Through my eyes, #18, 2010 - Cook, Michael, 1968- (2010)
Title from artist.
Part of the collection: Through my eyes, 2010.
"Through My Eyes is a photographic project which portrays Australia’s prime ministers from Edmund Barton in 1901 to Julia Gillard in 2010, through an indigenous gaze. The series asks the viewer to rethink the way they view history. We are asked to see these significant Australian faces through someone else’s perspective, through Aboriginal eyes. By overlaying Aboriginal faces, with focus on the eyes, the viewer is asked to consider history with a better understanding of its meaning"--Information from acquisitions documentation.
Edition 4/8.
Inscriptions: "John McEwen - 1967-1968"--Printed lower right of image; "Michael Cook Original. Through My Eyes #18. Edition: 4/8"--Stamped on reverse; Signed and fingerprinted by photographer on reverse.
Keywords: McEwen, John, -- Sir, -- 1900-1980 -- Portraits; Prime ministers -- Australia -- Portraits; Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Portraits