Richard Bell (artist)
| Richard Bell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1953 (age 62–63) Charleville, Queensland |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Painting, Contemporary Indigenous Australian art |
| Awards | National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award |
Richard Bell (born 1953, in Charleville, Queensland into the Kamilaroi tribe) is an Australian artist and political activist. He is one of the founders of proppaNOW, a Brisbane-based aboriginal art collective.[1] He lives in Brisbane, Queensland.
Bell came to the attention of the wider community after his 240×540 cm painting Scientia E Metaphysica (Bell's Theorem) won the 2003 Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. It prominently featured the text "Aboriginal Art – It's A White Thing".
In 2006, the Queensland art critic Rex Butler profiled his work for Australian Art Collector magazine.[2]
Bell caused controversy in April 2011 after revealing that he selected the winner of the prestigious Sir John Sulman Prize through the toss of a coin.[3]
In March 2012, Bell won a court case against a person that had issued a take-down notice in 2011, for "unjustifiable threats of copyright infringement", and was awarded $147,000 in damages, setting "an important precedent".[4]
In 2013 he presented the eight-episode TV series Colour Theory on National Indigenous Television.[5]
His self-portrait was a finalist of the 2015 Archibald Prize (Image).
References
- ↑ Bell, Richard (13 June 2014). "The death of Queensland artist Gordon Bennett is a huge blow to the Australian contemporary art world." (Biographical note). The Guardian. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ↑ Rex Butler, Psychoanalysis, Australian Art Collector, Issue 38, October–December 2006.
- ↑ "The hand of fate: how this painting won $20,000 on the toss of a coin", The Age, 24 April 2011
- ↑ "Well-known Australian artist receives damages award for unjustifiable threats of copyright infringement", Mallesons Stephen Jaques, 23 March 2012
- ↑ Colour Theory, SBS International
External links
- Richard Bell Tribute – Official Website
- Richard Bell at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Scientia E Metaphysica (Bell's Theorem) at Milani Gallery