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H J Wedge

1993
Greg Weight

gelatin silver photograph on paper (sheet: 40.4 cm x 50.4 cm, image: 35.6 cm x 46.0 cm)

HJ Wedge (1957–2012), Wiradjuri artist, was born at Erambie mission near Cowra. He worked as a drover and fruitpicker before moving to Sydney in 1988. After visiting the Boomalli Indigenous Art Centre he enrolled to study photography and painting at the Eora Centre for Visual and Performing Arts and quickly became known for his distinctive, often-nightmarish paintings that drew on his experiences of mission life, racism and injustice. Wedge's first solo exhibition, Wiradjuri Spirit Man, was held at Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Centre in Adelaide in 1992 and at Boomalli in 1993, and led to an invitation to participate in the 25th Budapest Autumn Festival with Boomalli artists Judy Watson and Fiona Foley. The same year he was included in Australian Perspecta 1993 at the Art Gallery of NSW, and undertook a residency at the gallery. His work was included in the 2002 Biennale of Sydney at the Museum of Contemporary Art and the first National Indigenous Art Triennial at the National Gallery of Australia in 2007, among many other exhibitions.

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
© Gregory Weight/Copyright Agency, 2024

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Artist and subject

Greg Weight (age 47 in 1993)

HJ Wedge (age 36 in 1993)

Subject professions

Visual arts and crafts

Donated by

Patrick Corrigan AM (130 portraits)

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