{"product_id":"hanks-rew-convict-carnivore-6234","title":"Rew Hanks 'Convict Carnivore'","description":"\u003cp\u003eRew Hank's 'Convict Carnivore' is a portrait of the now exist Tasmanian Tiger - a subject that recurs throughout the artist's work. For him, the Tasmanian Tiger is a metaphor for the corrosions of colonialisation, its extinction at the hands of man-made poisons and environmental destruction. Hanks' draws a lineage between the unruly convict and the tiger, punily turning its stripes into a bandit's mask. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe also sees the Tasmanian Tiger's plight as analogous to the Palawa people, who resided in Tasmania pre-settlement. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHanks is a foremost Australian printmaker. Described as a \"master of colonial parody\", he has been awarded the Megalo International Print Prize, Triennale Print Prize in the 4th Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing, Bangkok, Thailand, First Prize in the 9th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Japan, First Prize in the IV International Print Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey and Grand Prize in the 8th Bharat Bhavan International Biennal of Print-Art, Bhopal, India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Art Gallery of South Australia, Artbank and several significant regional and tertiary collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRew HANKS (1958 - )\u003cbr\u003e'Convict Carnivore' 2006\u003cbr\u003eetching\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImage Size\u003c\/i\u003e: 76 x 57 cm \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions\u003c\/i\u003e: 76 x 57 cm \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSigned\u003c\/i\u003e: signed, titled and numbered to base\u003cbr\u003eComes with Letter of Provenance\u003cbr\u003elinocut with soft ground etching\u003cbr\u003eAvailability: in stock\u003cbr\u003eCondition: \u003cstrong\u003eVery Good:\u003c\/strong\u003e Describes a work of art’s image As New, but may show some small signs of surrounding wear. There are no tears to paper margin. Image is in Fine condition.\u003cbr\u003e© The Artist or Assignee\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Angela Tandori Fine Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44870919127133,"sku":null,"price":373.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/3436\/3997\/files\/hanks-rew-convict-carnivore-6234.jpg?v=1785992714","url":"https:\/\/mhkcase.com\/products\/hanks-rew-convict-carnivore-6234","provider":"Mhkcase","version":"1.0","type":"link"}