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CAPA - Visual Arts - Year 12 - Postcolonial Realities: Home

A selection of resources to assist Year 12 students with their Visual Arts unit

Postcolonial Realities

Key Terms

Definitions sourced from MOMA Learning  and TATE 

Frames

Resource Key

Resource Key

When accessing content use the numbers below to guide you:

brief, basic information laid out in an easy-to-read format. May use informal language. (Includes most news articles)

provides additional background information and further reading. Introduces some subject-specific language.

lengthy, detailed information. Frequently uses technical/subject-specific language. (Includes most analytical articles)

What is Postcolonial Art?

Postcolonial art refers to art produced in response to the aftermath of colonial rule, frequently addressing issues of national and cultural identity, race and ethnicity

TATE

Joan Ross

Joan Ross - Artist Profile

Museum of Contemporary Art

 

The art that made me : Joan Ross

Art Gallery of NSW

 

Artist website

Books in Library Collection

References & Cover image credits

References

Art Gallery NSW. (n.d.). Featured Artists - Richard Bell. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/artists/bell-richard/

Art Gallery NSW. (n.d.). The art that made me: Joan Ross. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/artsets/cswl4f

Borich, C. (2021, April 12). The Art of Memory with Hayley Millar Baker. Monster Children. https://www.monsterchildren.com/the-art-of-memory-with-hayley-baker-millar/

Dow, S. (2021, June 4). The uncompromising art of Australia’s Richard Bell: ‘There’s got to be a day of reckoning’. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jun/04/the-uncompromising-art-of-australias-richard-bell-theres-got-to-be-a-day-of-reckoning

Dowling, J. (n.d.). About. Julie Dowling http://www.juliedowling.net/about.html

Flinders University. (n.d.). The Unbound Collective. https://www.flinders.edu.au/college-humanities-arts-social-sciences/unbound#:~:text=The%20Collective%20is%20Ali%20Gumillya,projection%2C%20and%20grandmother%2Dstories.

Galvin, N. (2013, October 17). Posthumous Blake Prize winner Trevor Nickolls' eerie influence. The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/posthumous-blake-prize-winner-trevor-nickolls-eerie-influence-20131017-2vp35.html

Hayley Millar Baker. (n.d.). Hayley Millar Baker : About. https://www.hayleymillarbaker.com/contact

Jackett, A. (2015). Julie Dowling’s Celebration Of Aboriginal Women Through Portraiture. Woman’s Art Journal36(1), 3–9. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26430737

Laver, M. (2021, December 3). Nicholas Galanin: Art can be so powerful. It can change the world. Don't Die Wondering. https://www.dontdiewondering.com/nicholas-galanin-art-can-be-so-powerful-it-can-change-the-world/

Lisa Reihana. (n.d.). Lisa Reihana. https://www.lisareihana.com/

Maslen, K. (2019, July 31). Peter Drew questions art, family and Australian identity in a complicated memoir. The Adelaide Review. https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/visual-arts/2019/07/31/peter-drew-poster-boy-memoir/

MOMA Learning. (n.d.). Glossary of Art Terms. https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/glossary/

Munro, K. (n.d.). Joan Ross - Artist Profile. Museum of Contemporary Art. https://www.mca.com.au/artists-works/artists/joan-ross/

National Gallery of Victoria. (n.d.). Lisa Reihana : In Pursuit of Venus. https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/lisa-reihana/

Nets Victoria. (n.d.). Other side art: Trevor Nickolls, a survey of paintings and drawings 1972 – 2007. https://netsvictoria.org.au/exhibition/other-side-art-trevor-nickolls-a-survey-of-paintings-and-drawings-1972-2007/

NSW Department of Education. (n.d.). Visual Arts – The frames. https://schoolsequella.det.nsw.edu.au/file/5ef2cf0a-d8c1-44ba-987b-c048ccd376b8/1/the-frames.pdf

TATE. (n.d.). Art Term – Postcolonial Art. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/p/postcolonial-art

The National. (n.d.). The Unbound Collective. https://www.the-national.com.au/artists/the-unbound-collective/sovereign-acts-iv-object/

Watson, J. (March 2008). Fractured Realities, Fractured Truths in Tracey Moffatt’s Nice Coloured Girls and Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy. Double Dialogues. https://www.doubledialogues.com/article/fractured-realities-fractured-truths-in-tracey-moffatts-nice-coloured-girls-and-night-cries-a-rural-tragedy/

Woods, C. (2020, May 31). She persists in art: reflecting on a powerful new voice. The Age. https://www.theage.com.au/culture/art-and-design/she-persists-in-art-reflecting-on-a-powerful-new-voice-20200531-p54y1i.html

Cover Image Credits

Tiernan, H.S. (2017). Colonial Wallpapers - Pacific Encounters [Oil on canvas]. Art and Australia. https://www.artandaustralia.com/online/discursions/decolonising-%E2%80%98postcolonial%E2%80%99