In 2020, as I tiptoed through the ‘minefieldʼ of social sensitivities to find ways of painting my multicultural community in Logan, I wrote the following in the exhibition catalogue for my show, “The Beenleigh Lineˮ, at Logan Art Gallery : “I come to these works after 50 years of artistic experiment with all sorts of subjects and styles ... I have painted clothed or naked men and women of all skin colours in all sorts of situations; also babies, kids and older aged people. I believe I do so with integrity and defy anyone to suggest demeaning prejudice or ill-directed lasciviousness. The case for any artwork, film, book, etc should be made with respect to its authorʼs background nature – not attacked or defended through a stack of bad or cliched precedents and stereotypical assumptions ... Rather than meticulously illustrating, I try to construct enduring, symbolic images of human existence. I bend my vision to my pictorial will. - Ian Smith (catalogue extract)
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