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Home Other artists Interviews DANIEL BOYD By Isabella Hupfau July 27, 2021 Daniel Boyd is a well know Kudijla/Gangalu artist. He has been creating artworks on the perspective of Australian history and the ethics of colonisation and has been exhibiting his work nationally and internationally since 2005.Even though he was born in cairns, Queensland he has lived most of his life in Sydney ,NSW where he has continued his art courier of aboriginal culture. His culture has strong impacted on his artwork as he reinterprets Eurocentric perspectives of Australian history, often appropriating images that have played significant roles in the formation and dissemination of that history. He also interprets how his fellow aboriginals would have felt when the english invaded. He is also seen using traditional dot paintings to represent his culture more in his art works. This could be why he is such a well known artist amongst the aboriginal community.

Artwork analysis Daniel Boyd - Untitled (PIB), 2013 courtesy the artist and Roslyn Oxley Gallery, Sydney In this artwork I see an aboriginal wearing a traditional hat of a tribe they would be in. He is showing no emotion meaning he is upset or speechless. He uses oil, watercolour or charcoal to create is paintings which is a traditional method for aboriginal paintings. In his paintings he uses different colours and shades in order to make an imagine out of dots. His artworks would be impacted by his culture and the community he lives in with his elders influencing what his artworks are about and the traditional aspect of them.

The artist made this artwork to show the view of aboriginal views from when the english invaded. This would've been a devastating event for the aboriginals when the english took over their land, lives and tribes forever. He could also add some of his own emotions to his work as he can imagine the pain his family and tribe would have felt after their lives had been taken over.He displays his work in galleries all over the world so he has a wide variety audience but he mostly makes his work to explain the impact many different events in history had on aboriginal people and culture.