Aboriginal Arts Unit Australia Council

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Nagesh's recipe for Biryani
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Nagesh Seethiah

Published 01 December 2019
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Geological pit stops: Kate Hill and Isadora Vaughan
Feature
Abbra Kotlarczyk

Published 01 March 2020
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Duchamp and Australia: In opposition
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Rex Butler and A.D.S. Donaldson

Published 01 March 2020
Artlink Subs Promo
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The Brazilian moment: A picture gallery in transformation
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John Mateer

Published 01 March 2020
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Crafty prepping
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Sera Waters

Published 01 March 2020
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2019: The year of our cyberpunk future
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Darren Jorgensen

Published 01 March 2020
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Art in the time of the burning
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Ian Milliss

Published 01 January 2020
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Reading the entrails: Digesting posthuman entanglement
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Sasha Grbich

Published 01 December 2019

The Aboriginal Arts Board was dis-established in June 1989...the Australia Council established the Aboriginal Arts Committee to replace the Board.

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Maningrida: Traditions Open to Change
Feature
Diane Moon

Maningrida Art and Craft is synonymous with the best of contemporary traditional Aboriginal bark painting and sculpture, both major individual works and important collections.

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
Two Profiles from Cairns: Tatipai Barsa and Zane Saunders
Artist Profile
Anna Eglitis

Looks at the art practice of two artists from the Cairns College of TAFE and the Associate Diploma of Art.

Published June 1990
Review of the Review
Feature
Tim Rowse

In 1989, Jon Altman, Chris McGuigan and Peter Yu were asked by the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs to look into the viability of the Aboriginal Arts and Crafts industry, to point to ways to improve its efficiency and effectiveness and to advise which government programs could give cost effective support to the industry and to recommend managing and marketing strategies.

Published June 1990
Bangarra
Feature
Stephanie Britton

'Bangarra' is a Wiradjeri word meaing to make fire and the dance company so named has sparked enthusiasm for its performances in countries as far afield as Japan, New Guinea, the USA and Finland.

Published June 1990
Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music
Feature
Ben L Yengi

Located in the University of Adelaide in South Australia the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music was set up in 1972 in order that many aboriginal people both urban and tribal may develp effective skills of communicating their cultural, social, political and economic feelings through music to Australian people and the world at large.

Published June 1990
Aurukun and Comalco
Feature
Peter Sutton

This is a critical time in the history of the wider region of Cape York Peninsula.

Published June 1990
Keringke Arts
Feature
Cait Wait

Looks at the Santa Teresa Community 80 kilometres south of Alice Spring and home of the Arrernte people where the Keringke Arts Centre was established in 1987.

Published June 1990
Superstar or Generic
Feature
Michael Rae

Should art centres cater more for the few 'Top Quality' artists that each has or should they support and encourage artistic activities by all who are interested?

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
Judy Watson
Artist Profile
Margriet Bonnin

Looks at the paintings of Judy Watson.

Published June 1990
Tiwi Designs
Feature
Kathy Barnes

Bathurst and Melville Islands lie of the north coast of Australia about 100 kms from Darwin. They are the home to the Tiwi. As a result of the isolation of Tiwi people their culture has developed independently from others on the mainland. This is reflected in their art which is very bold.

Published June 1990