Gordon Syron b. 1941

Also known as Gordon Frederich Syron
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Worimi/Biripi painter, educator and political agitator, Gordon Syron has been described as 'the father of urban contemporary Aboriginal art'.
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Citations

  • de Lorenzo, Catherine (1988), 'A changing Relationship: Aboriginal Themes in Australian Art c. 1938-1988’, SH Ervin Gallery, National Trust of Australia, NSW, Exhibition catalogue.

  • Johnson, Vivien (June 1990), 'Into the Urbane: Urban Aboriginal Art in the Australian art context’, Art Monthly Supplement: The land, the city – the emergence of urban Aboriginal art ed. W. Caruana & J. Isaacs, pp.20-23, .

See also

  • ''Judgement By His Peers' is on the front cover of "Ivory Scales: Black Australia and The Law" ed. Kathleen M. Hazelhurst UNSW Press 1987. Another of Syron's works is in the cover image of Craig Cormick's 1999 ACT Book of the Year "Unwritten Histories"'.

Initial data sources

  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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