Indigenous Art, Culture & Design - Week 9

 

In our lecture this week we had a guest presenter by the name of Nici Cumpston. Nici is a curator at the Art Gallery of South Australia and was responsible for curating the 'Desert Country' exhibition. The exhibition, which ran from October 2010 to January 2011 showcased works, drawn entirely from the extensive holdings of Aboriginal art from the Art Gallery of South Australia's pioneering collection. The exhibition was the first to chart the evolution of the Australian desert painting movement. A total of 95 artists were represented in the exhibition with 100 artworks being showcased.

Throughout my time viewing Indigenous art, I have found that I am drawn to artworks that display bold shapes and bright colours. Below are some of my favourite artworks that were displayed in the exhibition.
 

  Rover Thomas (Kukatja/Wangkatjunga people), 'Paruku, Lake Gregory', 1991

 

 Ginger Wikilyiri (Pitjantjatjara people), 'Kunumata' 2009

 Lilly Kelly Napangardi (Luritja/Walpiri people), 'Sandhills' 2005

Below is the link to a booklet produced by the gallery which showcases some of the artists that were represented in the exhibition.

http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/agsa/home/Learning/docs/DesertCountryResource.pdf

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All images sourced from: http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/national/desert-country-20110818-1j0ba.html