Posts tagged australian
Marian Drew →
Still Life / Australiana (2003-2009)
‘Bandicoot on plate’ 2007
‘Bandicoot with quince’ 2005
‘Bird with Trunk and Pawpaw’ 2008
‘Bower, Duck, Swamp Hen with Glass Bowl’ 2005
‘Butcher with knife’ 2005
‘Crow with salt’ 2003
‘Dusky Moorhen with Chinese Teapot’ 2009
‘Echidna with bowl’ 2006
‘Fruitbat with plate’ 2003
‘Galah in landscape’ 2003
‘Kingfisher with chinese cloth and strawberries’ 2009
‘Kitchen view with mask’ 2003
‘Kookaburra with jug’ 2006
‘Lorikeet with jug and three birds’ 2006
‘Lorikeet with green cloth’ 2006
‘Lorikeet with limes’ 2006
‘Magpie with limes’ 2006
‘Magpie with Pawpaw’ 2005
‘Magpie with butcher and bowl’ 2006
‘Owl with limes’ 2006
‘Pelican with turnips’ 2005
‘Pelican on paper and linen’ 2005
‘Pelican with fish on linen’ 2005
‘Penguin with Enamel Jug’ 2008
‘Possum and Echidna with Log’ 2006
‘Possum with five birds’ 2003
‘Quoll with bowl and flowers’ 2006
‘Rainbow Lorikeet on Queensland Needlepoint’ 2009
‘Raven, rock and rockmelon’ 2003
‘Rose Crowned Fruit Dove on Fancy Work’ 2009
‘Rosella in alabaster’ 2006
‘Swamp hen with candle’ 2005
‘Tasmanian Rosella with apple’ 2005
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Siân McIntyre: Back from the bush! →
I just got back from a working trip to Papunya Community in the Northern Territory. This was my fifth time at Papunya, working for the Aboriginal Art centre, Papunya Tjupi. Each time I visit I am amazed and inspired by the land and people from and around Papunya. Working for Papunya Tjupi is such…
the pemulwuy series, by ron hurley, 2001.
Pemulwuy (c.1750–1802) was a Bidjigal man of the Darug nation who was a leader of the guerrilla resistance to the British occuptation of Australia until he was shot and killed. the story goes that his last words were “Tyerabarrbowaryaou”, or “I shall never become a white man”. in this series, he’s being reconstructed from a midden — i.e. from the trash but also archive — by his totem, the black crow.
read more about Pemulwuy.
Epheriell Designs: Think you know what Australian Indigenous Art looks like? Think again... an eye-opening tour of Canopy Artspace. →
{Roy McIvor ~ Web of Life}
Is this amazing riot of colour and texture the first thing to pop into your mind when you think ‘Australian Indigenous Art’?
Because I have to be honest - until last Tuesday evening, it wasn’t what came to my mind, and I’m a born and bred Aussie - and…
Can't Draw: Understanding and Australian Indigenous Art →
Near the close of her essay, Jennifer Biddle writes, “…if there is one thing pursued in the material methods of Central Desert painting, it is the recognition of irreducible difference.” (Biddle 29) This statement can arguably be extended across all Australian Indigenous Art. Although, at first…
