Aboriginal art: is it a white thing?
- Written by Siobhan McHugh, Associate Professor, Journalism, University of Wollongong
Artist Nyapanyapa Yunipingu is assisted by art centre worker Jeremy Cloake at Buku-Larrnngay Art Centre,Yirrkala.Siobhan McHugh
“Aboriginal Art – it’s a white thing” … so Brisbane Aboriginal artist Richard Bell declared in 2002. Bell’s accusation that a white industry controls all aspects of Aboriginal art, even...