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The Art of Aboriginal Australia - NUS Alumni Event

A Collection of Fine Aboriginal Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by NANCY CHAPMAN of Martumili Artists. The title is Pirkily Warla. [08-930] (Acrylic on Linen)

NANCY CHAPMAN

Pirkily Warla


08-930
Acrylic on Linen
149 x 77cm | 58.66 x 30.31in
Martumili Artists

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by YVONNE KUNOTH of Tangentyere Artists. The title is Wild Berries - ’Snottygobbles’. [TAYK09C3589] (Acrylic on Canvas)

YVONNE KUNOTH

Wild Berries - ’Snottygobbles’


TAYK09C3589
Acrylic on Canvas
90 x 60cm | 35.43 x 23.62in
Tangentyere Artists

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SHANE PICKETT of Miscellaneous Artists. The title is Bobtail Tracks and Berry Bush. [SP01720] (Acrylic on Linen)

SHANE PICKETT

Bobtail Tracks and Berry Bush


SP01720
Acrylic on Linen
61 x 55cm | 24.02 x 21.65in
Miscellaneous Artists

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by ALMA NUNGARRAYI GRANITES of Warlukurlangu Artists (Yuendumu). The title is Yanjirlpirri or Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa (Star or Seven Sisters Dreaming). [718/10] (Acrylic on Linen)

ALMA NUNGARRAYI GRANITES (dec)

Yanjirlpirri or Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa (Star or…


718/10
Acrylic on Linen
122 x 91cm | 48.03 x 35.83in
Warlukurlangu Artists (Yuendumu)

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by RAYMOND TJAPALTJARRI of Papunya Tula Artists. The title is Wirrilpinya. [RT0805046] (Acrylic on Linen)

RAYMOND TJAPALTJARRI

Wirrilpinya


RT0805046
Acrylic on Linen
91 x 61cm | 35.83 x 24.02in
Papunya Tula Artists

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by BRENTON KEN of Tjala Artists. The title is Ngayuku Ngura - My Country. [0021-08] (Acrylic on Linen)

BRENTON KEN

Ngayuku Ngura - My Country


0021-08
Acrylic on Linen
101.5 x 75cm | 39.96 x 29.53in
Tjala Artists

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by DORIS BUSH NUNGARRAYI of Papunya Tjupi Artists. The title is Papa Tjukurrpa (Dog Dreaming) - Nyumannu. [021-10] (Acrylic on Linen)

DORIS BUSH NUNGARRAYI

Papa Tjukurrpa (Dog Dreaming) - Nyumannu


021-10
Acrylic on Linen
0 x 0cm | 0 x 0in
Papunya Tjupi Artists

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by IDA TAYLOR of Martumili Artists. The title is Warrarn (Country). [07-418] (Acrylic on Canvas)

IDA TAYLOR

Warrarn (Country)


07-418
Acrylic on Canvas
0 x 0cm | 0 x 0in
Martumili Artists

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by KAWAYI NAMPITJINPA of Papunya Tula Artists. The title is Rockhole Site of Pinpirrnga. [KN0510087] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)

KAWAYI NAMPITJINPA (dec)

Rockhole Site of Pinpirrnga


KN0510087
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
91 x 61cm | 35.83 x 24.02in
Papunya Tula Artists

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by ALISON INKAMALA of Tangentyere Artists. The title is Mt Hermannsburg - Ntaria. [TAAI10C3847] (Acrylic on Canvas)

ALISON INKAMALA

Mt Hermannsburg - Ntaria


TAAI10C3847
Acrylic on Canvas
55 x 60cm | 21.65 x 23.62in
Tangentyere Artists

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by BILL DOONDAY of Warlayirti Artists (Balgo). The title is Mungai. [381/04] (Acrylic on Canvas)

BILL DOONDAY

Mungai


381/04
Acrylic on Canvas
100 x 50cm | 39.37 x 19.69in
Warlayirti Artists (Balgo)

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30 Jul 2011

The Art of Indigenous Australia is one of the oldest, richest and most complex forms of creative expression in human history. Indigenous people across the continent have been representing their social history, spiritual beliefs and cultural practices in a visually creative fashion since time immemorial. The designs, patterns and stories were taught to Aboriginal people by the ancestors and reinforced and replicated through ritual, dance, song, body paint for ceremony, rock engravings and paintings and on domestic and ritual objects.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art is as much alive today as it was 60,000 years ago. As in the ancient past, the art is not separable from everyday life. It is lively and positive art that describes and engages the world in a variety of ways.

The Art of Indigenous Australians today takes on many forms. Despite significant change and diversity, the art retains an underlying unity of inspiration – the land and human relationships that are associated with it. It has solid links with the past but is firmly positioned as political, social and creative action in the present.

This event is STRICTLY by invitation only and a private event arranged by the NUS Office of Alumni Relations and The China Society, sponsored by the Shaw Foundation and supported by ReDot Fine Art Gallery.