782a41f3b88a7fd0054df239.jpg News - ToBiasPartners: ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR! - 'Christian Thompson at Michael Reid. These photographs are piercingly efficient in their aesthetic as well as their ethical message. A young indigenous artist, Thompson throw into sharp relief, the problematics of sexual and gender identity as well as the powerful confusion of growing up in an urban environment today. Behind their glorious universality, I sense their very specific Australianess. That mix please me, very much.' https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-part-of-australia-exhibition-at-ra monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/bbc-news-australian-art-at-the-royal-academy-of-arts monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604856223624-6F9DVPEH2BL9OW1KUCH1/2341c5_4978355df5ce4505a0297a3fc28f00f8.jpg News - BBC News: Australian art at the Royal Academy of Arts - Australia, an exhibition of art spanning more than 200 years from 1800 opens at the Royal Academy of Arts in London on 21 September. It includes painting, drawing, photography, watercolours and multimedia. Will Gompertz reports. SOURCE https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/mike-parr-danie-mellor-and-more-at-berlin-art-week monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604856391847-G4KBF1R0LQ1ZY1MW9H05/2341c5_5be1b585404c424190fcf0da0a827c1e+%281%29.jpg News - MIKE PARR, DANIE MELLOR AND MORE AT BERLIN ART WEEK - SOURCE 'At the Preview Berlin Art Fair, multinational galleriest Michael Reid will exhibit three Australian artists whose work he describes as challenging linear notions of cultural history. The works of Danie Mellor, Brian Robinson and Christian Thomspon will be shown at the fair in an exhibition called Everywhere at all times: Bringing the archive into the contemporary.' https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/the-advertiser-adelaide-magazine-gawler-born-indigenous-artist-christian-thompson-makes-history-in-the-uk monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604856522220-8ADLQVPM96FRPKLF6B2H/2341c5_6335ab48e5ad42a1b2ecb7abb490d6cd.jpg News - The Advertiser Adelaide Magazine: Gawler born indigenous artist Christian Thompson makes history in the UK - SOURCE "They took down all of the paintings of a cardinal and a couple of prime ministers," says Mr Thompson. "It was such a break in tradition but also a high vote of confidence from my college - it got people talking which was great and I think people said 'why don't we do this every year - there should be exhibitions in here all the time'". Mr Thompson's father is Bidjara, from Barcaldine in central western Queensland while his mother is of British descent. The artist has fond childhood memories of visiting his grandmother in the remote outback village. "We would always take my artwork home to her and unveil it out of the boot of the car. Then we'd nail it to the wall in my grandmother's kitchen - there weren't really any hanging devices! Mr Thompson currently lives and studies in the UK, but his connection to the land and sense of home inspires his work. "I think there is always that desire to spread a sense of who I am, and where I come from is a huge part of that," he says. "Also a desire to bring my sense of Australia into the world and into the European and international art world." The artist will do just that next month when his work is shown as part of 'Australia', an exhibition featuring work by Australian artists spanning more than 200 years. It is the first major survey of Australian art in the UK for 50 years. The exhibition runs from 21 September until 8 December 2013 at London's Royal Academy of Arts. "I'm also giving the Arthur Boyd lecture of Australian Art at the (Australian) Embassy in September and I'm having my show at the Hospital Club in Covent Garden... phew!" https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/abc-radio-national-christian-thompson monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604856735863-PRY1GF76VVT6CPYBT1A3/Thompson-Invaded-dreamsWEB-1200x1200.jpg News - ABC Radio National: Christian Thompson - SOURCE Internationally renowned artist Christian Thompson was the first Aboriginal Australian to be accepted into the University of Oxford in its 900 year history after receiving the inaugural Charlie Perkins Scholarship. He leaves traditional art practices behind and instead reshapes and refashions his body, using it as his performative device. Earlier this year an exhibition of Thompson’s work opened at Oxford University’s Pitt Rivers Museum. We Bury Our Own was made in response to the Museum’s historic Australian photograph collection from Australia. “I conceived the ‘We Bury Our Own’ series in 2010 after curator Christopher Morton invited me to develop a body of work that would be inspired by and in dialogue with the Australian photographic collection at the Pitt Rivers Museum,” Thompson explains. “I knew that this project would be a fantastic platform and unique opportunity to engage with the collection and to make a vital contribution to the cultural fabric of Oxford University, to create a new gateway to consider such material.” Christian is in Australia after presenting a performative work at AGNSW for the inaugural Anne Landa Award. He joins Weekend Arts live from Sydney. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/tree-of-knowledge monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604857676572-FMI5TXGALC35Y0BU8IBX/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+17.47.35.png News - Tree of Knowledge - Performance by Christian Thompson Wednesday 12 June 2013, 7pm Free Location: Art Gallery Road, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia W: www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/calendar/tree-of-knowledge/ Duration 40 minutes Location: Entrance court Oxford-based artist Christian Thompson is one of the artists in The space between us: Anne Landa Award for video and new media arts. Join us for a one-off special performance by Thompson in the Gallery. Note: this performance may contain adult themes and language. more info: www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/blog/2013/7/2/the-roles-of-engagement/ https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/tree-of-knowledge-performance-by-christian-thompson monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604857234050-ABWBGS2SOW9370FCKYVG/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+17.37.22.png News - Tree of Knowledge performance by Christian Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604857233610-79REICTBN0HV1MXX2OGB/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+17.37.14.png News - Tree of Knowledge performance by Christian Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604857241687-H2BMZLB6SXOIT0B3C0NM/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+17.36.57.png News - Tree of Knowledge performance by Christian Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604857242225-MZCX2324NC6HYDOKMC7X/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+17.36.50.png News - 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Tree of Knowledge performance by Christian Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604857335890-M8H448HYPG3RZ8O0807T/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+17.37.40.png News - Tree of Knowledge performance by Christian Thompson https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/we-bury-our-own-10-june-2013-artentomology monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604857892206-98KWBGD8G5G268G0RSYD/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+17.46.39.png News - We Bury Our Own 10 June, 2013 Art|Entomology - SOURCE We Bury Our Own is a series of photographs by Christian Thompson which focus on the ‘spiritual repatriation of the archive’. The repatriation of human remains and artefacts is always steeped in deep spiritual significance. Photographs are believed to have a spiritual connection to the person in the picture and even when these photographs are returned they can exist as reproductions (both physically and digitally) in institutions and collections all over the world. This creates a tension that lies at the heart of Thompson’s work. In Thompsons work you can see evidence of fragility and melancholy alongside opulence, homage and strength. The covering of Thompson’s eyes in each image prevents you from fully connecting with him and forces you to connect with the other elements within the photograph. Here Thompson talks about a story he heard about an indigenous ceremony: “I heard a story many years ago from some old men, they told me about a ceremony where young warriors would make incisions through the flesh exposing the joints, they would insert gems between the bones to emulate the creator spirits, often enduring infection and agonising pain or resulting in death. The story has stuck with me for many years, one that suggests immense pain fused with intoxicating beauty. The idea of aspiring to embody the creators, to transgress the physical body by offering to our gods our spiritual heart, freeing ourselves of suffering by inducing a kind of decadent torture.” Christian Thompson was one of the first Aboriginal Australians to be accepted into Oxford University. He continues to live and work there. You can find more information on his website. You can also read more about this exhibition on the Pitt Rivers Museum website. After the exhibition closed they acquired a piece for their permanent collection which can be seen as you ascend the stairs to the upper galleries. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/the-australian-artist-christian-thompsons-body-of-work-by-alex-speed monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604858088386-2RDJUTTKAN50ZFQPYY0B/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+17.54.24.png News - The Australian: Artist Christian Thompson's body of work by Alex Speed - SOURCE A MAN walks into a room. He wears a hoodie low over his face, gangland style. The sound of a harsh, computerised, recorded voice fills the room: "Aboriginal stars, Aboriginal art, Aboriginal porn stars, Aboriginal camera, Aboriginal cat, Aboriginal dog, Aboriginal cock, Aboriginal problem, Aboriginal Nicole Kidman, Aboriginal brother, Aboriginal elder, Aboriginal baby, Aboriginal Madonna, Aboriginal iPod, Aboriginal cause, Aboriginal Obama Barack, Aboriginal future, Aboriginal glitter, Aboriginal doll ... " and so it goes on. The audience shifts uncomfortably. Then, as unexpectedly as it starts, the voice stops. The artist pushes the hoodie from his face, undoes the zipper and removes it. Underneath there is another hoodie. And another. Welcome to the opening scene of Tree of Knowledge, a live performance piece by trailblazing contemporary artist Christian Thompson. Thompson is Bidjara, from central western Queensland. He shuns traditional art practices and instead continually refashions his body as his performing device. In Tree of Knowledge, he sings in language, dances and employs evocative dialogue. In others, he uses fantastical costumes and disguises, derived from landscape, history and cultural tradition, to construct layers of themes and meanings in his illusory works. His aim is to surprise, amuse, challenge and confront his audience with the complexities of identity. Thompson created the 45-minute piece described above in 2009 at the Amsterdam School of Arts (DasArts), where he completed a coveted international residency. It gave him a master of theatre and acted as an international launch pad for his groundbreaking work. In the past two years, he has exhibited in group shows in Spain, Germany, The Netherlands, South Korea, Canada, Britain, the US and Australia, at galleries from the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and the Aboriginal Art Museum in Utrecht to Canberra's National Gallery of Australia. His photographic self-portraits and video work are acquired nationally and internationally by important private and public collections. In September, he will hold his debut show in London's Convent Garden; he will be part of an extensive Australian landscape show to be held at the Royal Academy and will deliver the prestigious annual Arthur Boyd lecture on Australian art. Locally, his distinctive work is on view at Sydney's Anna Schwartz Gallery, Carriageworks, as part of the Debil Debil: Australian Ghosts exhibition, and in the Museum of Contemporary Art's touring show The Wandering. Next month, his work will also feature in My Country, I Still Call Australia Home, a major show of contemporary indigenous works at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art. As well, Thompson is one of the first indigenous Australians to study at Oxford University. Awarded one of the inaugural Charles Perkins scholarships in 2010, he aims to complete a doctorate in fine art later this year. Given his many commitments, it is perhaps something of a coup for the Art Gallery of NSW that Thompson has agreed to a single performance of Tree of Knowledge this month as part of the Anne Landa award for digital and new media, and the ensuing exhibition The Space Between Us. He originally unveiled the work at the Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, in 2010. He has performed it only a few times since at Modern Art Oxford. A finalist in this year's Anne Landa award for his immersive audio work Healing Circle, Thompson arrives home next week for the exhibition's opening. He spoke to Review in a telephone interview from Oxford. "My formal training is in sculpture and textiles but there has always been a desire to get close to real time," he says. "Photography, and latterly video and live performance, seemed like a very convenient way of documenting and demonstrating the performative nature of my sculptures. I tend to build images, rather than take photos or videos, and I use my body as an armature to do that. "I definitely see the world through the eyes of my mixed heritage, and while I think of myself as a contemporary artist first, I am constantly remixing and reconfiguring the world through my lived experiences. So my background is a very important part of that." A fine art graduate of the University of Southern Queensland and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Thompson came to artistic notice in 2002 for his photographic series Blaks Palace . It features prominent indigenous Australians such as Marcia Langton entangled in vastly oversized knitted jumpers. Emotional Striptease followed in 2003. It was a reworking of colonial photographs of indigenous peoples, and depicted striking young Aborigines, including Thompson, in vestiges of Victorian colonial dress, armed with traditional hunting weapons. Australian Graffiti (2008), another photographic work, featured self-portraits of Thompson, in regal pose and adorned with headpieces of native flora. Two of these works, Black Gum 1 & 2, depict Thompson in a black hoodie, his face camouflaged by wattle blossom; they were bought by Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton for their collection. Others were acquired by the NGA and The Netherlands' Aboriginal Art Museum. "Often in the past I felt compelled to do a work in response to some news article or conflict I had," he says. "Both my videos Desert Slippers and The Sixth Mile in 2006 were works I did with my father and brothers and nephew around the time there was a lot of Aboriginal man bashing in the media. Alcoholism, wife beating and pedophilia in communities and sensational headlines every day; that just wasn't the experience I had had. So those works were a kind of response, and I thought rather than responding with anger, I will respond with love." In January, for the first time in 450 years, Trinity College, Oxford, removed the ancient paintings in its dining room and replaced them with a survey show of Thompson's work. It included pieces from We Bury Our Own, his latest series of photographic self-portraits. The work was conceived when Thompson visited the archive of historic photos of Aboriginal people held at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. We Bury Our Own explores the issues of spiritual repatriation, identity and cultural hybridity - all matters close to Thompson's heart. Thompson was born in Gawler, South Australia, in 1978; his mother, Barbara, is of British convict and free settler descent; his father, Gary, a Bidjara man from Barcaldine, was a warrant officer in the RAAF. By the time he was 15, Thompson had lived in SA, the Northern Territory, NSW and Queensland. "When my parents married in the 1970s, interracial marriage was still quite taboo, but we have always been part of the Aboriginal community wherever we moved," he says. "My mother always said, 'You are Aboriginal and you should be very proud of that.' So I had a lot of support from my parents in terms of negotiating that collision of different cultures. Come school holidays, Thompson's parents would drive Thompson and his three brothers the 13 hours to Barcaldine, located in Queensland's desert hinterland, where the sand becomes red earth. "Being a military kid is not easy, because for kids uprooting yourself every two to four years is hard. But it didn't matter where Dad was posted, come Christmas and Easter we would drive back out home to Barcaldine and spend the holidays with my grandmother, great aunts and cousins. "I think because Dad's family was so far away and we went back every year, and a lot of our traditional ideologies are still very intact, I grew up with a very strong sense of our culture and I always saw the world from that point of view. Barcaldine is still very much my spiritual home, no matter where I am in the world today." Although he visits regularly, Thompson says leaving Australia has allowed his art to flourish. "When I lived in Australia I felt very reflective ... that every time I made an artwork it was reactionary, and I knew that wasn't a healthy state for a creative person. Living here I feel I can see Australia more objectively, because I think for most Aboriginal people, you are born into a very stigmatised, politicised identity. Now I feel like I make work because I am compelled to do it. "I grew up having a sense of collective responsibility and a consciousness of other Aboriginal people, and although it was something I naturally took on, I now feel a connection to my own creative process that is not tainted by being in a highly politicised kind of environment. Hetti Perkins, a long-time friend and mentor, daughter of Charles Perkins and resident curator at the Bangarra Dance Theatre, describes Thompson as a "precocious talent". As a schoolboy, Thompson wrote to her for career advice. At the time she was senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the AGNSW. "My Dad gave a talk to the students at Christian's school in Queensland, and Christian had no trouble going up to Dad afterwards and introducing himself. It was pretty prescient to do that at such a young age. It was a good indication of what was to come." Reflecting on this childhood meeting with Charles Perkins, who died in 2000, Thompson says: "I haven't told anyone this but I said to Mr Perkins, 'It's easy for people who fit the stereotype, but what about people like me who are in-betweens?' He replied, 'It doesn't matter what's on the outside. What matters is what is in here.' And he gestured to his heart. "I had come from living in NSW, where I was like a novelty to other kids, to Queensland, where it was very segregated and deeply racist, so that moment was life-changing to me. To be told that by Charlie Perkins, who was so revered and so very loved, and to think all these years later I would be here holding this scholarship at Oxford in his name - I feel that experience has driven me here, to make him and the rest of my community proud. "And to send a message home that there is a place for us here, in these great spaces, to do great things. "When another Aboriginal kid from the most remote part of Australia can come to Oxford and can see my work on the walls and be comforted by that, then I will know my job has been done." The Space Between Us: Anne Landa Award exhibition at AGNSW, May 16 to July 28. The award winner will be announced on June 20. Christian Thompson will perform Tree of Knowledge on June 12 at 7pm. My Country: I Still Call Australia Home opens at GOMA in Brisbane on June 1. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/art-collector-christian-thompson-represented-by-michael-reid monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604858300359-NBDJ78251QWUJ02VU8D6/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+17.57.48.png News - ART COLLECTOR: CHRISTIAN THOMPSON REPRESENTED BY MICHAEL REID - SOURCE 15 May 2013 | Rising art star Christian Thompson has just joined the stable of galleriest Michael Reid, who has premises in Sydney and Berlin. Thompson is the first Aboriginal Australian artist to be admitted to Oxford University, where he is currently undertaking a doctorate of Philosophy (Fine Art) at the Trinity College. For six weeks earlier this year, the formal portraits that usually hang in the Trinity College hall were taken down and replaced with photographic works by Christian Thomspon - the first time in over 450 years a student's work has been hung there. Thompson's work is currently on display at the Anne Landa Award exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and will also be showcased at the Michael Reid stand at Preview Berlin art fair later this year. Alexandra Djurichkovic https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/cherwell-students-artwork-exhibited-in-trinitys-dining-hall-by-rowan-borchers monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604858419844-PXMDBVZLK6O9FB4O5KCZ/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+17.59.54.png News - Cherwell: Student's artwork exhibited in Trinity's dining hall by Rowan Borchers - SOURCE DPhil student's artwork is temporarily replacing portraits of alumni in the Trinity dining hall. The exhibition is the first to be held in the college's dining hall for 450 years Trinity College's hall is hosting an art exhibition which showcases work by one of Oxford University’s first ever Aboriginal Australian students. The exhibition by DPhil student Christian Thompson is the first to be held in the college’s Hall for 450 years. His paintings will temporarily replace portraits of alumni including Cardinal John Newman and two British Prime Ministers. Thompson told Cherwell, “The exhibition in the Trinity Dining Hall is a survey show of my work spanning the last 13 years. It’s an amazing honour and massive vote of confidence that Trinity believe in my work in this way; a touching gesture and an opportunity to share my work with my college and the broader Oxford community.” He continued, “I am one of the first Aboriginal Australian students to ever be accepted into the University in its 900-year history, and the first artist to hang his works in place of the formal portraits in 450 years of Trinity’s history. It is a generous way to celebrate these landmark historical moments.” Thompson, 34, arrived at Trinity in 2010 as the inaugural Charlie Perkins scholar, and graduates this year with a doctorate in Fine Art. He has had seven solo exhibitions since 2002, and won the 2007 Australian Postgraduate Award. He stated, “My art is the space between my conscious and unconscious world. I delve into both realms and what I retrieve manifests itself in my work." The exhibition was organised by Trinity’s Estates Bursar Kevin Knott, after Thompson’s successful exhibition at the Pitt Rivers Museum last year. College fellows voted unanimously to allow the hall to be used. Knott said, “As well as studying for his DPhil in Fine Art, Christian is a very successful contemporary artist. The College decided that it would like to show its support for him and, at the same time, to ring in the changes by showing his works here in Hall. Unsurprisingly, the student and public response has been mixed, but personally I think that they fit in very well and am pleased that Trinity’s governing body agreed to this break with tradition.” The decision to take down alumni portraits has been criticised by some Trinitarians. JCR President Andrew Butler said, “Naturally the move to put Christian’s work in Hall has been controversial, yet in many ways this is its greatest attraction because it allows us to view a very traditional space in a new light. From the perspective of the undergraduates, opinion has been mixed but I feel that having something different to chat about and appreciate at dinner has been widely appreciated.” MCR President Anna Regoutz agreed. “To replace the traditional portraits has shown what a great exhibition space our Hall can be. In my opinion, and I think most postgraduates would agree with me, we would love to see exhibitions like this happen more often.” Most undergraduates also responded positively to the exhibition. Crawford Jamieson, a first-year theologian at Trinity, commented, “It’s not my normal cup of tea, but there’s an interesting juxtaposition between Thompson’s artwork and Trinity’s architecture.” Joel Scott-Hughes, a student at Ruskin School of Art, argued, “It’s important to keep things different, and expose people to as many styles as possible. Traditional portraiture is only considered superior because we live in a western society – it’s good to challenge people’s conceptions of what portraits should look like.” Thompson’s exhibition costs £2 and runs until 8th February. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/the-guardian-australias-most-treasured-art-comes-to-london-for-biggest-show-yet-seen-in-uk monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604858588620-JU7YZ4YPK065ADUR0A8X/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+18.02.27.png News - The Guardian: Australia's most treasured art comes to London for biggest show yet seen in UK - Sidney Nolan's 1946 enamel-on-board painting Ned Kelly, one of a series on the iconic Australian outlaw-hero. Photograph: National Gallery of Australia SOURCE Australia's most treasured art comes to London for biggest show yet seen in UK Britain's 'shameful ignorance' of Australian art, from settlers to Aboriginal artists, to be remedied with Royal Academy exhibition Britain's "shameful" ignorance of Australian art is to be addressed by the Royal Academy when it stages the most important survey of the country's art ever mounted in the UK, with more than 200 works spanning two centuries. The collection will include many works travelling abroad for the first time. Anna Gray, head of Australian art at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, said on Thursday that they were already anticipating complaints as some of the most loved works in the country's galleries leave the walls for five months – a month to take down and transport, three months in London and a month to get back. They include works such as the Melbourne artist Frederick McCubbin's The Pioneer, which is regarded in a similar way to how Britons feel about Constable's The Hay Wain; the Canberra painter Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly, and the Sydney artist Arthur Streeton's Fire's On – all "destination" paintings, said Gray. The RA's secretary and chief executive, Charles Saumarez Smith, said people in the UK had been "historically, shamefully ignorant" of Australian art and would find the show a revelation. It will include Aboriginal art as well as art by 19th-century settlers and work by artists working today. The last big Australian art exhibitions in the UK were in the 1960s at the Whitechapel and Tate, but they were mostly contemporary, as was the big show before that, a survey held at the RA in 1923. "I think it's true to say that there has never been an exhibition like this before," said Kathleen Soriano, the show's curator and the RA's director of exhibitions. "This survey is long, long overdue. We should know more of these important figures as part of our broader art historical canon, not least because so much of it relates directly back to this country but even more so because there are some tremendous artists we really should be aware of and should be able to enjoy." The show will open with more recent work by indigenous artists – Rover Thomas' Cyclone Tracy for example – before a chronological journey from 1800 to the present day showing how the story of Australian art is inextricably linked to landscape. It will include early works that are very Australian but also very English – for example, John Glover's 1835 painting of his house and garden could be the home counties were it not for the Tasmanian landscape around it. But most works will have something distinctly Australian about them, said curators, and the bush, growing cities and beaches all feature in the show, the latter represented by paintings including Charles Meere's Australian Beach Pattern from 1940, full of bronzed, beautiful bathers "encapsulating the myth of a healthy young nation", said Soriano. The show features paintings, sculpture, photography and video with works by contemporary artists including Gordon Bennett, Fiona Hall, Shaun Gladwell, Christian Thompson and Judy Watson, who is creating a new sculpture for the RA's courtyard. Prince Charles has given his backing to the show, while the exhibition itself is essentially being bankrolled by Australians – rich patrons of the National Gallery of Australia and the government itself. Australia's deputy high commissioner, Andrew Todd, said at the announcement of the show in London: "No group is more persuasive than artists who, in holding up a mirror to Australian life and landscape, express so effectively who we are as a people and a nation." Australia will be at the Royal Academy from 21 September to 8 December. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/oxford-mail-important-portraits-removed-for-students-art-show monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604858996963-PJQX28D2Y5FWQBHI0RD4/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+18.09.32.png News - Oxford Mail: Important portraits removed for student's art show - SOURCE A PORTRAIT of one of England’s most important religious figures has been placed in storage to make way for a postgraduate student’s art show. Cardinal John Henry Newman studied at Oxford University’s Trinity College and was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. But that did not deter the governing body from removing his portrait, the portraits of two former Prime Ministers, and five other pictures from the walls of the dining hall for a temporary exhibition. For the next fortnight, the space is being occupied by eight metre-high photos created by Christian Thompson, 34, one of the first Aboriginal Australians to be accepted into Oxford University in the college’s 900-year history. Estates bursar Kevin Knott liked Mr Thompson’s modern portraits so much that he suggested to the college’s governing body that the hall should be used for an art exhibition for the first time in 450 years. Mr Knott said: “It’s unprecedented for the old portraits to be taken down in this way.” Mr Thompson, who lives in North Oxford, said: “I feel so honoured that the college has such faith in my work that it is prepared to break with tradition in this way. “It’s a real celebration of my work over the past decade.” The artist, who has also displayed his work at the Pitt Rivers Museum, arrived at Trinity College in 2010 to complete a fine art PhD at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. Entry to the exhibition costs £2 per person. For more details, visit the website christianthompson.net. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/blouinartinfo-aboriginal-artist-christian-thompson-digs-oxford-university-by-nicholas-forrest monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604858821057-LVZRTUE424UV02GDBBG1/image-asset.png News - BLOUINARTINFO: Aboriginal Artist Christian Thompson Digs Oxford University by Nicholas Forrest - SOURCE Oxford, England based Australian Indigenous contemporary artist Christian Thompson is a truly gifted individual. Not only is he an internationally renowned artist, he is also a highly respected scholar. In 2009 Thompson became the first Aboriginal Australian to be accepted into the University of Oxford in its 900 year history after receiving the inaugural Charlie Perkins Scholarship, a scholarship program established in 2009 in the memory of Dr Charlie Perkins AO, the first Australian Indigenous man to graduate from university. Australia day 2013 marked the opening of an exciting exhibition of Thompson’s work at the Oxford University’s Pitt Rivers Museum. Titled “We Bury Our Own,” the ground-breaking new body of work, consisting of eight large photographic self-portraits and a video installation, was made in response to the Pitt Rivers Museum’s historic photograph collection from Australia. “I conceived the ‘We Bury Our Own’ series in 2010 after curator Christopher Morton invited me to develop a body of work that would be inspired by and in dialogue with the Australian photographic collection at the Pitt Rivers Museum,” Thompson explains. “I knew that this project would be a fantastic platform and unique opportunity to engage with the collection and to make a vital contribution to the cultural fabric of Oxford University, to create a new gateway to consider such material.” Thompson’s haunting series of photographic self-portraits are the culmination of a meditative and restorative journey into the inner psyche of his cultural kinfolk. Through a series of ritualistic pilgrimages influenced by the archival photos of Australia and its people in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Thompson contemplated and commemorated the lives of ancestral beings while at the same time initiated a new and empowering narrative that links the past with the present. The portraits ask the viewer to consider the implications of the events of the past and their impact on current events. Through the combination of historically symbolic objects and references to contemporary culture, Thompson also initiates a dialogue relating to the relevance of the past to the present. In “Down Under World,” for instance, Thompson depicts himself dressed in traditional Oxford garb, the mortarboard replaced by a spectacular gemstone crown; smaller gemstones cover his eyes. Thompson explains: “I heard a story many years ago from some old men, they told me about a ceremony where young warriors would make incisions through the flesh exposing the joints, they would insert gems between the bones to emulate the creator spirits, often enduring infection and agonizing pain or resulting in death. The story has stuck with me for many years, one that suggests immense pain fused with intoxicating beauty.” “Perhaps this is what art is able to do, perform a ‘spiritual repatriation’ rather than a physical one, fragment the historical narrative and traverse time and place to establish a new realm in the cosmos, set something free, allow it to embody the past and be intrinsically connected to the present?,” Thompson asks. Commenting on the exhibition, Christopher Morton, Curator of Photograph Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum said: “As Christian Thompson’s new work shows us, Aboriginal artists and curators are moving into an exciting new phase of creative engagement with their visual history, one that moves the debate on from the politics of race and injustice, towards multiple, complex, and hybrid identities in the present, and into the future.” “Christian Thompson –We Bury Our Own” is on show at the Long Gallery, Pitt Rivers Museum (ground floor) until 17 February 2013. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/an-artist-at-work-in-oxford-annual-review-2012 monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/a-bidjara-man-in-oxford-by-jo-lennan monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604859313379-XTYYRWHKGF2E9I1YYN98/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+18.14.23.png News - A Bidjara man in Oxford by Jo Lennan - SOURCE It’s a warm Monday morning on the grounds of Trinity College, and the scene is postcard Oxford: limestone buildings, manicured grass, a tower with a gilded clock. My guide is Christian Thompson, an artist and doctoral student born in South Australia’s Gawler. “The gardens are lovely at this time of year. Those are the living quarters, like little mansions,” he says, leading the way along the gravel path. He nods to a white-haired figure, the college president. “And there’s Sir Ivor.” On to the chapel and dining hall: “Gotta love a faux-marble wash.” In one sense Thompson, 34, is an Oxford kind of guy. He likes a button-down shirt as much as a bon mot. But he’s also a Bidjara man, descending on his father’s side from the Kunja people of central western Queensland. Until two years ago, when Thompson and Paul Gray, from Sydney, arrived, there had never been an Aboriginal Australian student in any Oxford college. Thompson and Gray were the inaugural Charlie Perkins scholars, funded by a trust honouring the late Sydney University graduate. The body has financial backing from the Australian and British governments, among others. The cohort has since grown. This September, three new Perkins scholars enrolled at British universities – two at Oxford, one at Cambridge. With Rebecca Richards, who in 2010 became the first Aboriginal Rhodes scholar, that makes five Aboriginal students in the city of dreaming spires. “I imagined it would be like Brideshead Revisited,” Thompson says. “That or the film The Naked Civil Servant.” He shifts into an English accent to mimic John Hurt’s version of Quentin Crisp. “Don’t you understand? There’s a world full of Aboriginals out there.” When I ask what made him want to come here, he leads me away from the croquet lawns of Trinity and past the copper-domed Rhodes House to another monument of colonial-era Oxford, the Pitt Rivers Museum. It’s a renowned repository of anthropological loot, with an Australian collection that runs to some 16,000 items. Thompson first heard of it years ago, particularly its photographic trove: “About eight large binders full of images of Aboriginal people. By well-known photographers and relative amateurs. Large plate-glass negatives and smaller images. A lot of central desert Aranda people, a lot from Victoria and Queensland.” The receptionist says hello to Christian as we go through the back entrance. Thompson’s has become a familiar face. When he first arrived, he spent many months poring over the collections. “It was quite an emotional experience because you’re looking at photographs of people who often have no name. There’s very little information about the community that they’re from.” Many of the images featured in First Australians, the landmark SBS documentary series from 2008. When Thompson recognised one male elder as the likely relative of a friend, he used Facebook to introduce his friend to the museum’s photography curator. The past is not really past, Thompson says. “The collections are still very much a part of these communities.” The museum also hosts his response, a photographic series that forms part of his doctoral output. His exhibition is in a long gallery off the main museum hall. Thompson’s career as an artist began in the 1990s, and a number of major museums hold his work. This series consists of lavish C-type prints, nearly all self-portraits, although his presence seems secondary to the various objects surrounding him in each shot: flowers, crystals, votive candles, a painted frame, a model of a four-masted British warship. What you do not see are the old Pitt Rivers photos. Thompson disclaims the right to redisplay them without biographical information. “What I’m giving,” he explains, “is a contemporary indigenous response to these materials.” The point, in his words, is “spiritual repatriation”. Hence the show’s title, ‘We Bury Our Own’. It comes with a gorgeous soundscape, a recording of the Australian opera singer Jeremy Vinogradov performing in the Bidjara language. Moving on to the museum’s main hall, Thompson begins to browse, wandering from case to crammed glass case. Among his favourite exhibits are a cross-hatched message stick, made from acacia – “which is actually from my country, the heart of where my father’s from” – and a display on English witchcraft. Its charms include a ‘witches’ ladder’ (made of rope and cock feathers and meant for use in stealing milk or causing deaths), a pair of dried mole’s feet (“like little hands”) for curing toothaches and, from Oxfordshire itself, an impaled slug for dispatching warts. “I love the fact that England has its own mythology, a folkloric belief that isn’t [from] that long ago really.” And that ends the tour. The next day, Thompson and his exhibition are off to Singapore, then it’s on to the US. Once back in Oxford, he’ll create another show that will, in another first, displace the hoary oil portraits in Trinity’s dining hall. And of course there is the other part of his doctoral output, his thesis. In this, Perkins scholars are no different from other students. “Once you’re inside the institution,” Thompson says, “no concessions are made. No one’s going to cut you any slack. There’s a lot of pressure put on us, not only to get through but to perform at the highest level.” Socially, he’s found that people can be “closed”, or competitive with knowledge. “It’s hard to build a sense of community. It took me about a year to build a group of friends I wanted to hang out with.” At the same time he can rattle off a list of people who have been “super supportive”, and there are many things, impaled slugs aside, he loves about Oxford. “There’s no culture of philistinism. It’s very accepting of the role of art in the university.” On Broad Street, Trinity’s tall front gates are in view. Thompson smiles and says goodbye. “It’s been really nice to speak fluent Australian.” Jo Lennan Jo Lennan is a writer based in Sydney. She contributes to TIME, the Economist and Intelligent Life. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/the-sydney-morning-herald-dreaming-spires-in-his-sights-by-james-howe monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604860534187-T8VL5355ZBQYCFFC05PM/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+18.35.16.png News - The Sydney Morning Herald: Dreaming spires in his sights by James Howe - SOURCE Christian Thompson is one of the first indigenous Australians to attend Oxford, writes James Howe. Artist and Oxford University doctoral student Christian Thompson always knew he wanted to go to ''big school'' one day but was never quite sure how the details would pan out. ''When I was a kid I used to say to my mum, 'What happens after high school?' And she said, 'That's when people go to big school.''' So when Thompson began study at Oxford last year, he saw it as a realisation of his childhood goal. ''Now I'm at one of the biggest and best schools in the world,'' he says. Thompson is one of 250 Australians studying at Oxford, where he and fellow doctorate student Paul Gray are the first indigenous people to attend. But, unlike most Australians studying in ''the city of dreaming spires'', Thompson's arrival happened by accident. He had just completed a master's degree in Amsterdam and had received an Australian Postgraduate Award to do a PhD. His planned research would involve looking at Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum, which houses an eclectic collection of anthropological artefacts. So when he stumbled upon the Charles Perkins Scholarship - designed to bring Aboriginal people to Oxford University - he saw it as the perfect fit. ''I just thought it would be an awesome opportunity to actually work with the real collection, rather than writing about it from miles away,'' he says. So Thompson embarked on the gruelling task of getting into Oxford. ''My application was 120 pages long,'' he says. ''The actual process of just getting it in; it was sort of a preoccupation for a while.'' Thompson was required to demonstrate his academic qualifications and source letters of recommendation from former colleagues and supervisors around the world. In the end, he made the cut for the Charles Perkins Scholarship and Oxford University. Today, he straddles the divide between student and professional life. Recent notches in his belt include shortlistings in this year's Blake Prize and the $100,000 Basil Sellers Art Prize. In the past, he has sold works to Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton. Today, as a resident artist at the Fonderie Darling Studio in Montreal, he flies into Oxford regularly to keep on top of his student duties. Thompson is now studying a collection of photos from Australia's colonial era at the Pitt Rivers Museum. He plans to generate a series of art influenced by this work, which will be shown at the museum for six months. As with many other students, access to some of the world's greatest minds most attracts Thompson to Oxford. ''It is pretty amazing, the people you have access to,'' he says. ''Really, you could just get lost in the university and go from lecture to lecture.' Recent callers include the Dalai Lama, Michelle Obama, Ban Ki-moon and Gordon Brown. Connection to power is a prime pulling card for young Australians; it's not uncommon for students to have the enviable opportunity to meet world leaders in an intimate social environment. John Howard dined with 15 Australian doctoral students recently after giving a lecture and a month ago the opposition education spokesman, Christopher Pyne, mingled with 10 Australian Rhodes Scholars at a lunchtime talk on the future of Australian education policy. In April, Governor-General Quentin Bryce, while in Britain for the royal wedding, popped by to meet 40 Australians. During Bryce's visit, Thompson showed her around Oxford. ''Where else would you get that experience?'' he says of mingling with some of the greatest minds in the world. Home to the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, Oxford University has had people such as Bill Clinton, Bob Hawke, Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott pass through its halls and has bred British prime ministers David Cameron, Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher. But Thompson is not the first to point out the strange eccentricities surrounding the pomp and ceremony. His college, Trinity, as with most at Oxford, requires students to wear academic gowns to dinner each night. Thompson has also come up against the infamous British-Australian cultural divide. ''I was at one event and I was just talking off the cuff about something that was probably really quite stupid,'' he says. ''And then I sort of realised, 'Oh, actually, this is completely the wrong context for this conversation.' But you don't think that as an Australian - we'll talk about anything anywhere.'' It's not unusual for Australians to find Oxford's rigid social hierarchy confronting. Fellows (lecturers) eat at a higher table than students and are served more courses and better food. They also stroll on patches of turf off limits to students. ''I think you get a formal education but then you kind of get a social education as well that comes from the whole experience of being at Oxford,'' Thompson says. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/2012-bowness-photography-prize monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604859522656-SDSODT0DC7RM8N8ODPEQ/image-asset.png News - 2012 Bowness Photography Prize - Danger will come © All rights reserved Christian Thompson 2012 Australia from the series We Bury our own chromogenic print 102.0 x 102.0 cm courtesy of the artist and Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne Source Monash Gallery of Art http://www.mga.org.au/exhibition/view/exhibition/114 Thursday 04 October 2012 to Sunday 18 November 2012 Exhibition previously on at Monash Gallery of Art in Victoria, Australia. The winner of the $25 000 prize will be announced at MGA on Thursday 4 OCTOBER 2012. Three finalists will be awarded an Adobe Honourable Mention prize. One of Australia’s most eminent cultural figures, Penelope Seidler AM, will join the judging panel to announce the winner of the 2012 Bowness Photography Prize. Finalists for the 2012 Bowness Photography Prize are: Robert ASHTON, Daniel BOETKER-SMITH, Kirsten BOWERS, Jane BROWN, Chris BUDGEON, Elaine CAMPANER, Rowan CONROY, Jagath DHEERASEKARA, Stephen DUPONT, Cherine FAHD, Jacqueline FELSTEAD, Siri HAYES, Christopher HOLT, Tim JOHNSON, Francis KEOGH, Bronek KOZKA, Jesse MARLOW, Joseph MCGLENNON, Georgia METAXAS, Michael MILLER, Phuong NGO, Simon OBARZANEK, Gerard O’CONNOR and Marc WASIAK, Polixeni PAPAPETROU, Izabela PLUTA, Clare RAE, Hannah RAISIN, Lynne ROBERTS-GOODWIN, Tobias ROWLES, Julie RRAP, Rodney SCHAFFER, Lani SELIGMAN, Martin SMITH, Valerie SPARKS, David STEPHENSON, Darren SYLVESTER, Claudia TERSTAPPEN, Christian THOMPSON, Stephanie VALENTIN, Justine VARGA, Daniel VON STURMER and William YANG. ON DISPLAY from Thursday 4 October to Sunday 18 November 2012 Location Monash Gallery of Art 860 Ferntree Gully Road Melbourne Precinct Victoria Australia https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/realtime-arts-magazine-in-the-loop-sept-5-quick-picks-amp-opportunities monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604859758396-DH8HDO9UIAAMK4TKNWY8/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+18.22.13.png News - Realtime Arts Magazine: in the loop sept 5: quick picks &amp; opportunities - SOURCE https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/oxford-mail-inspired-by-museums-aboriginal-photos monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604859874479-QEK3165GME0GNR5BW8SR/image-asset.png News - Oxford Mail: Inspired by museum's Aboriginal photos - SOURCE ONE OF Oxford University’s first Aboriginal students is holding an exhibition of self portraits at the Pitt Rivers museum. Christian Thompson, 34, was awarded Australia’s Charles Perkins scholarship, and is now studying for a PhD in philosophy and fine art. He was invited by the museum to create a body of work inspired by the museum’s collection of Aboriginal photographs. Mr Thompson created a series of photographic self-portraits involving elements such as crystals and flowers. He said: “I was really interested in the idea of being inspired by, rather than commenting on the exhibition. “I tried to transform the gallery into a ritual site using crystals and flowers.” The exhibition is part of an international research project led by Dr Jane Lydon at Monash University, Australia, entitled Globalization, photography, and race: the circulation and return of Aboriginal photographs in Europe. The exhibition runs until January 3. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-we-bury-our-own monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/hijacked-iii-interview-with-christianthompson monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/christian-thompson-we-bury-our-own-at-the-ruskin-school-university-of-oxford monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604860400778-FJ26AI3RXJ7FAIY6EGEO/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+18.32.46.png News - Christian Thompson ‘We Bury Our Own’ at The Ruskin School University of Oxford - SOURCE Tue 05 November - Mon 11 November Exhibition / Public event Exhibition of video, sculpture and photographic work by our DPhil student Australian artist Christian Thompson. A ground breaking photographic series and video work produced in dialogue with the renowned Pitt Rivers Museum collection, University of Oxford. ‘We Bury Our Own’ will include new photographic and sculptural works, created in collaboration with the Hospital Club Gallery specifically for this exhibition. The work is a continuation of his survey exhibition at Trinity College, which saw him make history for the second time by becoming the first individual artist to hang a survey exhibition of their work in place of the formal portraits for 450 years. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/artlink-goes-to-london monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604860690895-DZPNAUEOWR3FFFIIJDU5/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+18.37.50.png News - Artlink goes to London - SOURCE Artlnk’s major international event for 2011 is a London forum to explore issues of contemporary Indigenous art, history and identity being held at October Gallery in Bloomsbury, the heart of London’s cultural and museum district, and a stone’s throw from the British Museum. Curators from this well-known centre for the showing and debating of art from non-European centres have joined with Artlink and the Dutch cultural producers Framer Framed to shape a set of questions around the tensions of Indigenous success in being accepted as creators of dynamic contemporary art while at the same time making crucial links with cultural origins and postcolonial issues. This free event is an opportunity for UK art lovers to engage with these issues and meet contemporary Indigenous artists, and members of the Artlink team, Executive Editor Stephanie Britton, co-editors of Artlink Indigenous Daniel Browning and Stephanie Radok. At the forum and the launch afterwards they will be able to purchase copies of this exciting publication. It coincides with the major exhibition at October Gallery, CURRENTS, featuring new art from Aeoteroa New Zealand. It is also a vital ingredient in the 2011 Festival of London which this year is themed on Oceania and is also part of the ORIGINS festival in London launching on the same night. 3.00 pm: forum of artists’ lectures and panel discussion INDIGENOUS ART NOW Artists and editors from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands will share opinions in a series of presentations and lively moderated debates across three sessions. Daniel Browning and high profile contemporary Australian artists Vernon Ah Kee, Fiona Foley and Christian Thompson are giving formal presentations, and Respondents are Stephanie Radok, Dr Daniel Rycroft of the University of East Anglia, Dr Georges Petitjean of the Aboriginal Art Museum in Utrecht (AAMU) and Natasha McKinney, Curator of Oceania at the British Museum. Fiona Foley will speak on ‘public art that bites back’, Vernon Ah Kee on ‘some inconvenient truths’ and Christian Thompson gives a performance dealing with identity and disguise. Daniel Browning, ABC Radio National broadcaster will moderate the debate. 6.30 pm: launch Artlink Indigenous, Beauty and Terror (vol 31 no2) Guest Speaker to launch this publication is Dr Anthony Gardner an Australian scholar and writer currently on a Fellowship at the Courtauld Institute in London. He will be introduced by Stephanie Britton AM and October Gallery Director Chili Hawes. Artlink Indigenous is a new enterprise, a three year project to bring out an annual issue each June, in response to international demand for a magazine that records and critiques developments in Indigenous art in Australia Artlink wishes to acknowledge the tireless work of October’s staff Jo Walsh and Mariska ter Horst, the Framer Framed producers Cas Bool and Barbara Capel based in Amsterdam, and Artlink Editors Stephanie Radok and Daniel Browning and all who have contributed to bringing this event to fruition. We also acknowledge the generous assistance of QIAMEA (Queensland Indigenous Art Marketing and Export Agency), Copyright Agency Ltd, Arts Queensland and the Australian High Commission in London. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/abc-news-oxford-welcomes-first-aboriginal-students monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/news/realtime-arts-the-inside-eye monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604861067508-24RXT1C78TW6W207XEOO/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+18.44.07.png News - RealTime Arts - The Inside Eye - SOURCE From the city’s maelstrom of activity, I ducked down a minor street into a minor laneway, past industrial rubbish bins and hospitality drones sucking back cigarettes and into the eye of the storm: the pure white dungeon that is Spacement. The noises and smells of the city disappeared as I entered Self Made Man. Curator Kerrie-Dee Johns’ motif is the dandy, and with it artifice, subversion and celebration. The dandy has an identity thrust upon him that cannot be refused, only presented back to the world in exaggerated form. Overacting, the dandy demonstrates that identity is always a playing of roles, seducing his audience with suggestive irony and meticulous attention to detail. In Chris Bond’s The Hitchcock-Feldmar Affair the 8 glass-framed memoranda from Hollywood studio executive Warren Feldmar to Alfred Hitchcock appear aged and worn. Each memo, a day or 2 apart, contributes to a narrative culminating in the death of a woman. The clues are at times hilarious and at others disturbing, sometimes both. Alfred becomes AH and then "that man." Fingerprint smudges appear–is that blood? Feldmar grows aggressive to the point of paranoia. Is he the killer? Veiled behind this story of rapid psychological disintegration is Bond’s meticulously constructed mockery of the ‘dream factory.’ The modest dimensions of Melanie Katsalidis and Jonathan Podborseck’s 10100 10010 00101 00101 hide its larger significance. The shape, not much more than a foot high, is of a tree, but it’s also an icon, divided into 3 segments which seem to represent the natural world (or rather our response to it), the scientific quest, and cultural endeavours. Approaching this serene work, I felt as I did with Ricky Swallow’s Killing Time–the skill is breathtaking, while the emotional weight of the work is its focus. 10100... is more explicit in its intentions–the self that it expresses is indistinguishable from its political and cultural context. One segment includes a richly ironic quotation, a poetic meditation on trees and their meaning, but also haunting in its broader application: in part, it says, "Civilisation grew from exploiting, destroying, venerating and looking back..." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604861148275-BRZRBY3QWDZBJSQWMKD4/Screenshot+2020-11-08+at+18.45.33.png News - RealTime Arts - The Inside Eye - Christian Thompson, The Gates of Tambo [Tracey Moffat], 2004 I carried this reflection with me to Garrett Hughes’s My Vestige. In the centre of a display of stuffed birds, a framed bird skull and small Victorian side tables is a large photographic print of a man and a woman, behind them a screen like patterned wallpaper or carpet, behind that, an English country estate. The man’s hand is plunged into the woman’s bloody side. She is mostly naked, with the half-drugged look of the archetypal victim. As with Peter Greenaway’s films, the imagery is unnerving, almost overwhelming. Hughes, like Greenaway, insists on closing in on visceral realities, showing our civilised icons up to their wrists in blood. As I inched closer and examined its details–the faces as unaffected as any portrait, the bodies composed of re-collaged parts in a kind of Frankensteinian jigsaw–I grew more and more aware of the constructed nature of the image. Hughes whispers to the viewer that the idea of man as hunter and penetrator is not the only construction of power. In the 3 four-foot square photographs included here from his Gates of Tambo series, Christian Thompson poses as Andy Warhol, Tracey Moffatt and Rusty Peters (a Gija man from the Kimberleys who took up painting at age 60 after a working life as a stockman). In their embodiment of fame, recognition and cultural heritage, these artists might be Thompson’s natural role-models. He plays them straight, casually, as if expressing an affinity. But, especially as Moffatt, in profile, taking a photograph, wearing lipstick, he simultaneously becomes the focus. As an Indigenous man, Thompson knows that art is never considered merely on its own merits, but also by reference to the artist’s personal history and the way the dominant culture permits and shapes each 15 minutes of fame. The ‘dandies’ of Self Made Man secure positions from which the foundations of our identities can be glimpsed–the dread of an ever-proximate madness, the flight from nature through its destruction, the compulsory and regulated nature of fame. Leaving this composed but disturbing space, I re-entered the city-storm on the lookout for turbulence. 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Future Ancestor [SERIES], 2021 Christian Thompson AO, The Fifth World, 2021, C-type print on metallic paper, Four Panel Flower Wall, 250 x 250 cm, edition of 6 +2 AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1610977891073-GVHOFTCDREY0FMFU560E/christian+2.jpg All - Future Ancestor [SERIES], 2021 Christian Thompson AO, Good Country, 2021, C-type print on metallic paper, Four Panel Flower Wall, 250 x 250 cm, edition of 6 +2 AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/be72cb46-ca5b-418c-a127-12574fed8561/Future+Ancestor-March-2021-photo-Jodie+Barker-1.jpg All - Future Ancestor [SERIES], 2021 Christian Thompson AO, Future Ancestor, Installation view, 2021, Photography: Jodie Barker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/fbcc5afd-d93f-44f8-9c76-d02a0b37c960/Future+Ancestor-March-2021-photo-Jodie+Barker-40.jpg All - Future Ancestor [SERIES], 2021 Christian Thompson AO, Future Ancestor, Installation view, 2021, Photography: Jodie Barker https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/beta-city2021 monthly 0.5 2021-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/ca9b5ace-1597-4f71-9038-0bc6629b8a8e/sarahscoutpresents-christian-thompson-barindyila-barindyila-sister-sister-2021%282%29.jpg All - Beta City, 2021 Christian Thompson AO, Barindyila Barindyila (Sister, Sister), 2021, C-type print on metallic paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2 A.P https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/98717265-0903-4c6e-8f4e-8e1730c15e2c/Barindyila+Barindyila+%28Sister%2C+Sister%29+Flower+Wall+install.jpg All - Beta City, 2021 Christian Thompson AO BETA City Installation view, Sarah Scout Presents 2021 Photography: Aaron Rees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/229ad66b-6253-46a1-8535-3484a9b1275f/Barindyila+Barindyila+%28Sister%2C+Sister%29install.jpg All - Beta City, 2021 Christian Thompson AO BETA City Installation view, Sarah Scout Presents 2021 Photography: Aaron Rees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/8ea27c68-65f9-4c79-bc6c-095fbbc8f737/Amsterdam+RMX_still.jpg All - Beta City, 2021 Christian Thompson AO BETA City Installation view, Sarah Scout Presents 2021 Photography: Aaron Rees https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/rule-of-three monthly 0.5 2021-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/c0236cba-e4cd-4da3-b69d-d220e820e59c/web+res+2.jpeg All - Rule of Three, 2020 Christian Thompson AO, Rule of Three, 2020, C-type print on metallic paper, 250 x 250 cm (4 panels), 120 x 120 cm (single panel), enquire edition size. https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/new-gold-mountain-2021 monthly 0.5 2022-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1e33eeda-3fa3-4d9c-89cb-45f06b55b046/web_+New+Gold+Mountain+%28Xin+Jin+Shan%29%2C+240cm+x+240cm%2C+4+x+120cm+x+120cm+Panels%2C+C+Type+Prints%2C+2021.+Courtesy+of+the+artist+and+Yavuz+Gallery%2C+Singapore+and+Sydney+and+Sarah+Scout+Presents%2C+Melbourne.+copy.jpeg All - New Gold Mountain, 2021 Christian Thompson AO, New Gold Mountain (Xin Jin Shan), 2021, C-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 250 x 250 cm / 120 x 120 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/3aa86274-aebb-4006-9db5-3a755372fb23/web_+CT_Double_Happiness_24_06_2021_8551_120x120+copy.jpeg All - New Gold Mountain, 2021 Christian Thompson AO, Double Happiness, 2021, C-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 250 x 250 cm / 120 x 120 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/45dbbd1d-2451-49f1-a8c7-7d605d67cc6e/Photo+18-9-21%2C+12+34+33+pm.jpg All - New Gold Mountain, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/198a9cb0-85bc-437b-be89-ed7f19ab5ba6/IMG_6647.jpg All - New Gold Mountain, 2021 Yavuz Gallery - Install https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/13f375ae-56b8-4838-ab62-b178dab1fd32/Photo+18-9-21%2C+1+07+34+pm.jpg All - New Gold Mountain, 2021 Yavuz Gallery - Install https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/497b6c66-ec50-47ff-bce9-63e9426927a3/IMG_6478.jpg All - New Gold Mountain, 2021 Yavuz Gallery - Install https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/being-human-human-being-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/893f1a0a-726c-45b2-8532-1ee7a8e4ddfe/Christian-Thompson-Being-Human-Human-Being.jpg All - Being Human Human Being, 2022 Christian Thompson AO, Being Human Human Being, 2022 c-type print on Fuji Metallic paper https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/rights-land monthly 0.5 2025-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/4e8ecda5-980d-480b-993d-eb5cd11683ca/CT+RIghts+Land+2022+JPG+copy.jpg All - Rights Land, 2022 Christian Thompson, Rights Land, 2022, C-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/house-of-gold monthly 0.5 2023-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/33397896-e86f-4ce5-88a2-fe8d84c020d7/Screen+Shot+2023-09-25+at+10.49.17+pm.png All - House of Gold, 2022 House of Gold - Chapter VI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/d398f44d-8430-452e-aa6e-e5c90381bacf/Screen+Shot+2023-09-25+at+10.48.58+pm.png All - House of Gold, 2022 House of Gold - Chapter VI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/a7c34300-139f-4ff3-b473-8d8f7099a033/Screen+Shot+2023-08-10+at+3.07.03+pm.png All - House of Gold, 2022 House of Gold - Chapter VI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/817fde49-de0f-407d-8286-6c29f9292ade/Screen+Shot+2023-09-25+at+10.52.48+pm.png All - House of Gold, 2022 House of Gold - Chapter V https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/b6a1e9f6-7045-4962-adbd-e77b3d1cfbe5/Screen+Shot+2023-07-24+at+12.51.32+pm.png All - House of Gold, 2022 House of Gold - Chapter IV https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/loom-aura-adelaide-biennial-2018 monthly 0.5 2020-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603380090475-5DOSNL0KOUZG4VHJSU45/Loom-Aura-2-email.png All - Loom Aura - Adelaide Biennial 2018 Christian Thompson AO, Loom Aura 2, 2018 c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, comprising four panels: 120 x 120 cm (each), total framed dimensions: 250 x 250 cm, edition of 4 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603728361579-MYC6PHBEYBJW1Z6TS3K8/loom.png All - Loom Aura - Adelaide Biennial 2018 Christian Thompson AO, Loom Aura 1, 2018 c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, comprising four panels: 120 x 120 cm (each), total framed dimensions: 250 x 250 cm, edition of 4 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603729548563-JZDLKR0LTUK88DN7KTEV/IMG_5780-min.png All - Loom Aura - Adelaide Biennial 2018 Loom Aura [INSTALL SHOT] - Adelaide Biennial 2018 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/emotional-striptease-2003 monthly 0.5 2020-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604755182361-I1TA46NNPP1YWP0NNKBY/2341c5_c0c54d120f83432ab6cb2577b4148cea.jpg All - Emotional Striptease [SERIES], 2003 Christian Thompson AO, Emotional Striptease, 2003, LAMBDA Print, 107 x 85 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604755182178-3W5U4T0KIRJZEM4QQ2QW/2341c5_32560e2230bc46d4b210ca8dcfadb6be.jpg All - Emotional Striptease [SERIES], 2003 Christian Thompson AO, Emotional Striptease, 2003, LAMBDA Print, 107 x 85 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604755181638-IOT8T3OYUPPO7FHB0E2Q/2341c5_5c86f6f0f4154dfc9c4105586cf23649.jpg All - Emotional Striptease [SERIES], 2003 Christian Thompson AO, Emotional Striptease, 2003, LAMBDA Print, 107 x 85 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604755179283-WYKQYM6C4BAUQK4H9YNN/2341c5_920ed1f89fe24cb3a76af84d906cefea.jpg All - Emotional Striptease [SERIES], 2003 Christian Thompson AO, Emotional Striptease, 2003, LAMBDA Print, 107 x 85 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604755178917-H688K7ITA1QZX2VHVMC4/2341c5_bea7d40b9ede48c38b44b3d1b1fdf096.jpg All - Emotional Striptease [SERIES], 2003 Christian Thompson AO, Emotional Striptease, 2003, LAMBDA Print, 107 x 85 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604755179300-667QKGG7RL46M13NPU9P/2341c5_553d97a2a8c94291b1f47e3b7dc610a2.jpg All - Emotional Striptease [SERIES], 2003 Christian Thompson AO, Emotional Striptease, 2003, LAMBDA Print, 107 x 85 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604755179090-V4MYRXOSXWO6VVNFO1AK/2341c5_9f6e6b552e7449e7b8f83f1e46810949.jpg All - Emotional Striptease [SERIES], 2003 Christian Thompson AO, Emotional Striptease, 2003, LAMBDA Print, 107 x 85 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604755178660-Q0STE34Y91NV5O9L32MD/2341c5_076ab983f980450ab2353d6c40e0e428.jpg All - Emotional Striptease [SERIES], 2003 Christian Thompson AO, Emotional Striptease, 2003, LAMBDA Print, 107 x 85 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604755178857-J53IGMS7E0PFJFLQWPZY/2341c5_0ce9c9409b3b4518b5f4f811ee2bc5cf.jpg All - Emotional Striptease [SERIES], 2003 Christian Thompson AO, Emotional Striptease, 2003, LAMBDA Print, 107 x 85 cm https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/the-gates-of-tambo-2004 monthly 0.5 2020-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604753732732-BSHFOI0SDNUMG2U4M10P/2341c5_c03b9e24d1f2459c8f8bb8602b194f25.jpg All - The Gates of Tambo [SERIES], 2004 Christian Thompson AO, The Gates of Tambi (Rusty Peters), LAMBDA Print, 125 x 125 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604753731505-6GDC36AXX3E1ZEV4931P/2341c5_880366f2893b461ebe1bd2cbaf9b25ed.jpg All - The Gates of Tambo [SERIES], 2004 Christian Thompson AO, The Gates of Tambi (Rusty Peters), LAMBDA Print, 125 x 125 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604753731230-HYNSROTH7JZRCZIRTRXF/2341c5_8c3a0ebe7f8c47aaa1174d446b60e236.jpg All - The Gates of Tambo [SERIES], 2004 Christian Thompson AO, The Gates of Tambi (Christian Thompson), LAMBDA Print, 125 x 125 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604753733335-0LRUG9H3SBYPUGWGUXKC/2341c5_7661c063ff6a4a5a933906d9521f93b3.jpg All - The Gates of Tambo [SERIES], 2004 Christian Thompson AO, The Gates of Tambi (Pepiminarti), LAMBDA Print, 125 x 125 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604753732058-1NE0CHODTMG4T63RC4GM/2341c5_7b02524eeb8046b38e6183bbf8e05cfa.jpg All - The Gates of Tambo [SERIES], 2004 Christian Thompson AO, The Gates of Tambi (Tracey Moffatt), LAMBDA Print, 125 x 125 cm https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/i-need-you-you-need-me-2005 monthly 0.5 2020-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604752985246-WQ0LWSWEI87PND91OY7Q/d.jpg All - I Need You / You Need Me [VIDEO], 2005 Christian Thompson AO, I Need You / You Need Me (The Fox), 2005, Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604752985548-DZ47M97AFJ5OVULRQ2C5/c.jpg All - I Need You / You Need Me [VIDEO], 2005 Christian Thompson AO, I Need You / You Need Me (The Fox), 2005, Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604752984928-70Z1QS1X2K68CKPU2VFX/b.jpg All - I Need You / You Need Me [VIDEO], 2005 Christian Thompson AO, I Need You / You Need Me (The Fox), 2005, Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604752984323-174MBNQMEHM2E7A5KPJ8/a.jpg All - I Need You / You Need Me [VIDEO], 2005 Christian Thompson AO, I Need You / You Need Me (The Fox), 2005, Video https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/in-search-of-the-international-look-2005 monthly 0.5 2020-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604751617476-VGLS2JJEQ7222YBA0QRM/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%286%29.jpg All - In Search of The International Look, 2005 Christian Thompson AO, In Search Of The International Look, 2005, C-Type Print, 190 x 127 cm https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/constellations-2007 monthly 0.5 2020-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604746521187-ZQJJVDIC8ZAI8OGLICKV/2341c5_711d285337db49228f47850faa6919cb.jpg All - Constellations [SERIES], 2007 Christian Thompson AO, Constellations, 2007, LAMBDA Print, 100 x 80 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604746521305-QX3F5GZOO1BNFBDIF7BA/2341c5_1caa44766af24970901e6fd130a37208.jpg All - Constellations [SERIES], 2007 Christian Thompson AO, Constellations, 2007, LAMBDA Print, 100 x 80 cm https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/gamu-mambu-blood-song-video-2010 monthly 0.5 2020-11-09 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/dhagunyilangu-brother-video-2011 monthly 0.5 2020-11-09 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/equinox-series-2018 monthly 0.5 2020-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603725514406-BOBK9DFN0RGBXZY6UFPG/20180730-Christian-Thompson-2982-Edit.jpg All - Equinox [SERIES], 2018 Christian Thompson AO, Enchantments – Letter to Bernard Otto Holtermann, 2018, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 90 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603725515604-E0QUZ1PF5YX55DCKO987/20180730-Christian-Thompson-2957-Edit.jpg All - Equinox [SERIES], 2018 Christian Thompson AO, Enchantments – Letter to Ferdinand Von Mueller, 2018, c-type, print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 90 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603725515451-FKBCQB7B7ZEXQYIGTWW6/20180730-Christian-Thompson-2926.jpg All - Equinox [SERIES], 2018 Christian Thompson AO, Enchantments – Letter to Ludwig Leichhardt, 2018, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 90 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603725518083-3A8DEY784IFB2X7NS1H8/20180730-Christian-Thompson-3171-Edit-1.jpg All - Equinox [SERIES], 2018 Christian Thompson AO, Secrets in the Flames, 2018, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 90 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603725520452-8E6XVIOX0GUSNNZ7DVO0/Primeval-Sea.jpg All - Equinox [SERIES], 2018 Christian Thompson AO, Primeval Sea, 2018, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/polari-series-2014 monthly 0.5 2020-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603738090648-KSQPMQA7HR2YRP6DOCUI/Echo-I.jpg All - Polari [SERIES], 2014 Christian Thompson AO, Echo I, 2014, c-type, print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603738157993-EF7BD1XDDHQL5AVJY7AF/Echo-II.jpg All - Polari [SERIES], 2014 Christian Thompson AO, Echo II, 2014, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603738168442-P11M9FL7YZGDK14CNPZK/Siren.jpg All - Polari [SERIES], 2014 Christian Thompson AO, Siren, 2014, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603738185425-IXBTF5GG6RPO48PMKH88/Ariel.jpg All - Polari [SERIES], 2014 Christian Thompson AO, Ariel, 2014, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603739450067-6WW9L7DINLC7JI23RND2/image.jpg All - Polari [SERIES], 2014 Christian Thompson AO, All Revolutions Are Led By The Young, 2014, sculpture, dimensions variable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603738182206-QJRXDIZ7Z2R3PNV8Y2HK/Ellipse.jpg All - Polari [SERIES], 2014 Christian Thompson AO, Ellipse, 2014, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603738515672-H19CB6M4IBTZGV73IXQP/178.2014%23%23S.jpg All - Polari [SERIES], 2014 Christian Thompson AO, Trinity I, 2014, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper 100 x 75 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603738516933-KIK5EUFZFCOCXBYPYVLQ/Trinity-II.jpg All - Polari [SERIES], 2014 Christian Thompson AO, Trinity II, 2014 c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper 100 x 75 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603738556146-N0W82R8CA3L09H1AGJ3H/Trinity-III.jpg All - Polari [SERIES], 2014 Christian Thompson AO, Trinity III, 2014, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper 100 x 75 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603739266326-5EEI7IFLVGPGOCVF0FMH/IMG_5786.png All - Polari [SERIES], 2014 Christian Thompson AO, Trinity, 2014, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 75 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/blaks-palace-series-2002 monthly 0.5 2020-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604754361153-7L2EWEBKQ7RBC7900A17/2341c5_47d777557fac41ef9d5ca473cb1f125d.jpg All - Blaks Palace [SERIES], 2002 Christian Thompson AO, Blacks Palace, 2002, LAMBDA Print, 55 x 55 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604754361145-FBX03D130Y2YLPXYRTS8/2341c5_170fab745ebe4f0a98fa1e6a82d4b896.jpg All - Blaks Palace [SERIES], 2002 Christian Thompson AO, Blacks Palace, 2002, LAMBDA Print, 55 x 55 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604754360741-BT5HAC1M0DH5B4WPRWAN/2341c5_7d3c24173a1a483b9ad86932fb69f40a.jpg All - Blaks Palace [SERIES], 2002 Christian Thompson AO, Blacks Palace, 2002, LAMBDA Print, 55 x 55 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604754361281-VA0UGG97MBBCUVIUQGKE/2341c5_231f6f9b5a614ce793d2e18ca82af62d.jpg All - Blaks Palace [SERIES], 2002 Christian Thompson AO, Blacks Palace, 2002, LAMBDA Print, 55 x 55 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604754361274-52WFWVWNBWWSUP8G1UIO/2341c5_7b6455bf057e42fcb9fc90d51c211d75.jpg All - Blaks Palace [SERIES], 2002 Christian Thompson AO, Blacks Palace, 2002, LAMBDA Print, 55 x 55 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604754360892-86SJPMHINSQQHBBTEYR4/2341c5_baebad4805b040c1ab436377bed4b3f6.jpg All - Blaks Palace [SERIES], 2002 Christian Thompson AO, Blacks Palace, 2002, LAMBDA Print, 55 x 55 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604745297512-P3XWXXTO13SVPCAFK7S9/Ayers-Rock-jumper.jpg All - Blaks Palace [SERIES], 2002 Christian Thompson AO, Ayers Rock jumper, 2002, 85 x 480 cm, edition of 1 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/the-sixth-mile-video-2006 monthly 0.5 2020-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604750723420-CDCJXABXA5YUOSTWW995/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%285%29.jpg All - The Sixth Mile [VIDEO], 2006 Christian Thompson AO, The Sixth Mile, 2006, Video https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/desert-slippers-2006 monthly 0.5 2020-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604750298210-NC45XOGDZ7DFHKBOIQ9X/ezgif.com-gif-maker+%284%29.jpg All - Desert Slippers [VIDEO], 2006 Christian Thompson AO, Dessert Slippers, 2006, Video https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/then-i-thought-of-you-2006 monthly 0.5 2020-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604749569208-YR0NN7DQ4DQQP1P8UGPD/2341c5_b521c67fc2224e5cb91696493283344d+%281%29.jpg All - Then I Thought of You [VIDEO], 2006 Christian Thompson AO, Then I thought of You (The Cockatoos), 2006, Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604749569567-YA0CZENXK6XNL92M9M5E/2341c5_f461994d9efb436ba2e10c0556aed8b4.jpg All - Then I Thought of You [VIDEO], 2006 Christian Thompson AO, Then I thought of You (The Cockatoos), 2006, Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604749569402-MF8PYWE4DVTVAVFHYFT5/2341c5_33dd4261ad004c1d86b4eccd16b8a84a.jpg All - Then I Thought of You [VIDEO], 2006 Christian Thompson AO, Then I thought of You (The Cockatoos), 2006, Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604749569203-V194XQ74IEQMH94WN8ZI/2341c5_a90f1f1a2c9a49e4a38af79ed2ebf5fb.jpg All - Then I Thought of You [VIDEO], 2006 Christian Thompson AO, Then I thought of You (The Cockatoos), 2006, Video https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/australian-graffiti-series-2007 monthly 0.5 2020-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604744350433-NOGDRXCW23KVEZ28EOL6/Untitled-Banksia-Leaf.jpg All - Australian Graffiti [SERIES], 2007 Christian Thompson AO, Untitled (Banksia Leaf), 2007, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604744420257-36A3CMB4NTJHIWMVW85R/Untitled-Banksia.jpg All - Australian Graffiti [SERIES], 2007 Christian Thompson AO, Untitled (Banksia), 2007, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604744343376-L5CG2HFWAE4WNYF4T8WU/Untitled-Grey-Gum.jpg All - Australian Graffiti [SERIES], 2007 Christian Thompson AO, Untitled (Grey Gum), 2007, c-type print, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604744340866-C4EXGLI787WPEMZARYWZ/Untitled-Flannel-Flower.jpg All - Australian Graffiti [SERIES], 2007 Christian Thompson AO, Untitled (Flannel Flower), 2007, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604744393370-5TPO4FQ5X47FNBW4ZNWX/Untitled-Blue-Gum.jpg All - Australian Graffiti [SERIES], 2007 Christian Thompson AO, Untitled (Blue Gum), 2007, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604744469966-MR9WUP82ACHFOWL1AH11/red-kangeroo-paw.jpg All - Australian Graffiti [SERIES], 2007 Christian Thompson AO, Untitled (Red Kangaroo Paw), 2007, c-type print on Fuji Pearl, Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604744470510-OOGB3AVJTVYMGG0PPCK1/pink-kangeroo-paw.jpg All - Australian Graffiti [SERIES], 2007 Christian Thompson AO, Untitled (Pink Kangaroo Paw), 2007, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604744468347-PX50SQPP07RS4NVAN6IS/blosum-sm.jpg All - Australian Graffiti [SERIES], 2007 Christian Thompson AO, Untitled (Blossom), 2007, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/hunting-ground-2007 monthly 0.5 2020-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604745843710-DCJN4U9ZL1DSVL0NMYXU/2341c5_1f25076c408c4023b88bce2495e98d68.jpg All - Hunting Ground [SERIES], 2007 Christian Thompson AO, Hunting Ground, LAMBDA Print, 100 x 100 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604745843710-PETE9ZF5X83AS7HYV5XD/2341c5_64e3e11e8b5042428619b2a5a35d7e45.jpg All - Hunting Ground [SERIES], 2007 Christian Thompson AO, Hunting Ground, LAMBDA Print, 100 x 100 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604745843804-AZDVMCWX1AIAFKQAL4MJ/2341c5_749e60fc723045fcaeb2bff89b07cc42.jpg All - Hunting Ground [SERIES], 2007 Christian Thompson AO, Hunting Ground, LAMBDA Print, 100 x 100 cm https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/lost-together-2009 monthly 0.5 2020-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604743403791-V7WH87ECVQN2N5PCJ1D0/Beauty-of-Jellingroo.jpg All - Lost Together [SERIES], 2009 Christian Thompson AO, Beauty of Jellingroo,, 2009, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604743404510-NK9FFC5OOJ97KW56SN32/Xanthorrhoea-Australis-Donkere-jongen-uit-Nederland-1.jpg All - Lost Together [SERIES], 2009 Christian Thompson AO, Xanthorrhoea Australis – Donkere jongen uit Nederland 1, 2009, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604743402496-VCBOSQZ11C7JO9LV9NHM/Isabellas-Dignity.jpg All - Lost Together [SERIES], 2009 Christian Thompson AO, Isabella’s Dignity, 2009, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604743402332-73CFORGEH33PWG2QIYXN/Isaac.jpg All - Lost Together [SERIES], 2009 Christian Thompson AO, Isaac, 2009, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604743387125-CIN58BWPLQ4CYNSYGTL3/Im-Not-Going-Anywhere-Without-You.jpg All - Lost Together [SERIES], 2009 Christian Thompson AO, I’m Not Going Anywhere Without You, 2009, c-type print on, Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604743392119-8BAOMT65SCWC7VYCC4SP/Humpy-Away-From-Home.jpg All - Lost Together [SERIES], 2009 Christian Thompson AO, Humpy Away From Home, 2009, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604743391969-Y34GK0VYWRADC2LGJLCM/Hannahs-Diary.jpg All - Lost Together [SERIES], 2009 Christian Thompson AO, Hannah’s Diary, 2009, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604743394745-5GDB0QMTHEC6Y0WULIXL/Flowering-Spear-Donkere-jongen-die-speer-rechtop-houdt_.jpg All - Lost Together [SERIES], 2009 Christian Thompson AO, Flowering Spear- Donkere Jongen die Speer Rechtop Houdt, 2009, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604743398233-VE2MQZKNHOW3YXIR94NX/Dead-As-A-Door-Nail.jpg All - Lost Together [SERIES], 2009 Christian Thompson AO, Dead As A Doornail, 2009, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604743395172-CYG6NT96CQHLVD3ACLAV/Xanthorrhoea-Australis-Donkere-jongen-uit-Nederland-2.jpg All - Lost Together [SERIES], 2009 Christian Thompson AO, Xanthorrhoea Australis – Donkere jongen uit Nederland 2, 2009, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/we-bury-our-own-series-2012 monthly 0.5 2020-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604677913418-S9VYY0WN9NVXXZLVX4B1/Down-Under-World.png All - We bury our own [SERIES], 2012 Christian Thompson AO, Down Under World, 2012, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604677918437-5GYFE7XOXE6LR5GQVRNK/Forgiveness-of-the-Land.jpg All - We bury our own [SERIES], 2012 Christian Thompson AO, Forgiveness of Land, 2012, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604677919558-LNN934UZ4RCJL0OMDF9Z/Three-Sisters.jpg All - We bury our own [SERIES], 2012 Christian Thompson AO, Three Sisters, 2012, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604677908483-NA3SCUYN61XCWPSF6HV3/Danger-Will-Come.jpg All - We bury our own [SERIES], 2012 Christian Thompson AO, Danger Will Come, 2012, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604678329681-BJZXGCL0AZGTX1HWW3ZT/2015-0006%2520%25285%2529.jpg All - We bury our own [SERIES], 2012 Christian Thompson AO, Energy Matter, 2012, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604678335033-XA1K478U0079OBZ49N6J/christian_thompson_image_2_invaded_dreams_-_banner_image.jpg All - We bury our own [SERIES], 2012 Christian Thompson AO, Invaded Dreams, 2012, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604678421870-JK7K5UEPEZHEU36SGW5V/Thompson_We-bury-our-own_Desert-melon_2012_high-res_300dpi.jpg All - We bury our own [SERIES], 2012 Christian Thompson AO, Desert Melon, 2012, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604678508467-9R5D3NOCFC6ZIKR1BR8D/unnamed.jpg All - We bury our own [SERIES], 2012 Christian Thompson AO, Lamenting the Flowers, 2012, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2A https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/king-billy-series-2010 monthly 0.5 2020-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604679909406-YBDKHY9H7LYKI83TJBJ1/Untitled-I.jpg All - King Billy [SERIES], 2010 Christian Thompson AO, Untitled #1, 2010, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604679910349-OZNRM73RHTIHPAF9YQ35/Untitled-II.jpg All - King Billy [SERIES], 2010 Christian Thompson AO, Untitled #2, 2010, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604679908476-LHGIJ13VR5RMNLLP089D/Untitled-III.jpg All - King Billy [SERIES], 2010 Christian Thompson AO, Untitled #3, 2010, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604679887467-LV3IR6ZPQTLAD06OVCWD/IMG_1301Final8bit.jpg All - King Billy [SERIES], 2010 Christian Thompson AO Untitled #7, 2010, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604679885280-DCB410D0UCC8BMPRJ654/IMG_1105Final8bits.jpg All - King Billy [SERIES], 2010 Christian Thompson AO, Untitled #4, 2010, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 144 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604679852731-7P0GTGLSTWMFES5KA8DE/IMG_1145Final8bits.jpg All - King Billy [SERIES], 2010 Christian Thompson AO, Untitled #5, 2010, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 144 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1604680684623-DU8SPX6862OYPJBAZ400/thompson-untitled-6-from-the-series-king-billy-2010-web.png All - King Billy [SERIES], 2010 Christian Thompson AO, Untitled #6, 2010, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 10 + 2AP https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/heat-2010 monthly 0.5 2020-11-07 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/pagan-sun-2013 monthly 0.5 2020-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603740160308-W34AEU3O74FYYLURVMGN/Christian+Thompson-22125-19340-39726.jpeg All - Pagan Sun [SERIES], 2013 Christian Thompson AO, Conjure by Moon, 2014, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper 122 x 122 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603740152763-7E2TGSJ8672ULS5UNVY0/gabrielle_pizzi_pro_1113.jpg All - Pagan Sun [SERIES], 2013 Christian Thompson AO, Rocks on Your Belly, 2014, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper 122 x 122 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603740147722-7MI3NENU1DNX7B620JOZ/Christian+Thompson-22125-19340-39738.jpg All - Pagan Sun [SERIES], 2013 Christian Thompson AO, Scorch the Earth, 2014, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper 122 x 122 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/eight-limbs-series-2014 monthly 0.5 2020-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603732063104-MCMNC6YEF5NBMS71J5V8/A-Western-Boy.jpg All - Eight Limbs [SERIES], 2014 Christian Thompson AO, A Western Boy, 2014, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603732061513-7LXEUNQQM6I7V1PH6Z0W/Swallow-Your-Star.jpg All - Eight Limbs [SERIES], 2014 Christian Thompson AO, Swallow Your Star, 2014, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603732039711-U4D9MB23DDCL4BGKJTHW/Pearl-Girl.jpg All - Eight Limbs [SERIES], 2014 Christian Thompson AO, Pearl Girl, 2014, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603732059637-RTSS9PZ050U0H85ME9UH/Molecular-Melt.jpg All - Eight Limbs [SERIES], 2014 Christian Thompson AO, Molecular Melt, 2014, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603732045650-40WRENOZ05NX6EJL4KVO/Gravitational-Pull.jpg All - Eight Limbs [SERIES], 2014 Christian Thompson AO, Gravitational Pull, 2014, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 5 + 2AP https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/imperial-relic-series-2015 monthly 0.5 2020-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603731669486-D67SZYX015P82YZY46H9/Ancient-Bloom.jpg All - Imperial Relic [SERIES], 2015 Christian Thompson AO, Ancient Bloom, 2015, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603731643692-FS0S6SSOXVGFDQTZZ68Y/Deaths-Second-Self.jpg All - Imperial Relic [SERIES], 2015 Christian Thompson AO, Death’s Second Self, 2015, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603731671141-BYN69BPMV9ZEM1BUN2KY/Ship-of-Dreams1.jpg All - Imperial Relic [SERIES], 2015 Christian Thompson AO, Ship of Dreams, 2015, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 100 x 100 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/museum-of-others-series-2016 monthly 0.5 2020-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603731080715-7Z3Z22DMMKR3MKKZQPKH/Equilibrium-Christian-Thompson.jpg All - Museum of Others [SERIES], 2016 Christian Thompson AO, Equilibrium, 2016, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 +2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603731073451-57L5KH5CE9I2GUB0ZJ87/Museum-of-Others-Othering-the-Explorer-James-Cook-Christian-Thompson.jpg All - Museum of Others [SERIES], 2016 Christian Thompson AO, Museum of Others (Othering the Explorer, James Cook), 2016, c-type print on metallic paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 +2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603731072879-DTLGXJNBHCETW4RHI0AG/Museum-of-Others-Othering-the-Ethnologist-Augustus-Pitt-Rivers-Christian-Thompson.jpg All - Museum of Others [SERIES], 2016 Christian Thompson AO, Museum of Others Museum of Others (Othering the Ethnologist, Augustus Pitt Rivers), 2016, c-type print on metallic paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 +2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603731072602-2DSF83WTBC3FMUBEOMEC/Museum-of-Others-Othering-the-Anthropologist-Walter-Baldwin-Spencer-Christian-Thompson.jpg All - Museum of Others [SERIES], 2016 Christian Thompson AO, Museum of Others (Othering the Anthropologist, Walter Baldwin Spencer), 2016, c-type print on metallic paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 +2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603731072605-FXZS23XIKA6D7XQ4KFPC/Museum-of-Others-Othering-the-Art-Critic-John-Ruskin-Christian-Thompson.jpg All - Museum of Others [SERIES], 2016 Christian Thompson AO Museum of Others (Othering the Art Critic, John Ruskin), 2016 c-type print on metallic paper 120 x 120 cm edition of 6 +2AP https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/lake-dolly-series-2017 monthly 0.5 2020-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603730110724-E9LEQ3Z52Z5R0A2L6RBK/Lake-Dolly-1-web.jpg All - Lake Dolly [SERIES], 2017 Christian Thompson AO, Sea’s Winged Seraph, 2017, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603730104267-X6DTTSDY2AKT8FXOB0R6/Lake-Dolly-2-web.jpg All - Lake Dolly [SERIES], 2017 Christian Thompson AO, Twin Divination, 2017, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603730080793-X44W1TDAZOX69ZX99OKU/Lake-Dolly-3-web.jpg All - Lake Dolly [SERIES], 2017 Christian Thompson AO, Portent Serac, 2017, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603730163514-01BJ382C40Y0FZBDKMZB/Purified-By-Fire-web.jpg All - Lake Dolly [SERIES], 2017 Christian Thompson AO, Purified By Fire, 2017, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603730129373-ET78X3FZF1JRJCDQJATR/Lake-Dolly-5-web.jpg All - Lake Dolly [SERIES], 2017 Christian Thompson AO, Devil’s Darning Needle, 2017, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603730103458-2MWCMF7K6HUNE8914IK1/Lake-Dolly-6-web.jpg All - Lake Dolly [SERIES], 2017 Christian Thompson AO, Bitter Nightshade, 2017, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603730171763-MXWKYLIFV6ORIJ7Q0SQ0/Clairvoyant-Garden-web.jpg All - Lake Dolly [SERIES], 2017 Christian Thompson AO, Clairvoyant Garden, 2017, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603730177833-PV67S8356UDP2HGCROQS/Maid-of-Earth-web.jpg All - Lake Dolly [SERIES], 2017 Christian Thompson AO, Maid of Earth, 2017, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/dead-tongue-2015 monthly 0.5 2020-11-07 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/berceuse-2017 monthly 0.5 2020-10-26 https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/prizes-commissions-series-2017 monthly 0.5 2020-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603726276726-O5IYL6R9EFU1XM7DSKLM/Two-Virtues-Rrose-Telstra-NATSIAA-web.jpg All - Prizes & Commissions [SERIES], 2017 Christian Thompson AO, Two Virtues (Rrose), 2017, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603726277605-C3M0UAPISFE17WFIYDOD/This-Brutal-World-web.jpg All - Prizes & Commissions [SERIES], 2017 Christian Thompson AO, This Brutal World, 2017 c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/flower-walls-series-2018-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603380090475-5DOSNL0KOUZG4VHJSU45/Loom-Aura-2-email.png All - Flower Walls [SERIES], 2018 - 2021 Christian Thompson AO, Loom Aura 2, 2018 c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, comprising four panels: 120 x 120 cm (each), total framed dimensions: 250 x 250 cm, edition of 4 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603380031826-2ZGAOPJU277OFXZAT2TM/Wanga-Bayi.png All - Flower Walls [SERIES], 2018 - 2021 Christian Thompson AO, Wanga Bayi (The Stick That Wont Come Back), 2018, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, comprising four panels: 120 x 120 cm (each), total framed dimensions: 250 x 250 cm, edition of 4 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603380033808-9XJGUXZCAFJE29SNDT9G/LoomAura3_Mock-1.png All - Flower Walls [SERIES], 2018 - 2021 Christian Thompson AO, Subconscious Whispers, 201, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, comprising four panels: 120 x 120 cm (each), total framed dimensions: 250 x 250 cm, edition of 4 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603724776353-O19UESSHTUAZICPWO1QN/Christian-Thompson_Subconscious-Whispers_120x120.jpg All - Flower Walls [SERIES], 2018 - 2021 Christian Thompson AO, Subconscious Whispers, 2018, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603379888854-K7ZWH8TFZ8PZLM2G66F2/MockFlowerWall.png All - Flower Walls [SERIES], 2018 - 2021 Christian Thompson AO, Writing on the Wall, 2019, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, comprising four panels: 120 x 120 cm (each), total framed dimensions: 250 x 250 cm, edition of 4 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603724924444-LLL3WZQZ2RDDE9HXWI8R/20190815_CT_Studio-198-Final-Fullcrop.jpg All - Flower Walls [SERIES], 2018 - 2021 Christian Thompson AO, Writing on the Wall, 2019, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1aa3712d-8502-4bd5-b998-134beceae666/meaning+of+fire+%2872%29.jpg All - Flower Walls [SERIES], 2018 - 2021 Christian Thompson AO, The Meaning of Fire, 2021, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 240 x 240 cm (4 framed pieces, each 120 x 120 cm), Edition of 4 + 2AP https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/navigating-you-2020 monthly 0.5 2021-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603724229003-MFFTWWNNJK69GNF742NU/New-Work-Thompson.jpg All - Navigating You [SERIES], 2020 Christian Thompson AO, Navigating You, 2020, C-type print on metallic paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 +2 AP https://www.drchristianthompsonao.com/all/writing-on-the-wall-2019 monthly 0.5 2020-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603379998507-6H9ZHHLF9KOF16WK9TZD/Premonitions.jpg All - Writing on the Wall [SERIES], 2019 Christian Thompson AO, Hold Onto Me, 2019, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603379973218-X6YC4C6YV9OK3ZC3CC5C/Hold-Onto-Me.jpg All - Writing on the Wall [SERIES], 2019 Christian Thompson AO, Hold Onto Me, 2019, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603379947698-JKDANJBT6X89DHUS05DW/Collapsing-Two-Worlds.jpg All - Writing on the Wall [SERIES], 2019 Christian Thompson AO, Collapsing Two Worlds, 2019, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2A https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f848611cb6cf1151a942ebe/1603379942686-JLDLG1WEQSXW9ZNKYX0T/Beauty-and-Peril-1.jpg All - Writing on the Wall [SERIES], 2019 Christian Thompson AO, Beauty and Peril, 2019, c-type print on Fuji Pearl Metallic Paper, 120 x 120 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP