Indigenous Art, Culture & Design -Week 8

During this weeks lecture/ tute we discussed the concept of  urban Aboriginal atists. Richard Bell, a prominent Indigenous artist, explores the notion of urban Aboriginal artists and their lack of recognition in comparison to traditional Aboriginal artists and the exploitation of art from romote communities.  Bell himself, along with Vernon AhKee is a member of the ProppaNOW Collective, a group of seven urban artists at the forefront of contemporary art in Australia.

Perhaps the whole 'urban Aboriginal artist vs traditional Aboriginal artist' debate could also be interpreted as 'an Aboriginal who paints art vs an Aboriginal artists'.

Below is a link to 'Bell's Theorem'. Have a read and see what you think!
http://www.kooriweb.org/foley/great/art/bell.html

ALSO

Below is a link to the transcript of an episode of 'Message Stick' detailing the ProppaNOW Collective.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/messagestick/stories/s3264665.htm

AND

A link to an article in the 'Blak on blak Vol 30 no 1, 2010' issue of 'Artlink', which discusses the ProppaNOW Collective and 'Bell's Theorem'.
http://www.artlink.com.au/articles/3359/learning-to-be-proppa-aboriginal-artists-collecti/