One of Australia’s leading indigenous artists, Vernon Ah Kee, will take central stage in the upstairs Glasshouse Gallery.
The opening of ‘Cant Chant: Vernon Ah Kee’ will transform the Glasshouse Gallery into a spectacular display featuring many of Australia’s leading Indigenous artists for the coming weeks.
Vernon Ah Kee is a drawer, photographer, screen-printer and video and text based installation artist.
Since his emergence on the Australia art scene, Ah Kee has become one of the most political Aboriginal artists in the country. He has become renowned for his incisive critiques of White Australia culture and the art scene itself.
‘Cant Chant’ has been made possible through the generous support of the Australia Surf Festival and will provide unique opportunities for the Indigenous community.
“It is fantastic to have the ‘Cant Chant’ Exhibition come to the Glasshouse Regional Gallery as part the Australian Surf Festival,” said Mr Peter Hunt, Operations Manager Surfing NSW. “Vernon Ah Kee is a world renown indigenous artist and ‘Cant Chant’ fits perfectly with the Australian Surf Festival.
“Surfing NSW is particularly looking forward to including an Art Workshop featuring the ‘Cant Chant’ Exhibition with the Essential Energy Indigenous Surfing Program which we are running during the Australian Surf Festival. The Program will take place over three days and see over 50 Aboriginal kids travel to Port Macquarie to learn to surf, learn surf safety and now learn about Vernon Ah Kee’s influential art.”
