Australian Aboriginal Art: Landscape, Language and Artefacts
Here is the land, here is the sky here are my friends and here am I. We would like to acknowledge the Woi-worung and Boon-wurrung people for the land on which we play and learn and promise to look after the plants and animals. Hands up, hands down, we are on unceded Wurundjeri land, it always was and always be, Aboriginal land. (as I learned from a 5 year old). Red Landscape (W.A.) by Fred Williams (1961). Commissioned by CRA Ltd. Now Rio Tinto. It denotes terra nullius as viewed from an helicopter. Emily Kame Kngwarray (1990's) Emily of Utopia Central Australia. Her art resists interpretation of any kind of map making, diagram or landscape. Instead, it is a daring from songs and musical sounds often found in nature. Emilie's prominence signalled the emergence of indigenous women in contemporary art. Over 50 years later the perceived landscape of Australia has dramatically changed, not only physically but culturally. It continues moving towards reconciliation and integration