Archive for the ‘art’ Category

From ABC News: Aboriginal protesters have forced the temporarily closure of an exhibition of paintings at the Wollongong City Gallery. The protesters say the images portray the denigration of Aboriginal people and are highly offensive. The exhibition called No Country For Dreaming is by nine-times Archibald finalist Paul Ryan. Aaron Broad Henry helped bring the exhibition to […]


One of many Canadian reconstructions by C. W. Jeffreys, via canata.ca


via wikimedia commons


Howard Pyle (1853-1911). The Connecticut Settlers Entering The Western Reserve. Oil On Canvas.



Cabinet Card of an American Indian Giving a White Man a Tattoo via Anonymous Works brilliant.



Bill Rolston, Drawing Support: Murals in the North of Ireland (Beyond the Pale, 1992) Like them or loathe them, they cannot be ignored. The political wall murals of the North of Ireland are an integral part of loyalist and republican communities. In its murals each group displays its hopes and fears, struggles and aspirations. Sometimes […]


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24Jun10

Be a friend: print out one of our flyers and stick it up in your faculty or department wall.


Check out the incredible series African Hospitality from photographic artist Andrew Putter (a postcolonial take on the portrait series of the same name, by painter George Morlan, from way back in 1790). From Michael Stevenson Gallery: Putter focuses on the ‘Wild Coast’ of South Africa in his new series of portraits. Many Europeans were shipwrecked […]