Untitled (HBOAIAZ)
Daniel Boyd applies dots of archival glue, forms that he refers to as lenses, to obscure the charcoal drawing of an Aboriginal man based on an 1892 photograph by Charles Kerry. The sitter's faint contours appear and disappear amongst the raised dots that cover the entire surface. By incorporating a historical reference from Western-style portraiture into the dot painting traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Boyd challenges colonial modes of image production.
Artwork Details
- Title: Untitled (HBOAIAZ)
- Artist: Daniel Boyd (Australian, born Cairns 1982)
- Date: 2023
- Medium: Oil, charcoal and archival glue on canvas
- Dimensions: 55 1/4 × 43 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (140.3 × 110.5 × 2.9 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2024
- Object Number: 2024.484
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2023 Daniel Boyd
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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