Lin Onus BREEARK AND NGARAK, Synthetic polymer...


Fruit bats, 1991 by Lin Onus Aboriginal art, Indigenous australian art, Bat art

Lin Onus, who died prematurely in 1996, is an Aboriginal painter who focuses some of the most pressing debates affecting contemporary Aboriginal art: hybridity vs. authenticity; Aboriginality vs. Australianness; high vs. popular art and--perhaps most relevantly for Postcolonial Studies-- oppositionality vs. transformation.


Indigenous Investigation Journal Lin Onus

Lin Onus began painting in 1974, after initially training as a mechanic. His visits to Arnhem Land, which began in 1986, deeply influenced his life and art, and enabled him to forge a unique friendship with artist and elder, Jack Wunuwun (his mentor).


Lin Onus BREEARK AND NGARAK, Synthetic polymer...

Lin Onus AM (4 December 1948 - 23 October 1996), born William McLintock Onus and also known as Lin Burralung McLintock Onus, was an Australian artist of Scottish - Aboriginal origins. He was the son of activist Bill Onus . Early life


๐Ÿ’‹ Lin onus artworks. COOEE ART GALLERY. 20190307

While Melbourne artist Lin Onus is known primarily for his paintings, equally fundamental are his three-dimensional works. Onus developed an incisive eye for the issues and arguments relating to Aboriginal Land Rights, using the landscapes of both Victoria and Arnhemland as paradigms for diplacement and the emotional dislocation experienced by Aboriginal people.The inspiration for Maralinga.


Lin Onus Cooee Art

Yorta Yorta painter, sculptor and activist, Lin Onus developed a distinctive visual language from a combination of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal imagery. Lin Onus was unjustly.


Lin Onus Australian Painters, Australian Artists, Contemporary Landscape, Landscape Art, Cool

As an artist, Lin Onus invented his own visual language. In depicting scenes of the Arafura swamp and Barmah Forest, he took an unusual vantage point by painting scenes below the surface of the water, while also capturing reflections.


Lin Onus Art Diamond Paintings

William Dobell (1899 - 1970) Widely acknowledged as a pioneer of the Aboriginal art movement, the versatile and greatly innovative painter and sculptor, Lin Onus played a major role in leading the cause of Aboriginal advancement in Australia.


Lin Onus. 194896 Australia (Aboriginal) List All Works

Lin Onus, who died prematurely in Melbourne on 24 October 1996 at the age of 47, is widely acknowledged as a pioneer of the Aboriginal art movement in urban Australia and in many ways was a man ahead of his time.


The Art of My Eyes. Artists Lin Onus, Rover Thomas, Yvonne Koolmatrie

Lin Onus's legacy continues to inspire artists and audiences alike, emphasizing the importance of embracing both tradition and contemporaneity in the ever-evolving world of art.


Lin Onus Early Morning Reflections, Barmah,...

The award-winning artist Lin Onus (b.1948 d.1996) was self taught. He was the Victorian representative of the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council in 1986 and co-founder of the Aboriginal Arts Management Association in 1990. Biographical Data b. 4 December 1948 None Biography 2 biographies Associates 12 people Groups 4 groups


316 Lin Onus

Artist : Lin Onus (Australia, b.1948, d.1996) Title : Date : 1991 Medium Description: polychromed fibreglass sculptures, polychromed wooden disks, Hills Hoist clothesline Dimensions : Credit Line : Purchased 1993 Image Credit Line : Accession Number : 395.1993.a-c. While the Onus exhibition is terrific it's worth going to Shepparton to see.


Fruit bats, 1991 by Lin Onus The Collection Art Gallery NSW

Lin Onus, artist statement, 1990. Lin Onus, who died prematurely in Melbourne on 24 October 1996 at the age of 47, is widely acknowledged as a pioneer of the Aboriginal art movement in urban Australia and in many ways was a man ahead of his time. As an artist and activist of extraordinary versatility and innovation, he addressed the political.


Maralinga by Lin ONUS Art Gallery WA

ARTIST PROFILE MARKET ANALYSIS PROFILE Lin Onus played a pivotal role in the recognition of Aboriginal art as an expression of a contemporary and dynamic living culture. Prior to his premature death at just 47, he was a prominent, strident, yet non-confrontational agent in renegotiating the history of colonial and Aboriginal Australia.


Lin Onus Art inspiration, Aboriginal painting, Australian art

The work of Lin Onus occupies a unique space in the broader context of Australian art. His painted landscapes, which form the core of the current exhibition at the Margaret Lawrence Gallery, display a complex fusion of ideas around place, possession, time and history.


Lin Onus, Fish at Malwan, 1996 Visionary art, Painting, Wildlife artists

Lin Onus was a pioneer of contemporary Aboriginal art, representing a generation of artists whose work captured the urban experience of indigenous people through a distinctly Australian iconography. As an activist for indigenous rights, Onus' father invested his son with a similar concern for politics and social equality. Read More


THEMES/LAND/PAINTING aboriginalart.de contemporary Indigenous Australian art

Lin Onus Australia Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Dec 1948 Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 24 Oct 1996 Language group: Yorta Yorta, Southern Riverine region Biography Yorta Yorta painter, sculptor and activist, Lin Onus developed a distinctive visual language from a combination of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal imagery.