Art that challenges the 'post' in 'post-colonial'. Gordon Bennett's art career began in 1988-a most propitious moment for its reception, given his political interests: the bicentenary and attempts to proffer revisionist histories of Australia's colonial past. Having worked as a fitter and turner and a Telecom linesman, he entered the Queensland College of Art at Griffith University in 1986 as a thirty-year-old. He achieved great success and critical acclaim from very early in his career,…
