The World is not a Foreign Land
The February Art Appreciation activity was a lecture given by Bryony Nainby on Aboriginal Art currently on exhibition at the Gallery. This lecture was attended by an enthusiastic audience who thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Bryony was able to bring the exhibition alive with her well-presented lecture and knowledge of aboriginal art. The artwork in the exhibition is art from three distinct regions and a number of artists and whilst some of paintings do have images and styles that could be classed as similar the three regions all have separate styles. Some are semi figurative. The Bungle Bungles are obvious in one artists work. Others have symbols that are obviously meant to produce images in the viewer. Some have images of totem animals that are distorted into surreal shapes. Others have symbols that are not meant to convey any meaning at all but have been produced simply for arts sake. Some show figurative images depicting everyday human activities. This particular collection prompted me to question if any of the artists were at any time thinking in terms of more than one or two dimensions. Or maybe more than two dimensions. If the artist is thinking in more than two dimensions does this explain the dream like influence that aboriginal art implies? Congratulations should be extended to Bryony Nainby for her entertaining and educational lecture even if the acoustics were not good.
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Liz
3/2/2016 21:07:12
Interesting article Neville. Which gallery was this at?
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