Poetry in Review

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Amala Groom: Cosmic Body of remembrance
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Hannah Donnelly

Published 01 June 2019
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imagineNATIVE at 20
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Pauline Clague in conversation with Jason Ryle

Published 01 June 2019
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Sydney Elders: Continuing Aboriginal Stories

State Library of NSW

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Jonathan Jones

Published 01 June 2019
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Speaking back to colonial collections: Building living to Aboriginal archives
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Kirsten Thorpe

Published 01 June 2019
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Unravelling the past: Barbed wire and campfire learnings
Feature
Ali Cobby Eckermann

Published 01 June 2019
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Dark Emu: Thank the Earth
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Bruce Pascoe

Published 01 June 2019
Art Nocturne
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Deaths in custody: We've got to give it everything
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Lorena Allum

Published 01 June 2019
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Indigenous storytelling: Deconstructing the archetype
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Pauline Clague

Published 01 June 2019

Aboriginal poet Ken Canning ( Burraga Gutya) looks at the nature of poetry. 3 poems of Burraga Gutya included in the issue.

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Isolation: Jimmy Pike and Patricia Lowe in the Great Sandy Desert
Feature
Patricia Lowe

There can be few artists who live and work in such isolation as does Jimmy Pike. His isolation is not merely geographical, though our camp on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert is two and a half hours' drive in dry weather from Fitzroy Crossing and inaccessible in dry weather, but also social and artistic.

Published June 1990
Letter From Arnhem Land Where All the Real Art's Supposed To Be
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Steve Fox

"How many people still think that up north or in the centre is the only place for real Aboriginal art. You know when you work with it, selling it, buying it, you hear it all the time."

Published June 1990
The Bicentenary and Beyond: Recent Developments in Aboriginal Printmaking
Feature
Christine Watson

The period of 1986 - 1989 has been epoch making for Aboriginal printmaking, not necessarily because of an improvement in the quality of the prints produced during that time but because Aboriginal prints in forums broadly motivated by the centenary has allowed them to receive the recognition they deserve.

Published June 1990
Art After the Controversy
Feature
Stephanie Britton

Looks at the art practice in Moree in north western NSW.

Published June 1990
Balance Stories
Feature
Michael Eather

Two alternative opinions on Australia's most obvious cultural exchange - Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal- was the original conception of Balance 1990 Views, Visions, Influences - a collaborative exhibition originally titled Balance 1988: Two views One Vision. Beginning by artists sitting and talking it became obvious that there were more than just two perspectives.

Published June 1990
Two Artists from Yuendumu
Feature
Christine Lennard

Interview with Norah Nelson and Frank Bronson of Warlukurlangu Artists of Yuendumu prior to their first solo exhibition 'Our Dreaming' at the Dreamtime Gallery Perth Western Australia 18 February - 10 March 1990 Perth Festival.

Published June 1990
Mecca for Printmakers
Feature
Theo Tremblay

Looks at the Canberra School of Art Print Workshop has played a key role in encouraging Aboriginal artist to make prints.

Published June 1990
Night Cries - A Rural Tragedy; A film by Tracey Moffatt
Feature
Anne Rutherford

Two people suspended in a soundscape - a space punctuated by a stark and corrosive sound. The wail of a dingo, an owl, the grating beat of an iron lung, a gasp, a cry for breath and above all a cacophony of memory.

Published June 1990
Money, Corruption and Authenticity
Feature
Philip Batty

Whatever capital city one may visit these days, there will usually be an art gallery exhibiting works from the latest Aboriginal art movement. The demand for Aboriginal painting has probably doubled every year over the past decade and nowhere is this more evident than in central Australia.

Published June 1990
From Yuendumu to Paris
Feature
Peter McKenzie

Explores a historic trip for six traditional artists from Australia for the exhibition 'Magicians of the Earth'. This global overview was created to "reveal the force of communication" and was true to its title.

Published June 1990
Les Griggs
Artist Profile
Megan Griggs

Examines the paintings of Les Griggs.

Published June 1990
Tandanya: Australia's First Aboriginal Cultural Institute
Feature
Kay Hannaford

Article which looks at Tandanya - Australia's first Aboriginal Cultural Institute located in Adelaide South Australia.

Published June 1990
 
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