Hey this is really really fucked up. Can we talk about this because holy shit
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Ada Bird Petyarre, Awelye, from the portfolio Crossroads
1997
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Lily Sandover Kngwarreye - Enteebra, 2001. Synthetic polymer on Belgian linen / 120x150cm.
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Jack Dale Mengenen (1922-2013) — Wandjinas at Iondra [ochre and pigments on linen, 2008]
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Man Changing into Thunderbird (sixth panel)
Norval Morrisseau ~ Anishinaabe
1977
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Jorna Newberry (Aboriginal Australian, b. 1959)
Pukara, 2007
Acrylic on linen
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Walawaani! (Welcome!)
Nayaga Budjaan, English Taylor, nayaga Murramarang ngaranggal. (I am Budjaan, English Taylor, I am a Murramarang woman).
It's been so touching to see an outpour of support for Aboriginal art on this platform. I always recommend that anyone seek out local Native artists wherever you live. Whether that be on Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island land, Native American or Canadian Aboriginal land, wherever you find yourself! Find and support local Native communities and creators.
If you feel connected or drawn to my art, I do commission work. Feel free to dm me for information if you want!
Here's an example of a commission I did last year. The marra (fish) in this painting represent each member of the family I did the painting for. Yellow circles around their heads showing that though they swim through a wide ocean of change and life, they are the centre of their world, and forever will be linked together.
Thanks to everyone who has interacted with my previous art post. I hope that I can help spread awareness of the meaning and importance of Native art, and help develop an appreciation for different kinds of art in the world.
Aboriginal people having been living on this land for at least 80 thousand years (for context, that's 16 times older than ancient Egypt!) Our art is ancient, storied, vital, and continues to live today!
Support a Native artist if you can.
Dawandha-ga yindiga Walawaani (I wish you Safe journeys)
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So busy and tired that I’m painting in bed now. Glad these two pieces are finished. Heard it was Indigenous People’s Day somewhere in the world this week. Hope all my cousins worldwide had a good one 🧡
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Tommy Mitchell (Australian, 1943 - 2013)
Walu Mural - 2008
Giles Weather Station shed doors, Western Australia
Photos: © Pamela Faye McGrath
more here
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Janet Golder Kngwarreye b.1973
Australian First Nations (Anmatyerre) Artist
"Women's Dreaming"
Acrylic on canvas
200 x 130 cm
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“An Indigenous person is a member of a community retaining memories of life lived sustainably on a land base, as part of that land base.”
― Tyson Yunkaporta, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
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Janice Kngwarreye Clarke ( Rocket Range, Utopia, Northern Territory) - Honey Ant Dreaming. Polymer acrylic on canvas / 100 x 146cm. x
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William Sandy — Emu Dreaming (acrylic on linen, 1992)
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