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Contemporary Indigenous Australian art is a national movement of international significance with work by Indigenous artists, including paintings by those from the Western Desert, achieving widespread critical acclaim. Because naming conventions for Indigenous Australians vary widely, this list is ordered by first name rather than surname.
Benjamin Duterrau (2 March 1767– 11 July 1851) was an English painter, etcher, engraver, sculptor and art lecturer who emigrated to Tasmania. There he became known for his images of Indigenous people and Australian history paintings. [1] [2]
The Tasmanian Palawa Aboriginal community is making an effort to reconstruct and reintroduce a Tasmanian language, called palawa kani out of the various records on Tasmanian languages. Other Tasmanian Aboriginal communities use words from traditional Tasmanian languages, according to the language area they were born or live in.
In 1987, she took part in "Aboriginal Australians in Print and Poster", co-curated by an Aboriginal and non Aboriginal person. [7] A collaborative work with Damian Smith, called Bruny, won the Art of Place Reconciliation Award in the Fifth National Indigenous Heritage Art Awards in 2000, and was exhibited in the accompanying Art of Place ...
Bell works in many media: paintings, video art, installations, text art and performance art.His subjects are largely based on various Indigenous rights issues: the effect of colonialism on Aboriginal people in Australia, which has rendered their history invisible; identity; and the complex issues surrounding the production of Aboriginal art.
Whereas many western artists pursue formal training and work as individuals, most contemporary Indigenous art is created in community groups and art centres. [75] One of the main reasons the Yuendumu movement, based at Warlukurlangu Artists was established, and later flourished, was due to the feeling of exploitation amongst artists.
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri AO (1932 – 21 June 2002) was an Australian painter, considered to be one of the most collected and renowned Australian Aboriginal artists.His paintings are held in galleries and collections in Australia and elsewhere, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the National Gallery of Australia, the Kelton Foundation and the Royal Collection.
Regina Pilawuk Wilson is an Australian Aboriginal artist known for her paintings, printmaking and woven fiber-artworks. [1] She paints syaws (fish nets), warrgarri (dilly bag), and message sticks. [2] Her work has been shown in many Australian and international museums, collections and galleries. [3]