Spirit in the Land

Today I went to an exhibition called 'Spirit in the land' at the Flinders Uni Art Gallery. This exhibition is a reflection of indigenous and non indigenous artists who explore and reflect upon the Australian Landscape. The depiction of the Australian Landscape has been an enduring tradition throughout Australian art and remains great interest to Contempoary Australian Artists. Artists in the exhibition include Lin Onus, Rover Thomas, Fred Williams, Sidney Nolan, Rosalie Gascoigne and Emily Kame Kngwarreye just to name a view.
A work that really caught my eye was the work titled 'Ginger and my third wife approach the roundabout' by Lin Onus. I really respond to the traditional indigenous and non indigenous themes running in this work. Also the juxtoposistion of realism and Aboriginal styles really enhances the piece. This work is a reflection of Onus's incorporation of white and non white themes. Onus was brought up in a white environment and never learnt any of his traditional ways. Onus has explored these missing cultures in his work as he also incorporates the White cultures he was brought up with.

image from: http://www.artnomad.com.au/artworks/artwork.cfm?id=50351 titled: " ginger and my third wife approach the roundabout" , 1994, 200x250cm , Lin Onus