Artist Laurie Nilsen describes contemporary Indigenous works;
“With all the works, there is a search beyond the surface of the image; a search which incorporates contemporary political discourse and history and explores what it means to be an Indigenous artist in contemporary culture.
“Urban Indigenous art is finally starting to get the recognition it deserves and this exhibition breaks the notion that all Indigenous art is dot painting and x-rays on bark.
“The works provide another voice and another way of understanding what it means to be Aboriginal in contemporary society.”
Scar, 2010
mixed media on paper (3 drawings)
Courtesy the artist and Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
Aboriginal Art + Activism 