Seduction Suite (Iced VoVo, Tim Tam, Vegemite, Aeroplane Jelly)

The first paid form of artwork Ian Waldron made were posters for shop windows, to promote new products and special offers. He says this work taught him about composition and to balance colour, and to use text to help the viewer make a personal connection. Without my background in advertising, I don’t think I would have such an insight into how the audience responds to visual stimuli, Ian says.

These works reflect on Ian’s background in sign writing and ticket writing. They also reference food rations, used as payment to Indigenous men on stations for their work throughout history.

Ian worked in advertising and various industries before studying Visual Arts at the Northern Territory University in the 1990s. Throughout his art practice he pays tribute to the story of the Kurtjar people in his homeland of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Ian has worked prolifically in his studio in Far North Queensland over the last years. Ian was the winner of the 2010 Glover Prize, Tasmania. He has also been selected as a finalist in The Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW 3 times. His works are held in numerous private and public collections nationally.

Archival ink on polycotton