Jeremy Deller
Father and Son
Melbourne, Australia: Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 2021
12.5 x 10 x 9 cm each
Edition of 150 signed and numbered copies
A miniature version of the life sized portraits Jeremy Deller produced in 2021, of media tycoons Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch [below].
The wax effigies were set alight in a deconsecrated church in the inner Melbourne suburb of Collingwood in what was described as "an invitation to a public vigil" and promoted with the Bible verse “For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise”.
Critic Jerry Saltz called the piece “Surely one of the best works of the year” for highlighting the “worthless inheritance and the profits of a family who gained the whole world but lost its soul”.
Father and Son is available exclusively from the publishers, for $550, with a limit of one edition per person. Contact info@acca.melbourne for more information.
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