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Alexis with moon, 2024

Amos Gebhardt

pigment photographic prints on paper

Amos Gebhardt
born Australia

Alexis with moon 2024
pigment photographic prints on paper

‘In this portrait, acclaimed Waanyi author Alexis Wright is lit solely by moonlight. As Alexis is a storyteller who dares to imagine future cosmologies in these dystopian times, I sought to pair her with the elemental power of the moon, a symbol of dreams and illumination. Reflected in Alexis’ eyes are tracings of the moon itself created through subtle movement of the human body in dialogue with the Earth’s rotation.’

Artist Amos Gebhardt lives and works on Kaurna Country in regional South Australia. Gebhardt’s practice is epitomised by a commitment to agitating dominant narratives around marginality, representation and more-than-human ecologies.

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