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