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Vernon Ah Kee is a portraitist, graphic and video artist. In 2009, Ah Kee will become one of a select group of Australians whose work will be displayed on the most important visual arts stage in the world, the Venice Biennale. Ah Kee is a prolific Brisbane-based artist. His work is provocative in the themes he tackles. Through his work he asks the question, 'What is Indigenous art?' Ah Kee's large-scale charcoal portraits of his family provide insights into past generations and Indigenous life in Queensland. From the Message Stick series.

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Crew

Director
Douglas Watkin
Writers
Douglas Watkin
Producer
Douglas Watkin
Executive Producers
Susan Moylan-Coombs
Dir. of Photography
Peter Moor

Cast

Vernon Ah Kee

Production Details

Production Completion
2009
Genre
Art and culture, History and national identity
Production Company
ABC TV Indigenous Programs Unit

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