Art Gallery of NSW established in 1871, it is
located on Art Gallery Rd, The Domain, Sydney. The Art Gallery museum has
Australian art (traditional- contemporary) which are beautiful also it has a
big collection from around the world. The Gallery is opened to anyone has
interest with Arts and history culture.
Tutini ( Pukumani Grave posts) is one of the
traditional art that I’ve seen in the Art Gallery. It designed by groups of
artists and they were commissioned by the government. Pukumani used in Tiwi
culture, for them it is an important ceremony to honoured their death. In addition, Pukumani is the
second to last ceremony and it is carved and painted grave posts and they put
it around the grave with song and dance as final good bye.
Another traditional art was “Bush Tucker
Dreaming” made by Timmy Payungka Tjapangati in 1971. It is beautiful and colourful art that used
water-colour on paper. That art is from Aboriginal dreaming and I guess it is a
place such as land that has bush or maybe their ancestor village. If we looked
at this artwork we can imagine someone was on the airplane painting that
beautiful paint.
Dark Valley, Van Diemen’s Land 2008. I will not forget that art. It made by Julie
Gough. That artwork is a necklace that has lots of meaning. It made of black
coal stones, attached with string and hang on animal’s horn. This style of art
is contemporary and progress. It has the shape of Tasmania on the map and
explains about the dark situation that Aboriginal people were through in the
1930s. This art reflects the sadness and symbolise for death, as there was myth
about all Aboriginal people died in Tasmania and only survived which was
incorrect.
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