Affirmations of Identity
Teacher's Handbook
The Teacher's Handbook contains eight new units of work that have been written to address the content of the NSW Visual Arts Years 7-10 Syllabus (2003). These units provide opportunities for students to study a range of artworks made by Indigenous artists using traditional and contemporary practices, and to investigate how ideas and interests are represented in artmaking and in critical and historical interpretations art.
(PDF - 1.5 MB - pp1-25), (PDF - 1.3 MB - pp26-50), (PDF - 1.2 MB - pp51-74), (PDF - 1.3 MB - pp75-99)
Bibliography
References and further reading on contemporary Indigenous art in Australia.
Gallery and Artists
The Affirmations of Identity kit originally contained a supplementary set of 35 mm photographic slides for use in the classroom, comprising artwork samples of the Indigenous artists featured here. This collection of images, together with updated biographical information for each artist, has been further improved by the addition of many useful links to websites elsewhere on the internet.
PowerPoint Slide Shows
3-D Works
Thancoupie
Guiree, the flying fox
hand-built stoneware fired at 1240 degrees (oxides and clays), height 34 cm
Thawaal the black and white eagle fights with Cheth the red and white eagle
hand-built stoneware, height 27 cm
Lena Yarinkura
Nayuhyungki kun-kod (Ancestors in paperbark)
1994, bark of Melaleuca spp., red and white ochres, fibre of Brachychiton (Kurrajong) spp., dimensions variable
Euphemia Bostock
Contemporary Koori Masks
chicken wire, plaster, painted with mix of powder, ochre and wood glue
photo by Kath Burton
3-D works (PPT - 200 KB - 4 slides)
Landscape
Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Untitled (Alhalkere)
1990, acrylic on linen, 122 x 153 cm
Courtesy of Utopia Art Sydney
Ginger Riley Munduwalawala
This is my country – This is my story
1992, acylic on canvas, 144 x 150 cm
winner of the Alice Springs Art Foundation, 1992
Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association
Ngapa (water), Pamapardu (flying ant), Wardapi (goanna),
Ngarlkirdi (witchetty grub) Dreaming
by Jeanie Nungurrayi Egan and Thomas Jangala Rice
1994, acrylic on canvas, 181 x 120 cm
Lawrence Leslie
Banks of the Mehi
1994, oil on canvas
Landscape (PPT - 284 KB - 5 slides)
Photography
Brenda L Croft
Billie — Flowers, Knees and Cigarette
from the 'Strange Fruit' series
1994, layout stat colour print, 29 x 23.5 cm
Destiny Deacon
First Wish, Second Wish and Third Wish
1995, 'Three Wishes' triptych, bubble jet prints from Polaroid photograph,
85 x 50 cm each
Michael Riley
Three images (untitled) from the 'Sacrifice' series
1992, silver gelatin prints on archival paper
25.4 x 20.3 cm
Michael Riley
Delores
1990, black and white print
'Quest for Country'
1993, still photography from film
Peter Yanada McKenzie
North of Broome
1990, 35 mm colour transparency
Photography (PPT - 7.6 MB - 5 slides)
Recollections
Ian W Abdulla
Bike Riding at Night
1994, acrylic on canvas, 76 x 102 cm
Pantjiti Mary McLean
Collecting Bush Tucker
1994, acrylic, natural pigment and plant dye on canvas, 160 x 350 cm
Michael Riley
Three images (untitled) from the 'Sacrifice' series
1992, silver gelatin prints on archival paper
25.4 x 20.3 cm
Judy Watson
Travelling
1995, Rotorua mud, acrylic, pigment, ink and oil stick on canvas
courtesy of Collection Moet & Chandon, Epernay, France
Bronwyn Bancroft
You don't even look Aboriginal
1991, gouache on Stonehenge paper
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Alice Hinton-Bateup
Ruth's Story
1989, screenprint
Recollections (PPT - 412 KB - 7 slides)