Aboriginal dog
2014
- Medium
- synthetic polymer paint on polyvinyl chloride foamboard
- Measurements
- 122.1 × 244.0 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Ballarat, Victoria
- Accession Number
- 2014.662
- Department
- First Nations Australia
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2014
© Pitcha Makin Fellaz - Gallery location
- Gallery 18
Level 3, NGV Australia - About this work
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A power pole near where one of the Pitcha Makin Fellaz lives was tagged with the abusive sign ‘Black dog’, which prompted the artists to create a positive response. Their idea was to point out the strong connection that Aboriginal people have had with dingoes for a very long time.