The Turnoff At Dandenong Analysis

"Explain how artists have reflected aspects of their personal world in their Art Making” (Art Making Practice)

While artists draw on influences in their personal lives, they also use it as a reference to connect with their audiences. Jeffery Smart is an Australian painter of urban landscapes that reflect his personal views and experiences. He recreates urban wastelands using bold colours and defined shapes, communicating to his audience the impact of the industrial age on our world. Tracey Moffat, a photographer and film maker who uses memories and experiences from her adolescence. She explores the current issues of affecting our society such as racism, gender, sexuality, identity of self and cultural heritage. Reg Mombassa uses humour to depict religious, political and popular culture themes through cartoonist interpretations.

Jeffery Smart’s “The Turnoff at Dandenong” is a contemporary realistic painting that represents the influence of urban

He rebelled against such obsolete traditions. Reg Mombassa’s painting “Australian Jesus Heaven and Hell” is a graphic drawing that uses bold saturated colours. The thick black outlines creates a cartoonist effect. He uses many symbols of Australian culture in the background of each individual image as well as his use of suburban imagery, while parodsising the bible. ’Australian Jesus' located in the centre as Mombassa satires his view on religion and the Australian culture. “Australian Jesus is Mombassa’s attempt to find the sacred within the profane, the divine within the ordinary"-Dr Greg Clarke. Mombassa’s resentment towards traditional ways and the Australian stereotypes are aspects of his personal world that are reflected through his satirical cartoonist