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it is interesting that the image of George Miller in the Australian is important to reconstruct. the paper presents a dilemma to me that makes me squirm any communication is lost julie dowling talked about the course she was developing on aboriginal art racism in art school patronising The work is a hybrid composite of these two "natures" of the aesthetic experience. And this aesthetic autonomy and self-determination are, in this sense, just the expression of an impossible dream of total self-mastery.[1] feminism in art school difference in how shows are created thats the way it is that is were we came from I have cancer in my arm because its there A start was made to this in Bernard Smith's Boyer lectures of 1980. And since then Aboriginal art has had a much greater profile in contemporary art, but I don't think that much has been achieved. Which brings me to my main point. My argument tonight is not with traditional Western art - even though I believe that the extent of its complicity with racism is yet to be revealed - but with contemporary Australian art. Many of us here are willing to admit the sins of our fathers, in fact we rather enjoy it. After all, you don't have to apologise for them do you.[2] when feminism was introduced at u.w.a the ideology was transparent its topical stuff every group can sit and paint and look at pictures its not about feminism its there work that counts recent aquisitions floor to ceiling aboriginal art one observation there is still an assumption of passivity on aboriginality In the words of the Cuban critic Gerardo Mosquero, (in 1992) 'the other is always us', the 'postmodern interest is alterity ins once more, Eurocentic, a movement form the dominant to the dominated'.[3] its a two way dialogue the arse end of identity politics identity politics says you can not speak for another other people talk about post modernism traditional english landscape it is often interpreted and read as high modermism negotiate a pathway is it possible to separate your training a true response to the situation you can only start where you are they don't need our guilt
1.Ian Mclean, Indigeneity and Australian art schools: reasons ot panic 2. Ibid 3. Ibid
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