Article by Evan Maloney from 2006
Article by Evan Maloney from 2004
i am posting some old reviews and articles. this one was in the Cordite review written by evan maloney,
Officially Filed under ART CONTROVERSY
Although it feels like it could just keep going Cameron Hayes’ show finishes tomorrow! Two further articles on the final stretch officially confirms this show has been an ART CONTROVERSY! Who would have thought? Apparently no-one for the past 8 years, but who knew? Melbourne City Council joined in on the act by informing the artist that his exhibition listing was taken down from their website ‘What’s On’ as it breached the Code of Conduct for “appropriated Indigenous ceremonial styles and clan motifs”. However, no-one from the council visited the show, they couldn’t explain how it appropriated styles or motifs, they couldn’t provide an explanation of due process, nor could they provide any recourse for rebuttal. Interesting! But at any rate, it provided further media attention, an extension of the show, and more visitors.
Read the article below!
Interview on 7.30 Report
here is a link to my interview on the 7.30 report on the abc
The Approach to Cameron Hayes – 14 Kurdish refugees…
here is an article my friend wrote about my Milikapiti works. the show is on at Dark Horse Experiment at 110 franklin st in Melbourne from 1st august until september 2.
this is the article here – ARTICLE
this is a painting from the show.

14 Kurdish refugees land in Milikapiti and ask, “is this Australia?” – 4th November 2003, 2012, oil on linen, 61 x 81 cm
on the 4th. of november 2003 14 kurdish refugees landed on the beach at milikapiti. one of the kurds yelled out from the boat ‘IS THIS AUSTRALIA ‘. the tiwis on the shore were not sure because the australian government was disowning the bits of itself that could be used to help people like the refugees.
this is an article from SMH about this story
Quote from marielle’s article about this work:
“The latter work referencing the sinister use of marketing in politics and the media. Based on a true story, a group of refugees were spotted on a vessel in the bay at Milikapiti. The conservative Howard Government of the time did a fantastic job of instilling a fear and hatred campaign of refugees through the media, basically branding them as potential terrorists and possible carriers of unknown diseases. It worked. So pervasive was this strategic political message that it even reached across the nation from capital cities to remote small communities. So here we have asylum seekers in the guise of The Raft of the Medusa, instead of ragged cloth they are waving brand name t-shirts representing our new dominant culture – the well marketed Brand. Would they have more success by appealing, not to empathetic fellow people, not to other displaced victims, but to those who like the same brands – who do you identify with? Are you Nike or more of a Burberry? Are you Apple or PC? Are you Right or Left?”
dog torturers ?
here is another article about my show coming up in august. this is the link http://www.aboriginalartnews.com.au/2012/06/exhibition-cancelled-after-tiwi-protest.php
another outrage
An article about the forthcoming show from artinfo.com
Perhaps you can now find the article by clicking ON THIS LINK The article is called Why Artist Cameron Hayes Was Censored: Depictions of Aboriginal Life by White Artist Spark Outrage and it is written by Nicholas Forrest.
The rescued refugees…
here is a link to an article about my painting The rescued refugees had to live off what was on the container ship, which because it was headed for Australia was full of fake Italian fashions and pet food
Click here to read the article by Catherine Schwerin
here is a photo of my painting –
The Russians knew perfectly well …..
here is an article about my painting The Russians knew perfectly well that the happiness of the African animals was that they had such low expectations – before the pets were introduced. it was on the front cover of the Jan 2009 edition of Emerging Infectious Diseases !
Click on this link to read the Article.
here is a photo of the whole painting –
2011 show on huffington post
i am posting some old reviews and articles. this link was on huffington post and shows my paintings from my exhibition at ronald feldman gallery that year.
CLICK THIS TO READ THE ARTICLE
what happens when pretend politicians pretend to be terrorists by cameron hayes, 2011, oil on linen, 78 x 100 inches