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Daniel Boyd

DANIEL BOYD

AND THE HORIZON SWALLOWED THE TORTOISE Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery 15 July–15 August 2020 Sydney
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Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is delighted to present new works by Daniel Boyd in AND THE HORIZON SWALLOWED THE TORTOISE. This poignant exhibition continues the artist’s trajectory by unitingthree highly personal subject matters: Greek mythology, familial ties tothe land, and symbolism of the Australian native bush stone-curlew inAboriginal cultures. This pertinent new body of work emerges from theunique conditions of lockdown, where times of crisis give gravitas toartists like Boyd, who express histories of oppression and resistance.In creating spaces for questions and dialogue in art, Boyd places theAboriginal experience closer towards the center of contemporaryAustralian discourse, and gives voices to people who are exiled,marginalised or displaced.

Daniel Boyd’s practice is internationally recognised for its manifold engagement with the colonial history of the Australia-Pacificregion. Drawing upon intermingled discourses of science, religion andaesthetics, his work reveals the complexity of perspectives throughwhich political, cultural and personal memory is composed. Boyd has bothAboriginal and Pacific Islander heritage and his work traces thiscultural and visual ancestry in relation to the broader history ofWestern art.

Boyd is the first indigenous Australian to win the prestigious Bulgari Art Award in 2014. He has been exhibiting in numerous solo and groupexhibitions in Australia and overseas since 2005. Boyd’s paintings areheld in major collections in Australia and internationally including theNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Museum of Contemporary ArtAustralia (MCA), Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney;National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Queensland Art Gallery |Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka,Bangladesh; and the Kadist Collection, Paris.

AND THE HORIZON SWALLOWED THE TORTOISE will be Daniel Boyd’s eighth exhibition with Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery.

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About the Artist

Daniel Boyd is a Kudjla/Gangalu man from Far North Queensland. He was born in Cairns in 1982, and has been exhibiting his work nationally and internationally since 2005.

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About the Gallery

Established in Sydney by influential Australian art dealer and gallerist Roslyn Oxley and her husband Tony Oxley in 1982, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is one of Australia’s leading commercial galleries.

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Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery contemporary art gallery in Sydney Australia
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