Category: Australia
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Waves, trapped …
Waves, trapped … in rock by a constant interplay of sun, rain and wind in sandby the wind, and soon gone again with the wind in cement by an artist who dreams of capturing a fleeting moment in emulsion by light falling on a film coated with silver gelatine Photo of the week: Rainbow…
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Ensemble of limbs
Ensemble of limbs Looking at the legs in unison in last week’s post I remembered this photo that I took once in a shopping mall in Sydney. Then too it had been the configuration of limbs that had incited me to take out my camera. The people spread out in the circle, on the chairs and…
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White magic
White magic The deserted flatland near Mount Conner – visible in the distance on the far right – that we already saw in last week’s post gets here and there magically lit up by dry salt lakes. White magic from the ancestral beings! Photos of the week: Salt lakes in Central Australia near Mount Conner,…
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3 persons / km²
3 persons / km² Australia, the 6th largest country in the world, measures about 7.7 million km². With its 24 million people it is one of the least densely populated countries on earth, only 3 inhabitants per km². Quite a difference with my tiny home country The Netherlands which has more than 400 people per…
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Desert Art
Desert Art The painters mentioned in last week’s post, as the painters of the works you see here, are all part of the Papunya Tula group of artists that live in the Western Desert region of Australia. Their collectively owned company, with a studio in the Western Desert and a gallery in Alice Springs, dates…
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Modern art
Modern art It is interesting to see Aboriginal art exhibited in a context of old and contemporary art from other parts of the world, as is the case in the Art Gallery of New South Wales. When I visited this museum in Sydney I was impressed to see how well the Aboriginal art collection holds between…
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Painter’s palette
Painter’s palette Aboriginal artists from Arnhem Land in the north of Australia don’t really use a palette. Most of the time they work while sitting on the floor and the space around them gradually gets more and more stained with the clay paint they use for their barks. On the photo we see a worktable…
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Clay art
Clay art Unlike the marvellous creations of the termite or the crab, which we have been able to admire in the posts over the past two weeks, human creations can sometimes be called art. This is due to humanity’s ability to think, to reflect on itself and the world. Human creative works are, to a…
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Ant art
Ant art Ant hills can be impressive, but these termite mounds in the north of Arnhem Land are nothing short of astonishing works of art. Many a bird’s nest can fill us with equal awe because of its ingenuity, but it is above all the sheer size of these termite mounds that is so astonishing.…
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Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras This is again the weekend of the big Mardi Gras Parade in Sydney, attracting masses of LGBTQIAP people from all over Australia and the world. Two years ago I happened to be there with my wife, two simple H’s looking on in amazement. ….. Mardi non, Gras oui ….. LGBTQIAP: LesbianGayBisexualTranssexualQueerIntersexual (whatever that may…
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