Vale Gordon Bennett (1955-2014)

Australia loses a great contemporary artist who was willing to take on the big topics in his art.

18 Jun 2014

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Detail of Bennett’s celebrated canvas Possession Island (1991) now in the Collection of the Museum of Sydney; courtesy Milani Gallery

Queensland-born Indigenous Australian Gordon Bennett’s sudden death on 3 June has shocked the Australian art community. Bennett died of natural causes.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina