Visual Arts
O dear… is it an ugly emergent Nationalism that finds me searching for the images that reflect Australian cultural themes on a Saturday afternoon? Check out some Sidney Nolan paintings Lina... a copyright dilemma prevents a cut 'n 'paste! http://www.pictureaustralia.org/nolan/
I recall doing art projects in primary school that used his paintings as a pretext and linked to history and studies of bushrangers and the gold rush. Nolan reckons ‘sunlight ‘ was one of his main ingredients. His art is pretty replicable for budding young artists. The Australian landscape is a common theme in Australian art and poetry, aboriginals and white fellas share this. There is a lot of collage potential which could involve using natural materials, like red dirt…
I recall doing art projects in primary school that used his paintings as a pretext and linked to history and studies of bushrangers and the gold rush. Nolan reckons ‘sunlight ‘ was one of his main ingredients. His art is pretty replicable for budding young artists. The Australian landscape is a common theme in Australian art and poetry, aboriginals and white fellas share this. There is a lot of collage potential which could involve using natural materials, like red dirt…
The other Nolan image that springs to mind is of Ned Kelly’s trial, there is certainly a collage lesson in that for primary school artists.This link to the National Gallery of Australia should set the matter of cultural links straight…note the Asian art section...n.b this is not meant to sound brash.
I really like your girl collage..clever! how old were you when you did that ?
I talked to my wife about what you said about Australian art lacking history and cultural themes and she surprised me by agreeing with you! Saying something poetic like, “ I mean we do lack culture here, it's not in the food we eat nor the plates we eat from “. I think it's in Australian movies too.
I talked to my wife about what you said about Australian art lacking history and cultural themes and she surprised me by agreeing with you! Saying something poetic like, “ I mean we do lack culture here, it's not in the food we eat nor the plates we eat from “. I think it's in Australian movies too.
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