Art and artists
The Shimmer of Light: Rattling Spears by Ian W. McLean
Nothing is simple in this philosophical arena, where rattling spears and tjurunga contend with sextants and theodolites; cans of spray paint with the sepia tones of old colonial photographs. The question is how to make a future. If the Dreaming was always about eternity poured into time, the problem the Enlightenment brought with it—along with its Cartesian accoutrements—was how to protect eternity from time.
Sheer Pleasure: Aboriginal Art and Australian Society
This is not a study of Aboriginal art but of the way that Aboriginal art has been written and spoken about, mostly in Australia, since the 1970s. Fisher’s object is not only ‘art criticism’, as that phrase is usually understood, but also policy discourse in which Aboriginal art is understood to be a means to an end.’
Being an Aboriginal Artist is not a Lifestyle Choice
‘It is hard to imagine a life lived if you have not lived it. From the very first time that I could discern shade from light, line from tone, I have been in love with art and the creation of that art. I am here today because I am a creative creature, a creator if you will. But it is a long way from where I began.’ Bronwyn Bancroft on being an Aboriginal Artist.