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kate elizabeth daw (1965 – 2020)
Explore the evocative works of Kate Elizabeth Daw (1965-2020), an Australian visual artist known for her layered paintings, ceramics & installations. Discover her collaborative projects & impact on contemporary art.
Ian Potter Museum of Art (Carlton, Australia)
The Ian Potter Museum of Art is a learning museum of the University of Melbourne, situated at the Parkville Campus. Admission is free. The Potter Museum of Art and The University of Melbourne acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional owners of the land on which we work and create. Continue
The monumental cultural presence of sport in Australia presents a significant challenge to artists. Kate Daw and Stewart Russell are prompted to ask whether any noble value might emerge from sport. They find their answer in the life of Olympian Peter Norman, who supported the civil rights protest of African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico Games. Their message is clear, Norman is a winner not simply because he shared an Olympic podium but because he put a commitment to human rights before his own personal interests. Like the other artists in this exhibition, Daw and Russell are drawn to the elements of visual intensity in the incident: badges, logos, uniforms and gestures frozen by newspaper photographers. Sport may be seen by some as the antithesis of art and yet it invests just as heavily in the power of the image.
About this artwork
- Title: A simple act (detail)
- Artist: kate elizabeth daw
- Year: 2008
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Ian Potter Museum of Art
- Corpus context: sport & social justice , olympics symbolism
- Main color: Celadon
- Keywords: symbolic artwork , australian art , political art piece
- Color hue: Blue-Violet to Rose
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