VERNON AH KEE: NOT AN ANIMAL OR A PLANT, NATIONAL ART SCHOOL

 

The National Art School in Sydney has announced a survey exhibition of the work of Vernon Ah Kee, as part of the 2017 Sydney Festival. Covering all periods of Ah Kee's significant career to date, the exhibition is entitled 'not an animal or a plant' and will run from 1 January to 11 March 2017. 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum which recognised and included Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the national census.