Collection Online
Medium
rusted steel, deep-etch primer, sealant, enamel paint
Measurements
120.8 × 39.0 × 4.7 cm
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Accession Number
2020.633
Department
First Nations Australia
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2020
© Jason Wing, licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia / Photo: Zan Wimberley
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work

Jason Wing’s work explores issues of bi-cultural and Indigenous political identity. The bullet hole is a reference to the infamous Gweagal shield held in the British Museum, which was shot during the first encounter of Captain Cook at Botany Bay in 1770. Wing draws attention to the unequal power dynamics between Aboriginal people and early European settlers, by connecting the imagery of the Gweagal shield to slogans synonymous with the current Black Lives Matter and Aboriginal Deaths in Custody movements.