Posts by Venita Poblocki

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This Is Aboriginal Art works closely with the artists represented on our website. With their permission, we want to share their cultural knowledge - celebrating the rich, ancient, and sacred histories of the Central and Western Desert regions, and working together to better understand the stories from which their incredible artworks are derived.  

 

 

  • by Venita Poblocki
    ESTHER BRUNO NANGALA EXPLAINS HER PAINTING & DREAMING STORY

    Esther Bruno Nangala is the granddaughter of Naata Nungurrayi, a legend of the Western desert art movement. She represents an exciting view into the future of desert art. She paints bold traditional designs associated with women's sites, ceremonies and the laws . . .

     

  • by Venita Poblocki
    Warlugulong by Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, 1976
    Warlugulong by Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, 1976

    The Australian Aboriginal peoples are the oldest continuous culture in the world, dating back more than 65,000 years. The Aboriginal people do not have a written language, so relied on passing on culture and knowledge through oral story-telling, ceremony and and visual depictions. These visual depictions ...