January, 2009
Yankuni Laju Karnkani Kujungka (We Are Traveling Together By Air)
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 31.01.09
ReDot Gallery cordially invites you to ‘Yankuni laju karnkani kujungka’ (We are traveling together by air). The first international show of fine Aboriginal paintings from Martumili Artists. Ms Penny Burtt, Australia's Deputy High Commissioner to Singapore will inaugurate the exhibition....» Read More
Yankuni Laju Karnkani Kujungka (We Are Traveling Together By Air)
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 31.01.09
The ReDot gallery is proud to welcome the 1st international show for the exciting works of Martumili Artists. ‘Yankuni laju karnkani kujungka’ (We are traveling together by air) will showcase the very best from this relatively new, remote, art community....» Read More
BLACK PICASSO IN NEW YORK
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 28.01.09
There are many strange things happening in the US at the moment, but few can be more intriguingly circular than Mabuiag Islander Alick Tipoti's mask inspired by the mask from Picasso's own Collection – which visited Brisbane last year. For...» Read More
The evolving face of Aboriginal art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.01.09
One painting resembles a Roy Lichtenstein, another has the emblematic target of Jasper Johns, and a photographic portrait channels Andy Warhol. If that doesn’t sound like Aboriginal art, then an exhibit touted as Australia’s first major survey of indigenous art...» Read More
Imagine if batik was the new black
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.01.09
From the Age about the new exhibition at the Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria: The spectacular flowering of art in the Australian outback has sometimes been called the Aboriginal Renaissance. Some whitefella pride sits in this charming title,...» Read More
Marina Murdilinga
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.01.09
From This Art Week, the Australian Art Collector: Marina Murdilinga has won the $5000 Togart People's Choice Award for her woven pandanus and bamboo work called Dirdbim (Moon Dreaming)....» Read More
Martumili Artists are having their first international show at Redot Gallery in Singapore this February
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.01.09
From This Art Week, the Australian Art Collector: Martumili Artists are having their first international show at Redot Gallery in Singapore this February. The exhibition Yankuni laju karnkani kujungka (We are traveling together by air) includes works by Nancy Taylor,...» Read More
Yellow Vest Syndrome: recent west Australian art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.01.09
An exhibition about changing perceptions of landscape and country featuring 26 West Australian artists....» Read More
Art For Breakfast
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.01.09
Artists include Katjarra Butler, Mary Gibson, Nyarrapyi Giles, Nancy Chapman and others....» Read More
Annual Group Watercolour Show
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.01.09
Subjects covering Bayside landmarks to Australian and European landscapes and cityscapes, with native and garden florals....» Read More
Morgan Sisters
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.01.09
Two sisters from Utopia, who share the same Country and Dreamings, yet possess very individual and beautiful forms of expression....» Read More
Deleuzian or not, it's all sensation
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.01.09
From The Australian In her little book Chaos, Territory, Art, philosopher Elizabeth Grosz provides us with a way of, if not understanding, at least experiencing and appreciating Aboriginal art, with the assistance of one of the 20th century's most exhilarating...» Read More
Aboriginal art: it's a complicated thing
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.01.09
Tim Acker's article in ArtLink: While the art dazzles the eye and the prices make headlines, there is a fundamental disconnect at work within the Aboriginal art industry. The market's focus on the consumption of art and the profitability of...» Read More
The Art Of The Bundjalung Nation
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.01.09
Michael said he hoped The Art Of The Bundjalung Nation would encourage more Indigenous artists to be proud of their culture and their art. “There’s a lot of black fellas around here who would be just be too embarrassed to...» Read More
Collecting Australian Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.01.09
Described by renowned Australian art critic, Robert Hughes, as belonging to ‘the world’s last great art movement’, collectors of art from this extraordinary ancient but vibrant living culture have, in recent years, fuelled a boom in sales. Prices at auction...» Read More
