Othering the Anthropologist, Walter Baldwin Spencer, from the series Museum of Others
Christian Thompson
Language group: Bidjara, North-east region
Bidjara, North-east region
c-type print on metallic paper
Gift of the artist 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
© Christian Thompson
Christian Thompson formally trained as a sculptor, but his practice now includes photography, film, sound and performance. Thompson has spent many years studying overseas, both at the Dasarts Academy, Amsterdam and at the University of Oxford, where he undertook his Doctorate. However, he frequently returns to his country around Barcaldine, southwest Queensland.
Thompson's work is largely biographical and explores concepts of identity and Indigeneity. In his work he morphs into a range of personas through carefully orchestrated poses, costumes and settings. In many works, Thompson refers to the role of photography in developing notions of Indigenous identity and presence, interrogating this to offer a very different perspective in the present from his own unique viewpoint.
Other works by Christian Thompson
Lamenting the flowers Christian Thompson 2012 176.2014
The devil made him do it Christian Thompson 2011 177.2014
Trinity 1 Christian Thompson 2014 178.2014
Untitled Christian Thompson 2003 5.2008.1 On display – Grand Courts