three-colour screen print on Somerset paper
560 x 760mm, unframed
edition of twenty

 ‘Hope! is about humanity. What does it take for us to be the most ethical people we can be? It is so important that these words belong to everyone, that they reside in all of us.
—Gordon Hookey  

Hope! (2023) is a three-colour screen print by renowned Waanyi artist Gordon Hookey. Hookey is known for his biting satire of Australian culture and politics and his witty critique of racism. His idiosyncratic, graphic visual language belies his activism—speaking truth to power and lifting up the oppressed and marginalised. In this work, he asks us to live with empathy and respect. This message is meant to be shared widely, reminding us to live with these uplifting ideas in our hearts.

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