Raymond Zada, Rowley's Line
Raymond Zada
1971-
Barkindji/Paakintji
Date
2015
Medium Specific
Aquatint
Classification
Print
Dimensions
18 3/4 x 14 1/8 in. (47.6 x 35.9 cm)
Sheet: 23 5/8 x 18 7/8 in. (60 x 47.9 cm)
Sheet: 23 5/8 x 18 7/8 in. (60 x 47.9 cm)
Accession Number
2016.25.20.316
Credit
Membership Fund Acquisition
Memo / Artist Statement
The ‘Rowley Line’ is an imagined line drawn across Australia where those Aboriginal people living above it are viewed as more ‘authentic’ than those living below it. This imagined line has provided successive governments the opportunity to prescribe opinions and policies upon those living above the line that they would never prescribe to those below.
Biography
Raymond Zada is an award winning artist who has made a name for himself in the area of digital media. In 2012 he was awarded the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award for ‘Works on Paper’ for his digital print, Racebook, which referred to blatant messages of racism against Aboriginal Australians he gleaned from Facebook.
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