#aboriginalart — Public Fediverse posts

Eubena Nampitjin (1921-2013)

https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2026/07/01/eubena-nampitjin/

Who is Emily Kam Kngwarray?

This prolific Aboriginal artist began making art in her 60s—and produced nearly 3,000 works before her death. Kngwarray was deeply connected to her community and their land. She took the name of the pencil yam, a crucial crop for the Anmatyerre people.
https://www.nga.gov/stories/articles/who-emily-kam-kngwarray?utm_source=National+Gallery+of+Art&utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #Aboriginalart #art

As well as being a Reiki Master my wife, (an Australian Aboriginal) are both artists, (so is our daughter). Anyway I'm sharing a road mural we did a little while ago for the Melbourne suburb, Point Cook.
#publicart #pointcook #RoadMural #FionaClarke #Fiona #aboriginalart#streetart #art #urbanart #mural #muralart #contemporaryart #murals #artist #artistforhire #artwork #painting #urbanwalls #artinstallation #community #artistsoninstagram #publicartwork #design #communityarts

We recently watched the doco Emily: I Am Kam, from NITV. It's an amazing in-depth look at the life of one of Australia's greatest artists, Emily Kam Kngwarray.

Lovely to get such great coverage of her life, with her family and friends from over the years. Having seen the doco about the exhibition of her work in Japan, it was great to get more of her story.

Streaming now on SBS On Demand, however that's at 720p resolution and may be a little blurry on the beautiful artworks. We recorded off NITV ages ago, only just watched it last week. Would recommend watching out for it on NITV to get it in 1080p, as it'll no doubt come around again.

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/emily-i-am-kam/2434404931895
https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/media-centre/news/2025/06-12-nitv-emily-i-am-kam

#SBSOnDemand #NITV #EmilyIAmKam #AboriginalArt

#Art and Post Colonial #Activism : Conversation with Richard Bell

NEW YORK, November 15, 2024 — Multimedia #artist Richard Bell reflects on his journey from #activist to artist, exploring how his work and involvement in the #AboriginalArt community influence the conversation around #Indigenous and #HumanRights in Australia and beyond.

Carin Kuoni, senior director and chief curator of Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School, moderates the conversation. (1 hr., 25 min.)

This conversation is part of a series of programs held in conjunction with the Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal #Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala, on view at #AsiaSocietyMuseum through January 5, 2025.

https://asiasociety.org/video/art-and-post-colonial-activism-conversation-richard-bell

#decolonization

Australian Aboriginal elder & artist Daisy Loongkoonan (c. 1910 – 2018) started painting at 94. She's pictured below exhibiting her work age 105.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongkoonan

#WomensArt #Painting #Aboriginal #Australia #AboriginalArt

My first hand exprience with Aboriginal curated bush medicine.
The leaves of a tree had been boiled creating an oily fragragrant brew with anti-inflamatory properties.
The leaves & the brew were then massaged gently onto my hands over some bruises and the treatment accelerated the recovery & their full disappearance.
The brewed substance although oily evaporated very quickly and left no stains whatsoever.

And what made it more memorable was that the masseur was a famous Australian Aboriginal artist (Dhopiya Yunupingu!)👍 😍 :awesome_rotate:
#photography #travel #arnhemland #humor #AboriginalArt #medicine #bushmedicine

I just had to buy this piece (artist: Elizabeth Dixon) which features a Dromornis bone and the skull of the new species of Baru which I am so close to naming (publication just weeks away). 2/2

#Mekosuchinae #Baru #AboriginalArt #EngawalaArtCentre

Today I had the pleasure of attending the opening of Engawala Art Centre. Engawala is an Aboriginal community very close to the Alcoota fossil site. We have been working together with the artists of Engawala, to sell some of their work at Megafauna Central, and bringing the artists to the fossils so that they may create Alcoota-themed works. 1/2

#MegafaunaCentral #AboriginalArt #Alcoota #EngawalaArtCentre

https://theconversation.com/beware-red-flags-and-fakes-how-to-buy-authentic-first-nations-designs-that-benefit-creators-and-communities-196290
All too often when people buy artworks by Indigenous Australians, incorporating culture specific imagery, they later discover the work was produced in another country. This is a guide to ensuring that the artwork belong to the culture it depicts #AboriginalArt #auspol

AAAS: "Aboriginal knowledge links Australia's 'fairy circles' to termites" Australian Aboriginals have provided insights which may help settle a debate about the origin of these mysterious small patches of barren earth. "Some ecologists think the patches, found in arid grasslands in Australia and Namibia, result from plants competing for water and nutrients." But a study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution argues this explanation ignores an alternative perspective. Thousands of yrs of Aboriginal knowledge incorporated into paintings + stories tell a different tale, that the circles 'stem in part from underground nests of flying harvester termites.' Australia's original peoples gathered them for food + other uses. "Dozens of Aboriginal elders and experts, listed as co-authors on the new paper, shared this traditional knowledge with partners at Australian research institutions." The confirmation came from digging trenches in the patches, known locally in Western Australia as linyji, which revealed extensive termite tunnels. "The authors say the results offer a lesson for scientists who ignore the traditional knowledge of Indigenous people." There you've heard it, another win for the home team. The photos are of an aerial photograph (first image) and a 1976 painting (second image) by Aboriginal artist Kaapa Tjampitjinpa. F. WALSH ET AL., NAT. ECOL. EVOL., 10.1038/S41559-023-01994-1 (2023)   #termites    #aboriginalart

Last year I ordered this print, Tree of Life, for a friend in the United States who had been a whistleblower about racism and ableism at a certain nonprofit. Flashblak sent me the print to send but then never gave me her payment info (this was when we'd known each other online but I hadn't met her in person yet or found her shop to go give her money for things).

She's a very generous and talented soul and definitely deserves to have more people know about her art and buy things from her.

#Flashblak #AboriginalArt #BrisbaneArtists #AboriginalArtists

I finally have a frame for this beautiful print that I bought from my friend last year. Pic is very glary, but it's protected and ready to be hung up on the wall.

The print is called "This is Me" and the artist is Flashblak. Her shop is here if anyone wants to own one of their own prints! flashblak.com.au/Shop.php She also sells a lot of other things too.

#AboriginalArt #AboriginalArtists #Flashblak #BrisbaneArtists #Brisbane #Meanjin

One of my favourite examples of how public art can be beautiful, but also make people feel welcome/feel that they belong - City of Vincent, which has a large LGBT population, got Whadjuk/Balladong Nyoongar and Eastern Arrernte artist J.D. Penangke to paint this traffic box with rainbow coloured art for Pride.

You can see more of her art at https://www.jdpenangke.com and https://www.facebook.com/JDpenangke

#LGBT
#Pride
#JDPenangke
#AboriginalArt
#Mural
#SprayPaintArt
#StreetArt
#UrbanArt

One of my favourite mural artists is Aboriginal artist J.D. Penangke. This is an AMAZING giant mural of two long-necked tortoises that she painted on a basketball court, seen from above.

#JDPenangke
#AboriginalArt
#Tortoise
#LongNeckedTortoise
#Mural
#SprayPaintArt
#StreetArt
#UrbanArt

Old wasps nests help us understand old art - Enlarge (credit: Mark Jones)
Tens of thousands of ancient paintings adorn rock outcrops and shelt... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1658352 #aboriginalart #carbondating #archeology #science