‘Charged with horror and anguish’: Arthur Boyd’s nightmarish Nebuchadnezzar series opens in major new Bundanon show
The Bundanon Art Museum has launched a major exhibition titled 'Man on Fire,' featuring Arthur Boyd’s Nebuchadnezzar series. These works, created in the late 1960s, reflect the artist's horror regarding the Vietnam War.
Why it matters
The exhibition provides historical and cultural context to Australian art, linking personal artistic expression to global political movements.
Arthur Boyd’s Nebuchadnezzar in a fire (circa 1969), oil on canvas. Photograph: Rob Little/Bundanon collection Arthur Boyd’s Nebuchadnezzar in a fire (circa 1969), oil on canvas. Photograph: Rob Little/Bundanon collection Arthur Boyd ‘Charged with horror and anguish’: Arthur Boyd’s nightmarish Nebuchadnezzar series opens in major new Bundanon show Not for the faint-hearted, this is the first large-scale presentation of the Australian artist’s anti-Vietnam war, hallucinatory works since the late 60s
The article is a cultural review that focuses on artistic history and exhibition details.
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