One Thousand Cuts is Rod Moss’ first major retrospective exhibition in his hometown of Melbourne, featuring key works from his personal collection, spanning from 1987 to present.
For almost three decades Moss has been living and painting in Whitegate, an indigenous camp on the eastern fringe of Alice Springs. Here he has developed close friendships within a sharply divided society. Moss’ evocative narrative paintings depict the people of Whitegate, in extraordinarily personal, vulnerable and private moments.
Moss has enjoyed a long and successful career including holding numerous solo exhibitions since the 1980s. His work has been collected by renowned institutions throughout Australia and is a feature of the Parliament House Collection, Canberra. Moss was awarded the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-fiction in 2011 for his first memoir The Hard Light of Day. This exhibition shares its name with Moss’ recently released second book of memoirs which continues the artist commentary on life in Central Australia. Rod Moss is represented in Queensland by Fireworks Gallery and in Victoria by Anna Pappas Gallery.
