www.makingtracks.com.au - Books I would recommend..... Contemporary Aboriginal Art by Sue McCulloch, Images of Power by Judith Ryan ad Aboriginal Art by Wally Caruana, all available on the Making Tracks website
In 1995 the National Gallery or Victoria had an exhibition, Images of Power, featuring the four main art producing areas of the Kimberley, it was a comprehensive display of modern works.
The four art producing areas of the Kimberley are:
Warmun, Turkey Creek area, south of Kununurra with artists such as Rover Thomas, Jack Britten, Freddy Timms, Queenie McKenzie, Henry Wambiny, Hector Jandany, Paddy Jaminji. The paintings, all done in ochres, depicted the countryside, historical happenings and places of great spiritual significance.
Going northwest, the towns of Derby and Kalumburu is the traditional home of the Wandjina the creator spirit, the cave paintings of these sacred spirits have been there for over 40,000 years. Some of the Wandjina painters are David Mowaljarlai, Jangarra and Karedada family, Jack Wheera
Balgo Hills on the edges of the Tanami and Great Sandy deserts has some of the wildest artworks around. The artists use acrylic paint in a variety of hues, large areas of colour and patterns weave their way over the canvas telling stories of the country in the most vibrant way possible. Artists such as Helicopter, Eubena Nampitjin, Bai Bai Napangarti, Millie Skeen and Boxer Milner and many more paint in vivid pinks, yellows, blue and greens.
Art from Fitzroy Crossing, on the Fitzroy River, is different again. Their paintings are also wild and seem, at times, quite undisciplined. Watercolour paints are used on paper and they generally depict trees, animals, plants and land forms in a very abstract manner. Big and bold they show a great joy for their painting and a love for the land and the animals that live there.
Some of the artist from this area are, Daisy Andrews, Peanut Ford, Paji Honeychild, Dolly Snell
Showing posts with label Aboriginal culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aboriginal culture. Show all posts
Monday, October 27, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Aboriginal Art - Worldwide attention
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The Venice Biennele in the early 1990's caught the world by storm. Australia featured an artist, Rover Thomas, in its exhibition. The view then that was held that Aboriginal art was just tribal and of no interest to the art world. When people came to view the Australian exhibition they were literally "blown away" by Rover's works.
Works were painted in natural pigments depicting the land that Rover had grown up in and knew intimately. He had a way of painting in such a modern but minimal way that the art community of Europe and America that came to the exhibition to view these works wanted to know and see more and more.
This bought Aboriginal art to the world attention and art from the Kimberley, in particular, was really sought after.
tomorrow, more about art from the Kimberley
The Venice Biennele in the early 1990's caught the world by storm. Australia featured an artist, Rover Thomas, in its exhibition. The view then that was held that Aboriginal art was just tribal and of no interest to the art world. When people came to view the Australian exhibition they were literally "blown away" by Rover's works.
Works were painted in natural pigments depicting the land that Rover had grown up in and knew intimately. He had a way of painting in such a modern but minimal way that the art community of Europe and America that came to the exhibition to view these works wanted to know and see more and more.
This bought Aboriginal art to the world attention and art from the Kimberley, in particular, was really sought after.
tomorrow, more about art from the Kimberley
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Aboriginal Art - going back to Dreamtime
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Aboriginal art is one of the longest continuing art traditions in the world going back over 40 thousand years. Rock paintings have been found across the continent. Art is important to the Aboriginal people as it is a means of communication. Paintings tell where food is, where water can be found and also most importantly they connect to the creator spirits, many of these paintings can be found in cave drawings. The paintings done also express individual attitudes and relationships with people, animals, plants the elements, the land and the creator spirits.
These paintings tell the stories of the Dreamtime (they don't refer to the dreams we have when we sleep) but rather the connection to when this land was created, the spirits that were present then and are now....there are stories of the Wagilag sisters, Jundart, the lightening man, the Wandjina, the Rainbow serpent and many more. These Dreamtime stories are also the blue-print or law that provides the framework by which the Aboriginal people live, and again these are depicted in the paintings that have been done in the past and are still done today.
Originally Aboriginal art was done on the body for ceremony, in caves and also in the sand. Totems were carved out of wood. Objects made from stone and feathers, shells, seeds and bone were also used to make objects and decoration for ceremony and daily use.
Aboriginal art is an expression of the knowledge and the seniority of the individual, it also reveals their responsibilites and defines family and their connections to the land. Individuals inherit through their parents these rights and responsibilites, they must learn everything they can about their land, plants and animals before they become the caretakers.
Aboriginal art is one of the longest continuing art traditions in the world going back over 40 thousand years. Rock paintings have been found across the continent. Art is important to the Aboriginal people as it is a means of communication. Paintings tell where food is, where water can be found and also most importantly they connect to the creator spirits, many of these paintings can be found in cave drawings. The paintings done also express individual attitudes and relationships with people, animals, plants the elements, the land and the creator spirits.
These paintings tell the stories of the Dreamtime (they don't refer to the dreams we have when we sleep) but rather the connection to when this land was created, the spirits that were present then and are now....there are stories of the Wagilag sisters, Jundart, the lightening man, the Wandjina, the Rainbow serpent and many more. These Dreamtime stories are also the blue-print or law that provides the framework by which the Aboriginal people live, and again these are depicted in the paintings that have been done in the past and are still done today.
Originally Aboriginal art was done on the body for ceremony, in caves and also in the sand. Totems were carved out of wood. Objects made from stone and feathers, shells, seeds and bone were also used to make objects and decoration for ceremony and daily use.
Aboriginal art is an expression of the knowledge and the seniority of the individual, it also reveals their responsibilites and defines family and their connections to the land. Individuals inherit through their parents these rights and responsibilites, they must learn everything they can about their land, plants and animals before they become the caretakers.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
MAGPIE GEESE - by George Milpurrurra
www.makingtracks.com.au ... to see more designs
Aboriginal blank page journal, A5 size
PRICE AUD$9.95
There is a whole set of these fantastic blank page journals with artists paintings on the cover, some of the best-known artists such as Rover Thomas, Judy Napangardi Watson, Clifford Possum, Walala and many more.
These diary's have a variety of uses, receipes, drawings, diary etc....
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
THE BUSHFOOD HANDBOOK
for more books on bush tucker....www.makingtracks.com.au
AUD$21.95
How to gather, grow, process and cook Australian wild foods.
Bushfoods are now a part of the menus of many restaurants in Australia. This book is the first to present up-market recipes using bushfoods and suggesting their role in the development of an Australian cuisine. Where else but in Australia could you dine on bugs in a blanket, game meat with Illawarra plum and chilli sauce, rolled emu egg pavlova or wattleseed ice-cream with macadamia nut crisps?
A chapter on survival completes the text of the Bushfood Handbook and covers the survival skills and strategies of the Australian Aborigine and the modern survivalist. Together with the knowledge of how to get something to eat in the bush these skills can create ties with the bush to make us feel more at ease in our own homelands.
Monday, October 13, 2008
ABORIGINAL ART BOOKS - SPECIAL OFFER
www.makingtracks.com.au ....SPECIAL OFFER....FREE GIVEAWAY
purchase any Aboriginal art book on the Making Tracks website and you will receive an Aboriginal Blank Diary FREE...this offer is for the month of October only, until stocks run out.
When you make your purchase put in the comments box (under the address details) OCTOBER BLOG OFFER
THE LIFE AND ART OF AUSTRALIA'S TIWI PEOPLE
www.makingtracks.com.au ... take a trip to the Tiwi Islands thru the pages of this book
by Heide Smith
Price: AU$32.95 plus postage
The Tiwi are a proud and increasingly prosperous people; their geographical isolation has resulted in art forms that are unique and radically different from those of mainland Aborigines. The superb photography by Heide Smith (over 180 photographs - colour, black & white) captures the art, culture and spirit of these proud people. Paperback. Cat. No. MT069/JB
Sunday, October 12, 2008
ABORIGINAL ART BOOK - GENIUS OF PLACE
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Price: AU$39.95 plus postage
Recognised as one of Australia's greatest living artists, Kathleen Petyarre was born around 1940 on Atnangker country in the Utopia region, north-east of Alice Springs in Central Australia. This book provides a comprehensive insight into the Artist's life and work, lavishly illustrated with over 60 colour and black and white images.
Monday, October 6, 2008
THE SPIRIT OF ARNHEMLAND
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by Penny Tweedie
Price: AU$35.00 plus postage
In the area north of Australia, the oldest continent on Earth, lies the region that is home to one of the world's longest surviving cultures: Arnhem Land. The people who have lived here for over 50,000 years are member of more than 100 Aboriginal clans that comprise more than 60 language groups. This is a perceptive insight into the lives of the people of Arnhem Land striving to maintain their heritage and traditional life in a modern world. This unique powerful photographic essay reveals the outstanding beauty of Arnhem Land and the richness of the Aboriginal culture. Paperback
Saturday, June 7, 2008
ABORIGINAL ART - WANT TO LEARN MORE?
People everywhere are fascinated how the indigenous people of Australia and their culture, which goes back over 40,000 years, has become a worldwide art movement. Trying to understand these unique paintings can be very confusing. On Making Tracks website is a book, FREE DOWNLOAD, which will put you on the path to learning and understanding more.
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