LIMBOLAND
Hinton travelled to Nauru in September 2018, covertly documenting the conditions of refugees and asylum seekers detained by the Australian government. Through art, photography and film, LIMBOLAND aimed to capture the psyche of living in limbo on Nauru, humanising people whose faces, names and experiences have been hidden by the secrecy surrounding Australia’s offshore detention system.
The LIMBOLAND exhibition featured a series of portraits of refugees, a short documentary and photographic prints captured on Nauru. It was opened by Elaine Pearson, Australia Director of Human Rights Watch, and material documented from the project was reported with The New York Times and screened throughout Australia.
Portrait of Saji on Nauru
oil and charcoal on canvas
132 x 107 cm
2019
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Portrait of Abdullah on Nauru
oil and charcoal on canvas
167 x 132 cm
2019
$2500
Portrait of Negar on Nauru
oil and charcoal on canvas
167 x 112 cm
2019
$2200
Portrait of the Sivalingam Family on Nauru with Messages from Detention
oil, charcoal, graphite, linocut, oil-based ink, oil-based enamel spray paint and glassine on canvas with oil pastel, graphite, solarplate etching, linocut and oil-based ink on canvas
115 x 203 cm
2019
$1600
Messages from Detention
oil pastel, graphite, solarplate etching, linocut and oil-based ink on canvas
32 x 203 cm
2019
$800
Portrait of Abdullah
ink, oil pastel and watercolor on paper
42 x 30 cm
2019
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Portrait of Abdullah
ink, and water on paper
60 x 42 cm
2019
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Saji on the Couch
ink, oil pastel and watercolor on paper
60 x 42 cm
2019
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Saji on the Couch
solarplate etching, gouache, ink, wash and wash on paper
60 x 42 cm
2019
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Portrait of Adbullah
ink and wash on paper
60 x 42 cm
2018
Portrait of Iraqi Refugee
ink and wash on paper
2018
