Reg Mombassa's Influence On Australian Identity
Reg Mombassa is an Australian artist who explores and constructs postmodern artworks with cultural backgrounds including explicit satire, irony, sarcasm and the world of Australia. Mombassa was born in New Zealand in 1951 and immigrated to Australia with his family in 1969 where he attended art school. He explores and represents Australian culture through two of his artworks which are The Surf-Cultural Evolution (Amphibious Sedan) and Suburbia. In one of his artworks he constructs a painting based off his childhood in New Zealand memories, this is called Sun through cloud.
The Surf-Cultural Evolution (Amphibious Sedan) was composed in 1998. Mombassa interprets Australia as a hot and beachy world, represented by a scorching hot sun and water …show more content…
In Surf-Cultural Evolution (Amphibious Sedan), Mombassa illustrates a subtle cultural background including native Australian animals such as a koala and possum. Mombassa uses satire through the holden sedan on the water as it juxtaposes an object man made and mother nature. The close proximity of the sky and the water represents imagination and irony. The artwork highlights Australian stereotypes in which Australians are big surfers and we all drive holden sedans. As the Australian man in the picture is driving a holden sedan on the ocean suggesting that surfing is second nature to an …show more content…
He paints his memory of West Auckland from his childhood, hence why it is faded as he is slowly forgetting about the visual. Mombassa represents his world back in his homeland, New Zealand. The dark colour palette symbolises a gloomy atmosphere and the loneliness of the two cars on the road. The use of the deserted road represents the conservative nature of New Zealand. The lack of vegetation in this artwork represents man's lack of connection to the native land. The light contrasts with the dark background with the painting as the light highlights the good that he experienced in his homeland. Once again, Mombassa uses the traditional rule of thirds but appropriates this rule to create a postmodern artwork where the sky and flora is in the background, the cars in the middleground and the road in the
The Surf-Cultural Evolution (Amphibious Sedan) was composed in 1998. Mombassa interprets Australia as a hot and beachy world, represented by a scorching hot sun and water …show more content…
In Surf-Cultural Evolution (Amphibious Sedan), Mombassa illustrates a subtle cultural background including native Australian animals such as a koala and possum. Mombassa uses satire through the holden sedan on the water as it juxtaposes an object man made and mother nature. The close proximity of the sky and the water represents imagination and irony. The artwork highlights Australian stereotypes in which Australians are big surfers and we all drive holden sedans. As the Australian man in the picture is driving a holden sedan on the ocean suggesting that surfing is second nature to an …show more content…
He paints his memory of West Auckland from his childhood, hence why it is faded as he is slowly forgetting about the visual. Mombassa represents his world back in his homeland, New Zealand. The dark colour palette symbolises a gloomy atmosphere and the loneliness of the two cars on the road. The use of the deserted road represents the conservative nature of New Zealand. The lack of vegetation in this artwork represents man's lack of connection to the native land. The light contrasts with the dark background with the painting as the light highlights the good that he experienced in his homeland. Once again, Mombassa uses the traditional rule of thirds but appropriates this rule to create a postmodern artwork where the sky and flora is in the background, the cars in the middleground and the road in the