Preamble
For your convenience I have listed below other posts on Australian aboriginal textiles and artwork.
Untitled Artworks (Exhibition - ArtCloth: Engaging New Visions) Tjariya (Nungalka) Stanley and Tjunkaya Tapaya, Ernabella Arts (Australia)
ArtCloth from the Tiwi Islands
Aboriginal Batik From Central Australia
ArtCloth from Utopia
Aboriginal Art Appropriated by Non-Aboriginal Artists
ArtCloth from the Women of Ernabella
ArtCloth From Kaltjiti (Fregon)
Australian Aboriginal Silk Paintings
Contemporary Aboriginal Prints
Batiks from Kintore
Batiks From Warlpiri (Yuendumu)
Aboriginal Batiks From Northern Queensland
Artworks From Remote Aboriginal Communities
Urban Aboriginal ArtCloths
Western Australian Aboriginal Fabric Lengths
Northern Editions - Aboriginal Prints
Aboriginal Bark Paintings
Contemporary Aboriginal Posters (1984) - (1993)
The Art of Arthur Pambegan Jr
Aboriginal Art - Colour Power
Aboriginal Art - Part I
Aboriginal Art - Part II
The Art of Ngarra
The Paintings of Patrick Tjungurrayi
Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri
Australian Aboriginal Rock Art - Part I
Australian Aboriginal Rock Art - Part II
Introduction
Nowadays, Aboriginal Art can easily juxtapose traditional themes and motifs using modern art theories and techniques. There does not have to be a division between an "either" and an "or" (that is, each of two, namely, choosing one or the other of two). This is especially pronounced, because of the cross-culturalism of today's Aboriginal artists and the communities that they live in. Their visual and verbal experiences we all share. We all change! As we progress our experiences are sometimes shared and at other times are viewed or interpreted using a different spirtual lens.
In every cultural setting, there are commonalities not experienced nor shared by other cultural groups, not because of ignorance, but because of a psychological framework that will always ensure existence of such boundaries.
Below are some contemporary Aboriginal Art using mixed media on paper that featured in the National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia) exhibition titled: 'Colour Power[1].' I hope you enjoy these artworks as much as I do.
Marie-Therese
Aboriginal Art - Part I[1]
Bronwyn Bancroft[1]
Bronwyn Bancroft is probably best known for her fabric designs and her work in the fashion and textile industry. She is a member of the Boomali Aboriginal Ko-operative and lives and works in Balmain (Sydney, NSW).
Her outlet "Designer Aboriginals" sells Browyn's prints, paintings, fabric and clothing as well as work by other Aboriginal designers, printmakers and fabric workers. She grew up in northwestern New South Wales (Australia). After completing her Higher School Certificate she travelled to Canberra and completed a Diploma of Visual Arts at the Canberra School of Arts.
Artist:Bronwyn Bancroft
Title: Eternal Eclipse (1988).
Media: Acrylic on card.
Size: 62 x 76 cm.
Title: Black Over White Under (1989).
Media: Acrylic on card.
Size: 66 x 78 cm.
Title: Koori Kompact (1988).
Media: Acrylic on card.
Size: 62 x 76 cm.
Fiona Foley[1]
Fiona Foley is one of the founding members of Boomalli Aboriginal Artist Ko-operative in Sydney, Australia. Her work has received prominence within the inner city urban art viewing network, although her childhood and background are in coastal Queensland (Australia). She is a descendant of the Butchulla people of Fraser Island (Australia).
Her current works, often called paintings, but which she herself refers to as drawings, are executed in pastel and crayon, inks and pencil. They strongly reflect her involvement with space and form, and have strength perhaps derived from her appreciation and involvement with sculpture as a student.
Title: Expo 88 (1988).
Media: Pastel on paper.
Size: 56.5 x76.5 cm.
Title: Gunababi 3 (1988).
Media: Oil crayon on paper.
Size: 56.5 x 76.5 cm.
Title: Dugong 2 (1988).
Media: Ink and pastel on paper.
Size: 56.5 x 76.5 cm.
Title: Barunga (1988)
Media: Pastel on paper.
Size: 56.5 x 76.5 cm.
Title: Men's Business (1988).
Media: Oil crayon and pastel on paper.
Size: 56.5 x 76.5 cm.
Title: Gunabibi 1 (1988).
Media: Pastel on paper.
Size: 56.5 x 76.5 cm.
Wanjidari[1]
Wanjidari was born in Townsville (Queensland, Australia), a member of the Wadja Wadja people. She spent her childhood in the Woorabinda district, west of Rockhampton (Queensland, Australia). Although her European name is Leanne Reidm since graduating in art from Cairns TAFE College, Wanjidari uses her tribal name exclusively. It translates as "White flower of the bush."
Although she barely completed year 8 at school she won an important art competition while at school which gave her confidence in her creative abilities amd the determination to develop them.
Title: Barramundi Motif (1988).
Media: Acrylic on paper.
Size: 96 x 70 cm.
Reference:
[1] J. Ryan, Colour Power, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2004).
For your convenience I have listed below other posts on Australian aboriginal textiles and artwork.
Untitled Artworks (Exhibition - ArtCloth: Engaging New Visions) Tjariya (Nungalka) Stanley and Tjunkaya Tapaya, Ernabella Arts (Australia)
ArtCloth from the Tiwi Islands
Aboriginal Batik From Central Australia
ArtCloth from Utopia
Aboriginal Art Appropriated by Non-Aboriginal Artists
ArtCloth from the Women of Ernabella
ArtCloth From Kaltjiti (Fregon)
Australian Aboriginal Silk Paintings
Contemporary Aboriginal Prints
Batiks from Kintore
Batiks From Warlpiri (Yuendumu)
Aboriginal Batiks From Northern Queensland
Artworks From Remote Aboriginal Communities
Urban Aboriginal ArtCloths
Western Australian Aboriginal Fabric Lengths
Northern Editions - Aboriginal Prints
Aboriginal Bark Paintings
Contemporary Aboriginal Posters (1984) - (1993)
The Art of Arthur Pambegan Jr
Aboriginal Art - Colour Power
Aboriginal Art - Part I
Aboriginal Art - Part II
The Art of Ngarra
The Paintings of Patrick Tjungurrayi
Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri
Australian Aboriginal Rock Art - Part I
Australian Aboriginal Rock Art - Part II
Introduction
Nowadays, Aboriginal Art can easily juxtapose traditional themes and motifs using modern art theories and techniques. There does not have to be a division between an "either" and an "or" (that is, each of two, namely, choosing one or the other of two). This is especially pronounced, because of the cross-culturalism of today's Aboriginal artists and the communities that they live in. Their visual and verbal experiences we all share. We all change! As we progress our experiences are sometimes shared and at other times are viewed or interpreted using a different spirtual lens.
In every cultural setting, there are commonalities not experienced nor shared by other cultural groups, not because of ignorance, but because of a psychological framework that will always ensure existence of such boundaries.
Below are some contemporary Aboriginal Art using mixed media on paper that featured in the National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia) exhibition titled: 'Colour Power[1].' I hope you enjoy these artworks as much as I do.
Marie-Therese
Aboriginal Art - Part I[1]
Bronwyn Bancroft[1]
Bronwyn Bancroft is probably best known for her fabric designs and her work in the fashion and textile industry. She is a member of the Boomali Aboriginal Ko-operative and lives and works in Balmain (Sydney, NSW).
Her outlet "Designer Aboriginals" sells Browyn's prints, paintings, fabric and clothing as well as work by other Aboriginal designers, printmakers and fabric workers. She grew up in northwestern New South Wales (Australia). After completing her Higher School Certificate she travelled to Canberra and completed a Diploma of Visual Arts at the Canberra School of Arts.
Title: Eternal Eclipse (1988).
Media: Acrylic on card.
Size: 62 x 76 cm.
Media: Acrylic on card.
Size: 66 x 78 cm.
Media: Acrylic on card.
Size: 62 x 76 cm.
Fiona Foley[1]
Fiona Foley is one of the founding members of Boomalli Aboriginal Artist Ko-operative in Sydney, Australia. Her work has received prominence within the inner city urban art viewing network, although her childhood and background are in coastal Queensland (Australia). She is a descendant of the Butchulla people of Fraser Island (Australia).
Her current works, often called paintings, but which she herself refers to as drawings, are executed in pastel and crayon, inks and pencil. They strongly reflect her involvement with space and form, and have strength perhaps derived from her appreciation and involvement with sculpture as a student.
Media: Pastel on paper.
Size: 56.5 x76.5 cm.
Media: Oil crayon on paper.
Size: 56.5 x 76.5 cm.
Media: Ink and pastel on paper.
Size: 56.5 x 76.5 cm.
Media: Pastel on paper.
Size: 56.5 x 76.5 cm.
Media: Oil crayon and pastel on paper.
Size: 56.5 x 76.5 cm.
Media: Pastel on paper.
Size: 56.5 x 76.5 cm.
Wanjidari[1]
Wanjidari was born in Townsville (Queensland, Australia), a member of the Wadja Wadja people. She spent her childhood in the Woorabinda district, west of Rockhampton (Queensland, Australia). Although her European name is Leanne Reidm since graduating in art from Cairns TAFE College, Wanjidari uses her tribal name exclusively. It translates as "White flower of the bush."
Although she barely completed year 8 at school she won an important art competition while at school which gave her confidence in her creative abilities amd the determination to develop them.
Media: Acrylic on paper.
Size: 96 x 70 cm.
Reference:
[1] J. Ryan, Colour Power, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2004).
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