Ashley Bickerton
The Five Sages
Artwork Detail
Ashley Bickerton’s vision is often that of a
blighted paradise, a profusion of tropical decay.
The heads on the five sages sprout exotic
flowers and rant obscenities suggesting a state
of delusional paranoia.
Since the artist’s move from New York to Bali
in 1993 he has cast himself in the role of the
cultural castaway, shipwrecked in a perfectly
groomed tourist hell – his paintings like surreal
postcards home. (Recent Contemporary Acquisitions, 2002)
- Title
- The Five Sages
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic, pencil and photographs on plywood
- Dimensions
- 1218 x 2440 mm
- Credit line
- The Auckland Triennial Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the Graeme Maunsell and the Lyndsay Garland Trust, 2001
- Accession no
- 2001/27
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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