Cheeky Dog
Clip 2: Travelling dogs
2 min 40 sec
Taken from the documentary Cheeky Dog (2006)
Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be G
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Please be aware that this clip may contain the names, images and voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who may now be deceased.
Curator’s clip description
As Dion is drawing dogs, Joie Boulter tells us that Dion is going through a phase where all the dogs he draws are angry. Dion’s grandpa John Beasley talks about Dion’s drawings, and how he draws dogs in all different situations. We see examples of Dion’s drawings.
Curator’s notes
Dion’s obsession with dogs is one expressed through his art. Profoundly deaf, Dion’s silent world is communicated to us through his artwork to reveal his acute ability to observe dogs in all situations, capturing them in his simple drawings.
Romaine Moreton, curator
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