Australian art has long depicted outlaws, Khaled Sabsabi’s critics should remember. Let’s start with Ned Kelly | Ella Barclay
Sidney Nolan’s paintings of a notorious bushranger are national treasures. Great art should spark debateDespite the perceived outrage at Khaled Sabsabi’s depiction of Hassan Nasrallah in his 2007 work You, Australian art has long made subjects of outlaws and questionable figures. And it is all the richer for it.On Thursday the shadow arts minister and self-described defender of free speech Claire Chandler asked Senator Penny Wong:Why is the Albanese government allowing a person who highlights a terrorist leader in his artwork to represent Australia on the international stage at the Venice Biennale?I agree with you that any glorification of the Hezbollah leader Nasrallah is inappropriate. Continue reading...
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Sidney Nolan’s paintings of a notorious bushranger are national treasures. Great art should spark debate
Despite the perceived outrage at Khaled Sabsabi’s depiction of Hassan Nasrallah in his 2007 work You, Australian art has long made subjects of outlaws and questionable figures. And it is all the richer for it.
On Thursday the shadow arts minister and self-described defender of free speech Claire Chandler asked Senator Penny Wong:
Why is the Albanese government allowing a person who highlights a terrorist leader in his artwork to represent Australia on the international stage at the Venice Biennale?
I agree with you that any glorification of the Hezbollah leader Nasrallah is inappropriate.
Continue reading...
