TRUTH-TELLING

TRUTH-TELLING

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 26.03.21

Henry Reynolds, offering a “big picture context” for the 'Uluru Statement from the Heart' in his latest book, is a fine historian. His intensive researches into the horrors of past colonial relationships with Australia's First Nations peoples have brought many...» Read More

 

Bla Mela Kantri

Bla Mela Kantri

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 22.03.21

OK – I wonder whether you can make sense of my Kriol title for this story??? For it's the title of an exhibition exploring different representations of landscapes around Ngukurr, the south Arnhemland township where many tribes met beside the...» Read More

 

SONGSPIRALS TWIST AROUND SONGLINES

SONGSPIRALS TWIST AROUND SONGLINES

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 17.02.21

Artist Paul Klee is famous for saying that drawing was like 'taking a line for a walk’. Can you take a song for a walk? English writer Bruce Chatwin seemed to think so after a fleeting visit to our deserts...» Read More

 

The Boy from the Mish

The Boy from the Mish

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 02.02.21

A Young Adult (YA) novel on Aboriginal Art Directory? Well, there has to be a first for everything. And anyone who's read my thoughts upon returning from Griffith's Wiradjuri Festival in October will know that 'The Mish' was capable of...» Read More

 

'Him Proper Clever Man'

'Him Proper Clever Man'

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 08.01.21

Paddy Compass Namadbara is just about a familiar name in Western Arnhemland bark art. In the 1950s and early 60s, he was part of a group that painted on Croker Island which included the future standout Yiriwala and Jimmy Mijaw...» Read More

 

DYARUBBIN

DYARUBBIN

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 21.12.20

That's a word you're going to hear a lot more of in the 2020s, for it's the proper name for the river system that surrounds Sydney – the oddly-named Hawkesbury/Nepean. Why did early colonists think there were two rivers when...» Read More

 

Aboriginal Art is “An Exceptional Art Form”

Aboriginal Art is “An Exceptional Art Form”

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 26.08.20

Many Australians are sharply divided as to whether they prefer more traditional genres of art like landscapes or more contemporary and abstract visual forms. And these divisions relate to differences in age, class and education. But Aboriginal art bucks this...» Read More

 

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