Hannah Gadsby is a closet art scholar. Armed with her rapier wit and a desire to pick beneath the paint, she will travel across the continent on a mission to debunk the myths of the Australian identity as defined by our art.
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Series 1
2014
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01. Episode 1
2014-03-11
Through a re-examining of colonial era paintings, Hannah sees that White Australia's sense of 'belonging' has a complex and troubled past.
02. Episode 2
2014-03-18
If the Australian art cannon is to be believed, this country was founded by an army of pioneer blokes in hats. Hannah picks beneath the paint of this hyper-masculine portrait to uncover a more feminine vision of this country.
03. Episode 3
2014-03-25
Hannah is still searching for a more inclusive Australian identity in our art. In this episode she enters the NOW! But in post-Cronulla Australian art this Identity seems even harder to define.