Destiny Deacon creates works that raise awareness of issues relating to Indigenous Australians. In her works, she often uses black dolls from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s to stage sardonically racist scenes for the camera. In ‘Being there’ a cute vignette of mateship mocks stereotypes of Aboriginal delinquency. In the triptych ‘Blak lik mi’, Deacon has taken Polaroid photographs of Australiana knick-knacks that portray Indigenous women as exotic beauties. These intimate snapshots beg for a sentimental response, but the title turns them into a sarcastic critique.
(2018)
Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
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