00:00This is the colourful world of Kayleen Whiskey, where culture, country, comics and celebrity
00:18collide on canvas.
00:20Kayleen Whiskey, there's no one else like her in the universe.
00:25She works in the tiny remote South Australian Aboriginal community of Indulkana.
00:31While she paints, she listens to her heroes.
00:34Dolly Parton is a top muse.
00:37So too were Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Whoopi Goldberg and Wonder Woman.
00:42Who are presented as powerful equals among other strong women from her community of Indulkana,
00:48including Kayleen herself.
00:50More than 80 of her works have gone on display at the National Portrait Gallery.
00:55Her desert pop art style, embracing humour and joy.
00:59There's something about how she combines her Angunu culture and popular culture together
01:05in this kind of unique explosion which is represented on the canvas.
01:11One of the key pieces is a new commission, marking 25 years since Cathy Freeman won gold at the
01:17Sydney Olympics.
01:18I saw the country running with an Olympic torch on the TV and I put the country on the canvas.
01:26Kayleen's extraordinary work shows us Cathy in a new light.
01:31Not weighed down by the expectations of a nation, but powered by the energy, love and spirit of
01:37her sisters in Indulkana and beyond.
01:39Whiskey's star continues to rise on the Australian art scene.
01:44A three-time Archibald finalist and winner of the Sulman Prize in 2018,
01:49this is the first major survey of her work.
01:52Her paintings have been projected onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House,
01:56but it's her connection to country and love of the sisterhood
02:00that she's most excited to celebrate.
02:03The power woman.
02:07Minma Gunpo.
02:09Super Kayleen Whiskey will be on display until March next year.
02:16We can't wait to see what's next for Kayleen Whiskey.
02:18It's just the beginning.
02:19We can't wait to see what's next for Kayleen.
02:28We can't wait to see what's next for Kayleen.
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