Gallery .// Activist

Large project devoted to the nature of power in apartheid South Africa (1983 -1990)
Subsequent political commentaries on a variety of topics are essentially aphoristic

"I wished to create a body of work which would illuminate aspects of the nature of apartied and the struggle for liberation in South Africa. The work deals with isolated signifiers, such as vigilantes, detention without trial, effects of crowd control, teargas and widespread use of flag symbolism" Victor Gordon

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Boere Wapens 1652- (Boer Weapons 1652-)
1988 - 1990. Mixed media H 1800 x W 2250
Azikwele Fare Raize (We will not ride)
1983. Oil on canvas 930 x 610 mm
Detention without trial
1988-1989. Three conjoined canvasses Oil and Acrylic, H1800 x W1870 mm
Transposed landscape (after Alvarez Bravo)
1990. Oil on canvas H 1800 x W 2250 mm
Eugene Terreblanche
1987. Photo taken by Gordon whilst attending an AWB rally masquarading as press
Behold the lands where Satan reigns
1990. installation at the Waterside Workers Union - Sydney
Behold the lands where Satan reigns - Installation Backdrop. 1988. Oil on canvas, Overall dimension H 3000 x W 3750 System
1989. Oil on canvas, H1800 x W 2250
Freedom Charter/African National Congress Flag
1980. Acrylic on three conjoined canvasses, overall dimension H 1800 x W 2250
The knave of hearts
1986/7. Oil on canvas, H 1000 x W 763
Policeman II
1988. Oil on canvas, H 1000 x W 750
Black State Sponsored Vigilante
1989. Oil on canvas H 1800 x W 750
Vigilante I
1989. Oil on canvas, H 1800 x W 750
Fantasize-Go All The Way
1986-1988. Oil on canvas, H 1500 x W 940
ANC SA ANC
1980. Silkscreen
South African Nationalist Party Ambassador
1990. Oil on canvas, H 1800 x W 750
Untitled
1988. Ink wash on paper, H 420 x W 300
Mnr Die Ware Jakob
1986 - 1990. Oak frame construction housing three oil on canvas panels, zebra skin, ruber [bullet] projectile, H 1025 x W 1490
Halsnoer / Necklace
1986, Mixed Media sculpture, 390 x 190 x 160mm
20,000 years of dreamtime, 220 years of nightmare
2008. Oil on canvas H 1220 x W 920
Ozzie Hood
2007. Oil on canvas, H760 x W 510
Lick Bush in '92
1992. Oil on canvas
Multi-Didactic
2001. Mixed media installation w: 1500 x h: 690 x d: 1000 mm
Day at the office, business as usual
2007. Oil on board, in oval frame with convex glass, H360 x W 500
Res Ipsa Loquator
2008, Mixed media. H 350 x W 620
Living by the sword in the late oil age
2010. Oil on canvas H500 x W 460
DOB-DOB-DIB-DIB
2007, Mixed media on paper and board. H 750 x W 830
Police Chief arrests himself
1992, Modified newsprint over oil on board, H 600 x W 400
Narcissus / Nazissus
1998. Assisted readymade (photograph by Loic Gibet - Zoo de Vincennes - 1988), H 155 x W 105