Title
Studio self-portrait
2018
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Sitter - Vincent Namatjira
- Place where the work was made
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Indulkana
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South Australia
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Australia
- Cultural origin
- Pitjantjatjara, Southern Desert region, Western Arrernte, Central Desert region
- Date
- 2018
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer on linen canvas
- Dimensions
- 152.0 x 198.0 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Geoff Ainsworth AM and Johanna Featherstone 2018
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 240.2018
- Copyright
- © Vincent Namatjira
- Archibald Prize
- - 2018
- Artist information
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Vincent Namatjira
Works in the collection
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About
The art centre documentation for this work states;
‘This is me in the studio, sitting and thinking after a hard day’s painting. In the background is the canvas I’m working on – so it’s really a painting within a painting. Painting is an ongoing battle; it’s me and the canvas, the paint and the brush. You never stop learning,’ he says.
‘I work in a busy art centre, and there’s always different music playing – country music, gospel, inma (cultural songs in language). It must have been rock ’n’ roll on this day because I’ve put on the Kiss t-shirt and Chuck Berry is playing his guitar back there on the canvas.
‘Behind the wheel of the green truck is my grandfather, Albert Namatjira. Painting is in my blood, it’s a part of our family. I admire the way that Albert made his own path with watercolour landscapes of his country. I’m finding my own way now with painting, and I want to keep fighting that battle in the studio every day.’
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Archibald Prize Regional Tour (2018), Geelong Gallery, Geelong, 21 Sep 2018–18 Nov 2018
Archibald Prize Regional Tour (2018), Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, 30 Nov 2018–28 Jan 2019
Archibald Prize Regional Tour (2018), Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 08 Feb 2019–10 Apr 2019
Archibald Prize Regional Tour (2018), Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore, 18 Apr 2019–16 Jun 2019
Archie 100: A century of the Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 Jun 2021–26 Sep 2021
Archie 100: A century of the Archibald Prize, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, 06 Nov 2021–20 Feb 2022
Archie 100: A century of the Archibald Prize, Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns, 18 Mar 2022–12 Jun 2022
Archie 100: A century of the Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 09 Jul 2022–03 Oct 2022
Archie 100: A century of the Archibald Prize, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Launceston, 22 Oct 2022–08 Jan 2023
Archie 100: A century of the Archibald Prize, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, 26 Jan 2023–26 Mar 2023
Archie 100: A century of the Archibald Prize, Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 15 Apr 2023–25 Jun 2023
Archie 100: A century of the Archibald Prize, Home of the Arts, Surfers Paradise, 15 Jul 2023–02 Oct 2023
Archie 100: A century of the Archibald Prize, National Portrait Gallery [Parliamentary Zone], Canberra, 21 Oct 2023–28 Jan 2024
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Vincent Namatjira (Artist), Vincent Namatjira, 2023, 94 - 95 (colour illustration).
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