Cameron Hayes
$37,000.00Price
Even dung beetles eventually realise that there will be plenty of dung where they finish rolling their dung...
2018
oil on linen
254 x 198cm
A story about someone you know is more interesting than about someone you don’t. By using historical figures in a painting there is already a platform of familiarity to start from. Historical figures in art function the same way biblical figures in religious art do, greek gods in literature do, and totems in indigenous art do, they can be used as surrogates to criticise contemporary behaviour while offering contemporary people the comfort of plausible deniability.
