Untitled

Untitled (2014) by Vernon Ah Kee

Ink on paper, 29.7cm x 21 cm

Collector: Simon Chan

Vernon Ah Kee is a renowned contemporary Aboriginal artist with Chinese and Malaysian heritage. He provided this work as a raffle prize for a fundraising lunch organised by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. It depicts a face composed of numerous fine lines drawn in ink resulting in a simple and yet powerful image. Vernon Ah Kee had produced various charcoal on canvas works for different series of portraits of his relatives and those who were oppressed by police in the Palm Island riots in 2004. He was drawing attention to the history of racism and violence against indigenous people in Australia. I am very fortunate to have this work in my collection as the winner of the raffle prize.

Simon Chan

(Simon Chan AM is the Director and Founder of Sydney-based art gallery Art Atrium and also a practising architect and Director of SCA Architects.)