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Tagged: art
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Celebrating Australian art, artists and exhibitions through interviews and documentary footage from the 1950s to the 1980s.
The quest of the artist lies at the heart of this collection. It includes...
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The art of poster-making flourished in Poland following the Second World War. There were two main state institutions that commissioned artists to create posters: Film Polski (Polish Film) and...
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These film and sound portraits of famous Australian artists show the interconnected world of art in Australia.
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Brendan Smith, the NFSA’s Regional Programs Manager, previews the upcoming third edition of The Art of Sound exhibition in Queensland.
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Erica Izett and Tim Acker manage the Balgo art centre in northern Western Australia. Some of Australia’s best Aboriginal artists work in the Balgo area. They describe the elements in Aboriginal art....
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A brush pushes dots against an all black canvas. Trevor Nickolls tells us about the influences that shape his work. Nickolls refers to the Western machinery and Indigenous cosmology known as the...
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Joie Boulter speaks about having Dion’s artwork applied to T-shirts as a way to raise funds. We see examples of Dion’s artwork now applied to T-shirts. All royalties raised from the merchandise are...
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As Dion is drawing dogs, Joie Boulter tells us that Dion is going through a phase where all the dogs he draws are angry. Dion’s grandpa John Beasley talks about Dion’s drawings, and how he draws dogs...
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Ngemba artist Jeffrey Samuels is an illustrator, designer, mixed-media artist and printmaker. Samuels is a founding member of the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative.
Even though I do not paint...
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Bundjalung woman Bronwyn Bancroft is a founding member of the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative.
Bancroft started work as a fashion designer and in 1985 established a shop called Designer...