Brisbane-based artist Eric Bridgeman uses slapstick and satire to playfully subvert conventional representations of race, gender and sexuality. Encompassing a range of media including performance, photography, installation, sculpture and video, his work is informed by his dual Australian and Papuan New Guinean heritage, and his experiences of moving between these two very different cultures. His work draws on cultural references specific to his family’s ancestral tribal home in the Highlands of PNG, as well as images from Australia, popular culture and the mass media.

Image: Eric Bridgeman Lik Lik Mary Muffatt 2008 from the series The Sport and Fair Play of Aussie Rules 2008―09    photographic inkjet print Image courtesy and © the artist. Eric Bridgemann Baron Cockyer (God of Football) 2009 from the series The Sport and Fair Play of Aussie Rules 2008 / 2009, photographic inkjet print Image courtesy and © the artist. Eric Bridgeman Big Head Turner 2009
from the series The Sport and Fair Play of Aussie Rules 2008―09  photographic inkjet print Image courtesy and © the artist