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Born in Auckland, New Zealand in , O'Doherty came to Australia with his family in He continues to design for Mambo and has a thriving career as a.
Chris O'Doherty is an Australian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in How much does a Chris O'Doherty cost?...
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For a bloke who doesn't consider himself much of a portraitist, Chris O'Doherty, also known as Reg Mombassa, paints a lot of self portraits.
From photo realist inspired images of himself as a kid that fondly reminisce about growing up in Auckland’s fringe suburbs, to the hostile and bold self portrait entered in this year’s Archibald Prize, the genre has remained consistent in his art practice.
On one occasion he inserted his profile onto a bronze medallion, a format traditionally reserved for Roman rulers and favoured by humanists of the Italian Renaissance.
The guitar and pencil signify his two intertwining career paths, as a musician with Mental As Anything and Dog Trumpet, and as an artist and a freelance designer with leisurewear company Mambo Graphics Pty Ltd.
The self portrait is indicative of Mombassa’s renowned, idiosyncratic style that gleefully mixes pop culture references with high art sensibilities.
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