Troubled traces: painting and displaying intercultural traumas of Aboriginality

Behind the pointillism of dot paintings or ‘naïve’ techniques, Aboriginal artists stridently critique histories of injustice, incarceration, racism, colonialism and dispossession. This personal testimony from Heather Kamarra Shearer, one of the ‘stolen generation’ of Aboriginal Australians, reflect...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heather Kamarra Shearer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Open University 2014-10-01
Series:The Open Arts Journal
Subjects:
art
Online Access:https://openartsjournal.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/shearer_v3_p199-209.pdf