Historical ironies: the Australian aboriginal art revolution
This paper examines the Aboriginal Art revolution that has occurred over the last 40 years in Australia, and in particular, the idea that we should understand Aboriginal art as a form of contemporary art. Not only does the Aboriginal arts movement challenge the legitimacy of Australia’s sovereignty...
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Department of Art History, University of Birmingham
2009-12-01
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| description | This paper examines the Aboriginal Art revolution that has occurred over the last 40 years in Australia, and in particular, the idea that we should understand Aboriginal art as a form of contemporary art. Not only does the Aboriginal arts movement challenge the legitimacy of Australia’s sovereignty through its legal claim to and spiritual connection with the land, but it challenges broader historical and art historical myths – the inevitability of the demise of Aboriginal cultures, and artistic myths about the ‘universality’ of art. Artistic claims to the ‘right to appropriate’, if this is what is required for expression of their artistic vision, show themselves to be elements cultural hegemony of colonisation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e393a50b5c54a0bacd4e4d363f4aeb02022-12-22T02:04:54ZengDepartment of Art History, University of BirminghamJournal of Art Historiography2042-47522009-12-0111EBC1Historical ironies: the Australian aboriginal art revolutionElizabeth Burns ColemanThis paper examines the Aboriginal Art revolution that has occurred over the last 40 years in Australia, and in particular, the idea that we should understand Aboriginal art as a form of contemporary art. Not only does the Aboriginal arts movement challenge the legitimacy of Australia’s sovereignty through its legal claim to and spiritual connection with the land, but it challenges broader historical and art historical myths – the inevitability of the demise of Aboriginal cultures, and artistic myths about the ‘universality’ of art. Artistic claims to the ‘right to appropriate’, if this is what is required for expression of their artistic vision, show themselves to be elements cultural hegemony of colonisation.http://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/media_139154_en.pdfAboriginal artsArtappropriationuniversality of art |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth Burns Coleman Historical ironies: the Australian aboriginal art revolution Journal of Art Historiography Aboriginal arts Art appropriation universality of art |
| title | Historical ironies: the Australian aboriginal art revolution |
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| title_short | Historical ironies: the Australian aboriginal art revolution |
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| topic | Aboriginal arts Art appropriation universality of art |
| url | http://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/media_139154_en.pdf |
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