A poster for the film Russian Ark showing the Hermitage ‘ being engulfed by a tidal wave.
‘Are you interested in beauty, or just its representation?’
‘Russian Ark’; Essential viewing for curious artists, art lovers, and those wishing to learn beyond the everyday Western propaganda.
#beauty #art #film #russianfilm #arte #davesfaves
A colourful abstract, a rectangular centrepiece studded with circles and horizontal lines emerging outwards.
‘Apanyin’ by Patju Presley of the Pitjantjatjara people, Australia. Presley began painting on canvas when he was 59, his work is informed by the Western Desert, and stories of Country and Dreaming.
#art #aboriginal #indigenousart #abstractart #davesfaves #australia
A colourful abstract depicting shoreline hunting and gathering.
‘My Country’ by K B P Paul of the Kaiadilt peoples, Australia. The painting, influenced by Kaiadilt Ceremonial body designs, & living a traditional life away from Western culture, talks of coastal hunting and gathering on Bentinck Island.
#art #davesfaves #indigenous #firstnations #australianart
An abstract in browns, yellow ochre, white and black, representing the universe.
‘Garak (The Universe)’ by Gulumbu Yunupinu of the Yolnu people, Australia. Painted using earth pigment on bark. Each cross represents a star, and all that’s visible in the known universe. The dots are everything that isn’t seen. All is connected.
#indigenousart #art #stars #davesfaves
Installation view of a large black and white linocut print hung on a black wall.
‘Girelal’ by Alick Tipoti, of the Maluyligal people of Zenadh-Kes, Australia. At the time of its making in 2011, this 130 x 830cm linocut was believed to be the largest print ever produced from a single linoleum block onto a single sheet.
#art #davesfaves #indigenousart #linocut #australianart
Intricate black and white linocut showing traditional design mixed with modern imagery.
‘Mapping the Cosmos from Kisai’, linocut printed from one 80cm x 128cm block, by Brian Robinson of the Torres Strait, Australia.
#art #davesfaves #indigenousart #firstnations #linocut #australianart
Abstract multi coloured image showing the blue tongued lizard man singing a magical fire to chase his 2 sons, whose transgressions have ignited his rage.
‘Three Dreamings: Fire, Mulga Seed, and Emu,’ by Rosie Nangala Fleming of the Warlpiri people, NT, Australia.
#art #davesfaves #firstnations #indigenousart
A brown and yellow ochre image of a human like spirit dancing with lightning coming out of their elbows and making smooth round stones when they hit the ground.
‘Narrangem (Lightening Spirit)’ by Wally Mandarrk of the Kune peoples, NT, Aus. Natural pigments on bark. Mandarrk was a renowned rock painter who lived a traditional life. This image is of the spirit who creates lightening at the onset of monsoon.
#art #davesfaves #firstnations #indigenousart
A painting on eucalyptus bark of 4 snakes, in yellow ochre, brown, white and black.
‘Gunungu the Black Headed Python’ by George Milpurrurru of the Ganalbingu people, NT, Australia. 1987. The python is a master of the monsoon, bringing on rains by seeding clouds with spittle and creating electric storms with his tongue.
#art #davesfaves #indigenousart #firstnations #nature
A photo of Dora Carrington painting Catharine Carrington in 1924.
The resulting painting of Catharine, by Dora.
Dora Carrington painting Catharine Carrington, 1924, Kings, Cambridge. Dora, and others in ‘Bloomsbury’ such as Virginia Woolf, were despised at this time for their pacifism, and rejection of ‘norms’. The mainstream reaction to them nowadays would be similar.
#art #davesfaves #bloomsbury
A painting of red and white lines flowing horizontally, resembling sand dunes.
‘Kalipinypa’ by Charlotte Phillipus Napurrula, of the Warlpiri, NT, Australia. The title translates as ‘site/Country’ and this work focuses on sandhills shimmering with the power of the Ancestral beings who have walked Kalipinypa for 1,000’s of years.
#indigenousart #art #davesfaves #humanmade
Two paintings in shades of blue.
‘Welcoming The Refugees’, by Dhambit Mumungurr, a Yolnu artist from Arnhem Land, Australia. She was the 1st Yolnu artist ever to use the colour blue.
#indigenousart #art #davesfaves
A white underwater spirit being is in front of a red being, flanked by 2 sinking canoes, on a brown background. Behind is another canoe floating under a cream sky.
‘One who lives under the water’ by Blake Debassige, of the Ojibwa; an artist who’ve I’ve gained much inspiration from.
#davesfaves #indigenousart #art #spiritualart
A couple sit drinking on the right, a monkey sits on the left, behind them is a palm tree and a Spanish seascape.
‘Spanish Scene’, oil, ink, and silver foil on glass. One of my favourite works by Dora Carrington. 16.5cm x 20.3cm.
#davesfaves #art #bloomsbury #humanmade #carrington
Abstract black and white image of flowing lines representing windswept leaves.
‘Leaves’, by Gloria Tamerr Petyarr, of the Anmatyerr people, Utopia, NT, Australia. Original work is 70”x157”, acrylic on canvas.
#davesfaves #art #indigenousart #natureart
