Australian Art Education Vol. 32, Special Edition, 2009

The Australian Aboriginal Visual Art of the Central and Western Deserts: A comparative approach
Christine Nicholls, Australian Studies, Flinders University

Abstract

In this paper I discuss a number of the specific conventions that govern the visual arts practice of contemporary Central and Western Desert Aboriginal Australians, differentiating their work from the artistic practices of other socio-cultural groups both inside and outside of Australia. In doing so I hope to contribute to the National Curriculum in Art Education by offering Visual Arts teachers and their students an approach to studying contemporary Indigenous Australian art. This research has been informed by more than a decade of living at Lajamanu, a remote Aboriginal settlement in the Tanami Desert of the Northern Territory.

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