Brian Martin: Methexical Countryscapes

TY - ADVS

T1 - Brian Martin: Methexical Countryscapes

A2 - Martin, Brian

N1 - charcoal on paper 'Methexical Countryscape #9' 'Methexical Countryscape Paakantyi #3' 'Methexical Countryscape Paakantyi #4' 'Methexical Countryscape Paakantyi #5' 'Methexical Countryscape Paakantyi #6' 'Methexical Countryscape Paakantyi #7' 'Methexical Countryscape Paakantyi #8' RESEARCH STATEMENT 'Methexical Countryscapes'’ innovation and contribution to new knowledge is that they offer a new Indigenous materiality and reconfigure Western understandings of what constitutes contemporary Aboriginal art. The works demonstrate a framework of an Indigenous understanding of the world and at the same time reveal the dynamic of what constitutes contemporary Aboriginal art practices. By using drawing as an immersive and embodied practice in the form of charcoal on paper and on a large scale, they are specifically landscapes that attempt to demonstrate the crucial role of “Country” (Land) and its importance to the foundations of Indigenous ideology and culture. By emphasising the process of drawing in tandem with the conceptualising of an analytical framework, a new way of looking at art and cultural practices has emerged. These drawing focus on Paakantyi Country. All seven works were acquired to private collections

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

M3 - Commissioned or Visual Artwork

PB - Melbourne Art Fair Foundation

CY - Carlton, Vic, Australia

T2 - Melbourne Art Fair 2014

Y2 - 13 August 2014 through 17 August 2014

ER -