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Aboriginal Art in AmericaAuthor: Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection and The Virginia Audio Collective
Each week we spend a few minutes getting to know a work by an Indigenous Australian artist. We'll talk about medium, style, the evolution of Aboriginal art over its 50,000 years, and the ways these works and artists transcend and translate the issues of the day from the other side of the world. Aboriginal Art in America is made by The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, the only museum outside of Australia dedicated to the exhibition and study of Indigenous Australian art, and The Virginia Audio Collective. Language: en-us Genres: Arts, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Visual Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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In the Beginning: Paintings by Senior Artists of the Spinifex Arts Project
Thursday, 3 April, 2025
In 1997, artists from Tjuntjuntjara in the desert of Western Australia, formed the Spinifex Arts Project. Their goal was to create art that would serve as evidence in their legal battle to reclaim their land. Thanks to a generous gift, you can now view many of these pieces in a new exhibition titled "In the Beginning: Paintings by Senior Artists of the Spinifex Arts Project" on display at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. In this episode, we learn about the Spinifex Arts Project and the pieces in the exhibition from its curator, Katina Davidson. Simon Hogan painting. Photo by Amanda Dent courtesy of Spinifex Arts Project More information about the exhibition and Kluge Ruhe: https://kluge-ruhe.org/exhibition/in-the-beginning-paintings-by-senior-artists-of-the-spinifex-arts-project/#exhibition
