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Letter from Pittsburgh: Aboriginal art in America
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2014-02-04 13:43:13
The following article originally appeared in the January/February 2013 issue of Art Guide Australia (link below). The author is Henry F Skerritt. Reproduced with permission. In his recent compendium, How Aborigines Invented the Idea of Contemporary Art, Ian McLean observes...» Read More
NATSIAAS REFRESHED
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2013-08-09 17:46:12
The leaders of both of the main groupings of remote Aboriginal art centres have spoken out recently about the gulf between Indigenous and urban Australia. Philip Watkins, CEO of Desart, representing 45 Central Australian centres, rationalised that “High end galleries...» Read More
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNIE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-07-13 14:50:28
The power of TV to educate and change minds is nowhere more apparent than in the new 4-part ABC TV series beginning on Sunday night. 'First Footsteps' will, hopefully achieve what the balefully accusatory 'First Australians' series failed to do...» Read More
PAT CORRIGAN, COLLECTOR
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-01-30 17:43:33
In the torrent of art books with an Indigenous flavour that were published last year, one stands out for the sheer exuberance of its art – and the quality of its reproduction : Power + Colour/New Painting from the Corrigan...» Read More
Spinifex Arts Project tours Germany in 2013
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-12-13 22:46:41
PRO COMMUNITY is an exhibition format developed and organized by Artkelch in Freiburg, Germany, that features excellent art from community based art centers in a touring exhibition in Germany. Artists from one art centre (or a small group of art...» Read More
TOMMY WATSON - THE BOOK
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-04-01 17:02:02
The longer one spends with this book, the more intense and varied the experience. A hazy impression from exhibitions past that Tommy Yannima Watson painted everything red – with surprising patches of oppositional colour...a ring of white, splashes of blue,...» Read More
THE DESERT COMES TO ADELAIDE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-11-24 11:53:07
The Art Gallery of SA has organised its second big exhibition of Aboriginal art from the Desert, showing until the end of January and accompanied by a big catalogue. It's a very generous and gentle introduction to the art that...» Read More
Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art – Now
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-05 20:30:22
Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art – Now July 9 – August 31, 2010 Sante Fe, NM- Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art in association with Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, will present the inaugural biennale exhibition, Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art – Now. This exhibition presents new...» Read More
Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art - Now
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-05 20:20:19
Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art (Main Space) 702 ½ Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501 09 July 2010 - 31 August 2010 Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art in association with Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, will present the inaugural biennale exhibition, Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art – Now....» Read More
QUEEN HONOURS ABORIGINAL ARTISTS
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-06-18 13:34:53
The Queen's Birthday this year added two top Aboriginal artists to the roll of honour. John Mawurndjul from Maningrida in Western Arnhemland and Peggy Patrick from the East Kimberley both became Members of the Order of Australia – AMs. Mawurndjul's citation...» Read More
McCulloch's Aboriginal Art @ Salt Contemporary 2010: The Summer Show
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-01-07 14:26:28
Celebrating the colours of summer, this new exhibition showcases art from Australia’s newest and most dynamic desert art producing regions. Including work from the APY Lands, Western Desert, Spinifex Country, The Martu and Utopia....» Read More
RICARDO IDAGI WINS WA ART PRIZE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-07-25 19:01:44
Australia’s richest indigenous contemporary art award - the $50,000 Western Australian Indigenous Art Award – has been won by the Torres Strait's Ricardo Idagi. The 53 year old Idagi is a multidisciplinary artist, mask-maker and musician committed to the maintenance...» Read More
WA ART PRIZE NOMINEES NAMED
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-05-12 14:54:53
Fifteen Indigenous artists and one artists collective are nominated for Australia's richest art prizes. They are: Tony Albert (born 1981 Townsville QLD, lives Brisbane QLD) Lorraine Connelly-Northey (born 1962 Swan Hill VIC, lives Swan Hill VIC) Timothy Cook (born 1958 Goose Creek, Milikapiti,...» Read More
KALKADUNGA MAN ON THE ROAD
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-03-12 15:47:50
Australia's finest and most imaginative vocal ensemble – The Song Company - has pushed the envelope yet again, into the indigenous. And typically of this now-25 year old group, lead by the irrepressible Roland Peelman, it's an enveloping experience they...» Read More
Voting Now Online for Big WA Indigenous Art Prize
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2008-11-20 12:17:21
A unique opportunity to vote online for the big Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards' People's Choice Prize is on offer until January 4. All the works by 16 artists selected for the first WA Indigenous Art Awards exhibition can now be...» Read More
East meets West at local exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-14 01:03:44
One of the East Kimberley’s longest practising artists will showcase her unique artwork at an exhibition in Subiaco this month. Senior artist Peggy Griffiths, from Waringarri Aboriginal Arts in Kununurra, will present her East meets West collection of six large...» Read More
Dreams of life and death
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-04 03:55:58
A wonderful article by Nicholas Rothwell about Wingu Tingima: For who, among the legions of keen collectors tracking the most admired Aboriginal art star of the western desert, Wingu Tingima, knows anything about her life and the way her mythscapes shape...» Read More
Papunya Tula Cleans up the Big Art Prizes
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2008-11-03 14:18:29
Pintupu artist Patrick Tjungurrayi has taken out the richest indigenous art prize in the country - the new WA Indigenous Art Award, established last year at $50,000 for the national prize, and $10,000 for a WA winner. June Walkutjukurr Richards...» Read More
Beauty from within
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-29 04:52:13
Nicholas Rothwell reviews/previews the 2008 Desert Mob Art Show in Alice Springs: The most appealing works on view in this year's Desert Mob hold to the recent pattern: newly established art centres seem to nourish a special creative fire. Martumili Artists,...» Read More
Julie Pungata and Mary Ngala Jones
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-27 06:40:54
Eastern Desert Art has recently acquired the work of two local painters who paint the Dreaming – Bush Plum of their Ancestors. Julie Pungata and Mary Ngala Jones are talented painters who live permanently in the heart of the Bush on...» Read More
Shalom Gamarada Art Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-16 03:32:36
Patron: Her Excellency the Governor of NSW Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO Featured Artworks Yuendumu, Bidyadanga, Peppimenarti, Maningrida, Utopia, Spinifex, Papunya Tula and other communities Featured Artists Shorty Jangala Robertson and Shane Pickett The exhibition will be officially opened by The Chancellor of...» Read More
Agathon Galleries Showcases Women’s Painting of the Gibson Desert
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-17 12:32:39
Irrunytju’s Kuntjil Cooper and Tjayanka Woods Depict Dreamtime Epic of ‘Seven Sisters Dreamings’ Celebrating two of the most distinguished artists at Irrunytju Art Centre, Agathon Galleries will be showcasing the work of Kuntjil Cooper and Tjayanka Woods at their next...» Read More
Spinifex Artists : 10 years on
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-30 00:00:00
Paintings from the Spinifex people played a central role as ethnographic documentation to establish their historical links over a 55,000 sq. km tract of desert country. The paintings that were begun ten years ago, have contributed to the successful outcome...» Read More
Art of the Spinifex People
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-09-01 00:00:00
Dispossessed from their lands in the 1950\'s by the Maralinga Atomic tests and subsequently moved on to missions including Cundeelee and Warburton during the 1950\'s and 1960\'s, the Spinifex People have never lost contact with their land. In an attempt...» Read More
Putitju Nguru - Paintings from the Spinifex People
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2003-12-13 00:00:00
Japingka Gallery is honoured to present a stunning exhibition of works by the artists from the Tjuntjunju community, 700kms north-east of Kalgoorlie. The Hon.Richard Court ,former Premier of Western Australia, will officially open Putitja Nguru.From the Dreamtime to Maralinga to...» Read More
Japingka Gallery exhibitions prior to 2003
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2002-12-13 08:47:35
A list of exhibitions held by Japingka Gallery prior to 2003: Lorna Napurrula Fencer Generations - Utopia artists - click for preview Painters of the Kimberley & Western Desert Minnie Pwerle & Mary Mclean Little Gems Lajamanu Artists of the Tanami Michael Nelson Jagamara Sand Spinifex & Salt-...» Read More
Pila Nguru Art of the Spinifex People
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2002-08-07 08:34:56
'When the Spinifex people returned to their homelands in the 1980's after their displacement during the Maralinga atomic tests, they found the southern part of their country had been converted in to a nature reserve, the northern third leased to...» Read More
Pila Nguru, Art and Song from the Spinifex People
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2001-02-05 05:13:37
In January 2001 the Spinifex People were awarded Native Title over an area the size of Tasmania, in the most remote region of Western Australia. Ten paintings depicting ownership of the Spinifex country were formally included in the preamble to...» Read More
