https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Fruit-Bats-Sapur-Au-Kubi--2009/4731EFD54C2D3009
🦇 #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #BillyMissi #Australian #AboriginalArt #Contemporary
Billy Missi (1970 - 2012)
SAPUR AU KUBI (DARK FLOCK OF BATS), 2006
Linocut print on Arches paper
Justin Hayes Perrurle (Northern Territory, Australia), "Spirits at Springs," acrylic on linen, 2004; Hood Museum of Art. #australia #spiritual #aboriginalart #aboriginalculture #abstractart #art #arte #acrylic #museum #artgallery
People admiring the sculpture, which is comprised entirely of hand-carved wooden spears.
People sitting around the sculpture during its unveiling.
A close-up of one of the wooden spears.
Looking up at the ceiling from underneath the sculpture.
"The Kulata Tjuta (Many Spears) Project is a series of major installation-based works rooted in age-old traditions, knowledge and skills that are designed around keeping Country and culture strong. It is an ongoing cultural maintenance project that shares the […]
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Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from the Australian Desert show at Grey Art Museum here in #NYC
#art #museums #AboriginalArt
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.
www.nga.gov/stories/arti... #globalmuseum #Aboriginalart #art
Alma Kalaju Webou, "Pinkalarta," synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 2006; Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Australia. #australia #aboriginalart #indigenousart #modernart #art #arte #abstractart #spiritual #paintings #museum #artgallery
Alison Munti Riley (Pitjantjatjara, South Australia, b.1966), "Seven Sisters," acrylic on canvas, nd; photo: Japingka Aboriginal Art. #australia #aboriginalart #abstract #abstractart #spiritual #spirituality #ancestral #modernart #art #arte #acrylic #paintings #museum #artgallery
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair and Indigenous Fashion Projects have now opened the 2026 National Indigenous Fashion Award Nominations: www.ifp.org.au/nifa-2026-no...
#AboriginalArt #Fashion #Indigenous
"Bush Plum Dreaming"
Tammy Matthews (b.1962) lives in the Northern Rivers Area of New South Wales.
#painting #art #australianart #aboriginalart #acrylics
Jampalwarnu Paddy Japaljarri Gibson (Australia, Walpiri, c.1925-2001), "Bush Potato Dreaming," synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 1988; National Gallery of Victoria. #australia #indigenousart #aboriginalart #abstractart #spiritualart #dreaming #art #blueskyart #museum #modernart
Bradley Tunkin (Pitjantjatjara People, Australia, b.1976), "Emu Dreaming," synthetic polymer paint on linen, 2013; Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA). #art #blueskyart #australia #aboriginalart #aboriginalhistory #firstnations #painting #contemporaryart #museum #spiritual
©Niningka Munkuri Lewis (Pitjantjatjara, South Australia, 1945-2020), "Ara irititja," nd; Art Gallery of South Australia. #art #blueskyart #aboriginalart #australia #indigenousart #artmuseum #contemporaryart #spiritual #aboriginalculture #museum
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Flying-Fox/DBF6C45D1967F0AB
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#20thCentury #21stCentury
Charlie Numunawuy
FLYING FOX
Natural pigments and acrylic on canvas
Marianne Burton (Punmu Community, Australia, b.1966), "Yalta," contemporary painting, nd; photo: Art Ark. #australia #aboriginalart #abstractart #art #indigenousart #artmuseum #museum #gallery
TIM LEURA TJAPALTJARRI Emu Travelling Dreaming, 1972 powder pigment on composition board 30 x 50 cm SOLD at Auction 2025: AUD $55,000
Emu Travelling Dreaming, 1972
TIM LEURA TJAPALTJARRI
powder pigment on composition board
30 x 50 cm
#Art #Australian #AboriginalArt #EmuDreaming #NaturalPigments #Painting
Patsy Mudgedell (Kukatja People, Australia, b.1960), "Bush Tucker Fusion," synthetic polymer paint on linen, 2019; Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art. #indigenousart #art #abstractart #aboriginalart #artmuseum #womanartist
A vibrant, circular Aboriginal dot painting. The central design features concentric rings of black and white dots surrounding a series of nested, curved shapes in red, ochre, and black. This central motif is surrounded by a complex, dense pattern of multicolored dots, including shades of blue, yellow, red, and white, arranged in wave-like, organic bands that radiate outwards to the edges of the canvas. The overall effect is highly textured and energetic.
Absolutely captivated by this stunning Aboriginal artwork! The intricate patterns and vibrant colors tell such a rich story. Every swirl and line feels like a connection to ancient wisdom and the land. So much beauty
#photography Hans-Joachim Rosehr
#AboriginalArt #IndigenousArt #Storytelling 🎨
The urgency in acquiring art is our time is short, values are rising, and the legacy is now. Visit our home ozfineart.au to find your favourite piece. #fineart #australianart #artstory #aboriginalart
A medium-shot portrait of an Aboriginal man playing a long, wooden didgeridoo while seated on a brick pathway outdoors. He is wearing a black tank top with the Aboriginal flag design on the chest and light olive-green pants. His eyes are closed, showing deep concentration on the music. Behind him is an artistic, painted wooden structure or wall.
Ancient Rhythms in the Sunshine State: Queensland's Soulful Didgeridoo Music
#photography Hans-Joachim Rosehr
#Australia #AboriginalArt
#Didgeridoo
#Queensland #QLD
#IndigenousAustralia
#AboriginalCulture
Close-up of a colorful Aboriginal-inspired Melbourne mural across connected panels, depicting a contemplative portrait with bold yellows, reds, whites, and a blue sky backdrop. #StreetArt #MelbourneStreetArt #MelbourneArt #PublicArt #UrbanArt #MuralArt #AboriginalArt #IndigenousArt
Colorful Aboriginal-inspired Melbourne mural expresses emotion through bold urban color.
#photography Hans-Joachim Rosehr
#Australia
#MelbourneStreetArt
#StreetArt
#MelbourneArt
#AboriginalArt
#IndigenousArt
#UrbanArt
#PublicArt
My review of the awe-inspiring art festival DESERT MOB in Moarntwe- Alice Springs.
#desertmob #indigenousart #desertart #aboriginalart #artcriticism #artwriting
www.smh.com.au/culture/art-...
Building our House 48"x72" panel done & delivered!
#aboriginal #aboriginalart #bcfirstnations #design #firstnations #firstnationsart #houseofculture #mikedangeli #nisgaa #nisgaaart #tsimshian #tsmshianart #tsetsaut #tsetsautart #panel #painting
34" drum done!
#aboriginal #aboriginalart #alaskanative #alaskanativeart #bcfirstnations #design #firstnations #firstnationsart #mikedangeli #nisgaa #nisgaaart #tsimshian #tsimshianart
“Meeting Place” 20” drum acrylic on elk skin, wood hoop. Collection of Idyllwild Arts Academy Idyllwild, California.
#aboriginal #aboriginalart #drum #design #formline #mikedangeli #mikedangelidesigns #nisgaa #nisgaaart #tsimshian #tsimshianart #westcoast #westcoastart
16"x27" Bear coming out of the Den Done!!
#aboriginal #aboriginalart #alaskanative #bcfirstnations #design #firstnations #firstnationsart #houseofculture #mikedangeli #nisgaa #nisgaaart #native #nativeart #painting #tsimshian #tsimshianart
Screenshot of journal article. Title: The Symbolic Australian Desert. Author: Steve Morton. Abstract: Arid Australia is lightly peopled, and so in past eras its representation in art and literature has often been based on fleeting visits. The paucity of personally lived experience has encouraged commentators to use it as a blank canvas for a contradictory range of imputed meanings, from emptiness to plenitude. The country is occasionally benign yet is mostly hot and dry: the resulting attitude of deficit is exemplified by Sidney Nolan’s “Desert and Drought” paintings of the 1950s. Yet a subsequent explosion of Aboriginal art, and of written accounts revealing the appetite of Aboriginal people for connection with Country, has helped swing the pendulum towards mystique, and settler Australians have begun to interpret the deserts sympathetically. Even so, settler Australians struggle to see this tough country as habitable. Western ideals have run up against a landscape unusually inimical to industrial and agricultural purposes, such that now the inland may best be interpreted as a symbol of the limits to human endeavour.
In 49.3's desert special section, Morton explores the various meanings that have been inscribed across the desert by settler Australians, then changed by a new appreciation of Aboriginal art.
#OzStudies #OpenAccess #desert #Australia #AboriginalArt
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