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May 13, 2007
Domestic violence and alcoholism are very real conditions in the Lockhart community. Samantha Hobson’s ‘Bust ‘im up!’ series is about drinking-binge violence in indigenous communities, done about several years ago. The images from the ‘Bust ‘im up!’ community violence series have a brilliant red ground slashed through with bleeding jags of deepest blue-black, around which explosions of yellow play.
I have not seen Samantha Hobson’s ‘Bust ‘im up!’ series. One of the paintings from the series is owned by the National Gallery of Victoria. However, there are very few images from the ‘Bust ‘im up!’ series online.
Samantha Hobson, Bust im up again, 2001
This series built on the earlier series of paintings called Stressed Out, which bought together violence and abuse with specific reference to the high incidence of youth suicide in indigenous communities.
What we have is a new exhibition at the Vivian Anderson in Melbourne entitled Modern Day Life
Samantha Hobson, Young People Follow 2007, synthetic polymer paint on canvas,
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