Organiser 4

 
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Kimberley

Queensland

Torres Strait Islands

Key concepts

• Wandjina
• Bradshaw
• Gurirrr-Gurirr/
  Kurrir-Kurrir) balga/inma

• bi-cornual baskets
• 'flash art'

• dance machines
• The Coming of the Light
• Tombstone Ceremonies

Key questions

What is the connection between rock art, material culture and the development of contemporary Kimberley art?

What is distinctive regional history of Indigenous art in Queensland?

Why has Torres Strait Islander art been overlooked in the critical response to Indigenous Australian art?

 

What is the Krill Krill(Gurirr-Gurirr/
Kurrir-Kurrir)?

How are contemporary Queensland artists forging new postcolonial identities?

How have Torres Strait Islanders incorporated Christianity into their own worldview?

Set text
Morphy, Aboriginal Art

pp. 20, 55-59
pp. 136-139

pp. 177-180
pp. 273-281
pp. 343-352
pp.392-394
pp. 399-403

pp. 340-343
pp. 406-408
AHT214 Readings

Reading 4.1
Reading 4.2

Reading 4.3
Reading 4.4
Reading 4.5

Reading 4.6
Reading 4.7
Reading 4.8
Activities / Discussion Board

Look at the paintings of Rover Thomas

Change and continuity

Looking at the diversity of Torres Strait Islander Art