Jan 4, 2023
Ryan Presley — One Day This Will All Be Yours (oil, synthetic gold and 23k gold leaf on poly cotton, 2022)
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Ryan Presley — One Day This Will All Be Yours (oil, synthetic gold and 23k gold leaf on poly cotton, 2022)
Banknotes are an important way of representing a nation's history and identity. They invite us to recall the past and to imagine the future. For that reason, artists have been drawn to them as a way to contemplate alternative histories and national narratives and to challenge existing ones.
Dr Ryan Presley, Blood Money, 2019
« Blood Currancy », 2019, Ryan Presley. Ce billet dit du « dollar australien infini » a été présenté cette année là par l’artiste Australien, à Adelaide, à l’occasion du Festival d’Art contemporain aborigène. Il était distribué, avec d’autres coupures imaginaires, par un distributeur de billets intitulé « Blood Money Currency Exchange Terminal ». Performance réalisée pour rappeler la dépossession des aborigènes fondatrice de l’Australie. Source : ABC.net.au
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Ryan Presley — Consultation (watercolour, gouache and gold leaf on panel, 2014)
Ryan Presley — Possession (oil on linen, 2012)
Ryan Presley — Crown Land (Till the Ends of the Earth)
[oil and synthetic polymer paint on polyester, 2020]
Ryan Presley — Aeronautics (What Goes Up Must Come Down) [oil, synthetic gold and 23k gold leaf on poly cotton, 2020]