Richard Bell

The Sign Says It 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 200 cm
Pay the Rent 2022, Installation view, documenta15, Fridericianum, Kassel
From little things big things grow 2018-20, Acrylic on canvas, 4 panels; 300 x 150 cm each, Image by Charlie Hillhouse.
As In Techno Feudalism 2025, 200 x 300cm
Richard Bell: 'My art is an act of protest' 2019, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/activist-art/richard-bell-my-art-act-protest
Embassy 2013, Canvas tent with annex, alumninium frame, rope, synthetic polymer paint on board, digital video, colour, sound; archive, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Tate, purchased jointly with funds provided by the Qantas Foundation, 2017
Installation view for Aboriginal Embassy at Tate Modern 2023
A property dispute is turned into a race debate 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 180 x 240 cm
Vincent 'an Gough (From little things good things grow) 2017, Acrylic on linen, 180 x 240 cm
Installation view for Dredging Up the Past at Milani Gallery 2017
... no tin shack ... 2019, Timber and chains, Variable, Performance view at Venice Biennale 2019
Foley vs The Springboks (Lone Protestor) 2012, Oil on linen, 180 x 240 cm, Richard Bell and Emory Douglas
Scratch an Aussie (clip) 2008, HD video, 10:00 min
Judgement Day (Bell's Theorem) 2008, Acrylic on canvas, 240 x 360 cm
How To Be Happy 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 180 x 180 cm
Omega (Bell's Theorem) 2013, Acrylic on linen, 180 x 480 cm
Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 16, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, 2025. Image courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation. Photo: Shafeek Nalakath Kareem

Richard Bell (b. 1953, Charleville) lives and works in Brisbane, Australia. He works across a variety of media including painting, installation, performance and video. One of Australia’s most significant artists, Bell’s work explores the complex artistic and political problems of Western, colonial and Indigenous art production.

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