Sunday, December 01, 2024

Asia Society Museum presents Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala

This literal walkthrough of the exhibition comprises three rooms and two floors of Asia Society. I may summarize the didactic panels later, but for now leaving them so interested readers can directly research  these incredible bark paintings. What I glean overall, is that various tribes perfect a songline technique passed through their lineage, with any overlap negotiated among tribes. 


The colors are iron oxide, painted with handmade brushes, on eucalyptus.












A new generation


Movement of water on shore




Movement of fish in water







One of my favorites--dense patterning, yet irregular, highly textured





More decorative imagery by women not allowed to access the songline















Upstairs, third floor






















Then a room of contemporary works on linen













 

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