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Visual Arts
Abdul Abdullah; photo ArtsHub
Thirty year-old Abdul Abdullah is a seventh generation Australia descendant from the convict Charles Blemen.
‘He had a son called Charles, and him a son called Charles, and a son called Charles, and then he had a son called Percival who then had my father, and my father changed his name to Ibraham, and then he had three sons called Abdul,’ he said.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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