Amazing Art By Aboriginal Women, A Show At The Phillips Collection
This past August my daughter and I were blessed with a whole week of going to art museums in Washington DC, just the two of us, which was just beyond amazing! I have been to many an art museum in my day, and the museums in Washington DC are fantastic, so do go and dedicate a nice chunk of time if you can! Now on to a bit about this fabulous contemporary Aboriginal Art show we had the great luck of seeing at The Phillps Collection. I will say that my original purpose for visiting the Phillips Collections was to see Renoir’s famed painting, Luncheon Of The Boating Party, and that this Aboriginal Art exhibit, Marking The Infinite, totally caught me by surprise as it turned out to be so fresh and amazing.
According to the Phillips Collection website “In the late 1980s women artists took the reins of the contemporary Aboriginal art movement in Australia. After years of working in the shadows, assisting their fathers and husbands, they burst onto the scene, giving it a new vitality and dynamism. Women artists redrew the boundaries of Aboriginal art, and continue to be among its most daring innovators. Though cultural activity has always been central to the secular and sacred lives of women, art making in recent decades has offered a key means for women to also maintain their social and economic independence.”
Wow, right? So If you want more info about this exhibit, which is now closed, just visit The Phillips Collection site here. In the mean time check out my photos of some of my favorite pieces in the show, and enjoy!
Gulumbu Yunupingu Ganyu (Stars) (2003)
This painting is actually huge, covering an entire wall!
