Kongo [Green spiral]
Primary Artist
RED HAND PRINT (1997–2000)
Title
Reference
Red Hand (2000), P27
Date made
1998
Place made
Australia, Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin, Berrimah Prison View on map Close map
Category
Poster
Print type
planographic
Technique
screenprint, printed in colour, from three stencils
Support
thin smooth white wove paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run of 100
Production notes
Printer's comment: Screens produced utilising exposured photocopy. Printed in Hemi opaque ink.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso lower left in black pencil, 'RHP 27'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
26450
Accession number
2000.537
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 3, 2000/2001 (2000-12-13)
Provenance
Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Franck Gohier, co-director of Red Hand Prints, Darwin, 2000.
Credit line
Gift of Franck Gohier and Shaun Poustie, Red Hand Prints 2000
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Kongo is an alternative music venue were people can D.J. with their own experimental creations. It is a social event for the Darwin Pseudo underground. Everyone in a while we would surprise the owners by plastering the windows of the nightclub with our posters still drying at 11:30 pm which is about the time when the place really starts to 'rock'. We started telling people that they could 'rip off' a red hand poster on their way out. At first, people felt strange about it but they soon got over it, stealing all the posters. Now everyone collects them locally and somebody in Sydney (ex pat) is reputed to have every Kongo poster produced to date. This has caused other repercussions however as now people pull red hand posters off the walls to collect before the events or issues are over.
Creators
GOHIER, Frank | (1968–) Australian | French | Male | printer
RED HAND PRINT | (1997–2000) Australian | Organisation | artist
Keo, Kris. | (1999–) Australian | Male | printer