‘Fohat’ – Rosaleen Norton
Filmmaker Sonia Bible considers Rosaleen Norton “the most persecuted artist in Australian history.” With a new documentary, she’s hoping to set a more accurate record of the life of woman who in the 1940s and 50s scandalized the country with her occult art, and bold sexuality.
“At first I started researching Rosaleen Norton because there was so much drama in her life,” Bible told Hyperallergic. “Her life is a classic story of the anti-hero. Then as I got deeper into the research, I discovered another story. It’s the story of a woman who became a mythological character in her own life.”
read full article at HYPERALLERGIC: A Documentary for the Witch of Kings Cross, Australia’s Persecuted Occult Artist
Rosaleen Norton and poet Gavin Greenlees, one of her lovers, in 1950. (via SMH NEWS)
Photograph of Rosaleen Norton with one of her art pieces (all images courtesy Sonia Bible)
