Gordon Hookey b. 1961

Also known as Allan Gordon Eattes
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
Political artist, Gordon Hookey of the Waayni people of north west Queensland is an oil painter and sculptor whose work is informed by domestic and international events and policies that effect Indigenous communities globally.

Citations

  • Hookey, Gordon (2007), 'Hookey, Gordon’.

  • Billington, M (2000), 'Feast for the eyes’, London, England: The Guardian.

  • Broker, D. (2000), 'Beyond the Pale – Adelaide biennal of Australian Art’, Eyeline.

  • Genocchio, B. (2002), 'Your Space or Mine’, The Weekend Australian.

  • James, Bruce (1999), 'When the pen is mightier than the word’, Sydney Morning Herald.

  • James, Bruce (11 March 2000), 'Festival’s King Hit’, Sydney Morning Herald.

  • Jones, C. (1997), 'Distinctively Black’, Real Time.

  • McQueen, H. (2000), 'Art can reveal but never resolve’, Art Monthly.

  • Pugliese, J. (2004), 'Theatre’s of War – Reason and Emotion’, Sydney Biennale, Sydney, NSW.

  • Payes, Sonia (2007), 'Untitled: Portraits of Australian Artists’, MacMillan Art Publishing, South Yarra, Vic.

  • Hookey, Gordon with Ryan, Judith (2004), 'Screaming Out Loud What People are Whispering: Gordon Hookey on Art’, “Colour Power: Aboriginal Art post 1984”, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.

See also

  • Croft, Brenda L (March 2010), 'Language is a Virus'.

Initial data sources

  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW