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Start the Riot

Start the Riot by Kim Leutwyler. Oil on canvas.

 

The subject is 26-year old Ollie Henderson, an activist, designer and model. She founded the fashion label and youth empowerment project House of Riot, which uses fashion as a vehicle for encouraging young people to start productive conversations about social change in Australia.

 

Leutwyler was born in America in 1984 and migrated to Australia in 2012. She is a friend of Henderson.

 

2015 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney, Australia (Friday 24 July 2015)

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Uploaded on July 25, 2015
Taken on July 24, 2015