Tag Archives: Indigenous art

All the Camp Dogs Sing This Song

Posted on January 12, 2019 by

Ku (2012) [Natural ochres with acrylic binder on milkwood] by Garry Namponan; and Ku (2012) [Natural ochres and charcoal with acrylic binder on milkwood] by Roderick Yunkaporta. Garry Namponan (born 1960+) is a Ku (camp dog) sculpture artist, home is … Continue reading →

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The Brother Hoods of Fiona Foley

Posted on November 24, 2018 by

[Badtjala people, Wondunna clan, Maryborough Queensland synthetic inks on textile-  7 robes with hoods] Fiona Foley (born 1964) is a contemporary Indigenous Australian artist from Badtjala, Fraser Island, Queensland. She studied at the Sydney College of the Arts, and as … Continue reading →

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Karntakurlangu Jukurrpa aka Women’s Dreaming

Posted on June 1, 2015 by

Dorothy Napangardi was a Warlpiri speaking contemporary Indigenous Australian artist born in the early 1950s in a location referred to as Mina Mina, near Lake Mackay in the Tanami Desert.  Napangardi grew up in the settlement town of Yuendumu and spent most … Continue reading →

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