Aboriginal Art

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Permalink Reply by LVS on July 5, 2008 at 6:32pm

Daniel Boyd (Kudjla/Gangalu peoples)
Treasure Island

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Permalink Reply by LVS on July 5, 2008 at 6:33pm

Eubena Nampitjin

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Permalink Reply by LVS on July 5, 2008 at 6:36pm

Patrick Tjungurrayi

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Permalink Reply by LVS on July 5, 2008 at 6:37pm

Christian Thompson
'Black Gum 2'

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Permalink Reply by LVS on July 5, 2008 at 6:41pm

Boxer Milner has painted a stretch of his country along Sturt Creek, or Purkitji, north of Balgo. Boxer knows this country intimately and has featured the many different types of soil and vegetation found along Purkitji. The yellow panels show the rocks and the black panels are the burnt ground. The black horizontal panels show two main channels of Purkitji.

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Permalink Reply by LVS on July 5, 2008 at 6:51pm

Judy Watson
Blood Language

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Permalink Reply by Professor Imagine on September 25, 2008 at 10:14pm

wow. this one really jumps out at me. fantastic. very dreamlike and subliminal (below the threshold of consciousness.... )

I've always wanted to visit australia, ever since that one yahoo serious movie, and "rescuers down under." that's pretty much what it's like down there, huh? no need to watch any of the more serious documentaries about it, eh?

oh! and I've listened quite frequently to a cover of eric bogle's "and the band played waltzing matilda." that's almost firsthand experience... right?

anyway. thank you thank you thank for you posting these threads, esp this one. indigenous art fascinates me, and I don't think I've ever seen any aboriginal art, that I know of. again, wow.

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Permalink Reply by LVS on September 30, 2008 at 5:56am

I love how aboriginal art has evolved - its no longer about dots and lines... there's something deeper.

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Permalink Reply by Professor Imagine on September 30, 2008 at 6:22am

much deeper.
this may sound like an obvious question, but what are the criteria for something being considered aboriginal art? I'm guessing "produced by aborigines"? could you give us your perspective on what that culture is like these days? I'm guessing not as primitive as some of us might think...? though I also tend to assume that australia's aboriginal population has maintained strong ties to it's primal roots.

any thoughts?

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Permalink Reply by LVS on July 5, 2008 at 6:52pm

Judy Watson

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Permalink Reply by LVS on July 5, 2008 at 6:53pm

Judy Watson

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Permalink Reply by I'm sitting in the dark playing with scotch tape. on July 5, 2008 at 9:53pm

i like.

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