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Darling Portrait Prize 2024 Finalist
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.
The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG.
The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
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