Title
Dolly visits Indulkana
2020
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Indulkana
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South Australia
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Australia
- Date
- 2020
- Media categories
- Mixed media painting , Painting
- Materials used
- acrylic on linen with plastic jewels
- Dimensions
- 168.0 x 198.5 x 2.0 cm
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Aboriginal Art Collection Benefactors 2020
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 167.2020
- Copyright
- © Kaylene Whiskey
- Archibald Prize
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- Artist information
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Kaylene Whiskey
Works in the collection
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About
Kayleen Whiskey is a legend in the making. Her figurative works, with their pop culture references to all her favourite things, are famous for putting smiles on people's faces. Singers such as Dolly Parton, Cher, Elvis Presley, Tina Turner, and Michael Jackson make regular appearances in her works, alongside superheros such as Anangu (Aboriginal) Wonder Woman, Cat Woman and Superman. So too do junk food giants KFC and Coke partake in mythical scenarios with creation beings and Australian flora and fauna in a way that only Kayleen’s imagination could possibly dream.
‘It’s one of my dreams for Dolly to come and visit me in Indulkana,’ says Whiskey. ‘I love to listen to her music while I paint: “9 to 5”, “Coat of many colours”, “Jolene”, and my number one, “Islands in the stream,” with Kenny Rogers. I often think, “If Dolly came to visit, what would she do? What would she say? And what would she be wearing?”
‘I had a lot of fun bringing Dolly to Indulkana on the canvas. Once I had finished the painting I thought, “You know what? Dolly needs more sparkles”, so I added the plastic jewels as the finishing touch!” Kaylene Whiskey 2020
This work was a finalist in the Archibald Prize 2020 and was acquired by the Gallery in 2020.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes (2020), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Sep 2020–10 Jan 2021
Archibald Prize Regional Tour (2020), Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, Murwillumbah, 22 Jan 2021–07 Mar 2021
Archibald Prize Regional Tour (2020), Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns, 19 Mar 2021–02 May 2021
Archibald Prize Regional Tour (2020), Griffith Regional Art Gallery, , 14 May 2021–27 Jun 2021
Archibald Prize Regional Tour (2020), Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill, 09 Jul 2021–14 Aug 2021
Archibald Prize Regional Tour (2020), Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 12 Oct 2021–06 Nov 2021
Archibald Prize Regional Tour (2020), Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, Emu Plains, 20 Nov 2021–09 Jan 2022
From Here, for Now, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 Nov 2022–12 Feb 2023
Open Studio (brick vase clay cup jug), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 Jul 2023–07 Jan 2024
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Iwantja Arts (Actor), Iwantja, 'Kaylene Whiskey', p.96-101, Port Melbourne, 2023, 97 (colour illustration).
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