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Safety in Numbers Painting
Australia
Painting, Oil on Other
Size: 66.1 W x 35.4 H x 1 D in
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About The Artwork
The hypothesis of Safety in Numbers states that by being part of a large physical group, an individual is proportionally less likely to be the victim of a mishap, accident or attack. But not always. During the Cultural Revolution, innocent people were victimised by the mobs who were themselves going along with the consensus in order to avoid scrutiny. And during the Children Overboard Affair, both the numbers of asylum seekers and the mass weight of the truth were overwhelmed by the strident rhetoric of the prevailing political forces of the day. This work envisages a day when there will be an altogether more welcoming response to those who seek, in numbers, safety.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Oil on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:66.1 W x 35.4 H x 1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Matthew was featured in BRW as one of Australia's top 50 artists. In the past few years he's won, or been a finalist for, more than 70 major national art awards. He's had 14 solo and 80 group shows. He's painted all his life but allowed himself to be distracted by other careers, working variously as a lecturer, art-director, photographer & writer. His first novel was short-listed for the Vogel Literary Award. He's lived in Australia, the UK, Portugal & Malaysia, and once camped for several months beneath a grand piano. He spent nights under stars in India, under-ground in Bolivia, under surveillance in Burma and under-nourished in London. His scariest moment was having machine-gun shoved in his face during Nepalese anti-monarchy riots, although crashing a para-glider into a forest was also something of a highlight.
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