By Lauren Selman | Bio
I come from a family of artists. Both my mother and father are
artists. My brother is an artist. My aunt is a performance artist. My
uncle is a circus artist. My grandmother is an artist. My grandfather
is a can artist. My great grandmother was an artist. My great-great
grandmother was an artist. My great-great grandfather was an
artist...and the list goes on. Recently, I had the absolute pleasure of traveling back in time
through the art of my grandmother. I had been invited to a tea that she
was hosting at her one-woman show in Marin County, California at the
Tampalpias.
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By Shae HaddenBio
How often do we take time to look a little closer at beautiful works of
art? To learn about the culture that shaped the images we see?
I recently had an opportunity to visit a unique gallery in my
community. Founded and run by a Canadian who is committed to bringing
Australian Aboriginal art created by women to North America, the
Jan Townend Art Gallery
features paintings, textiles, weaving and basketry. The British art
critic John Ruskin once said, “All great art is the work of the whole
living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul.” The powerful
paintings I saw at the gallery amply conveyed the soul of the
Aboriginal people—its beauty, strength and hidden meaning. The
deceptively simple style is grounded in a complex ceremonial tradition.
Consider that these people have no written languages, so their art is a
visual record, a way to communicate their history and culture: the
images help them tell their creation stories, their ‘dreamtime’, their
explanation of the world they live in. Pausing to view the creative
work of these women made me realize how my hectic, technology-driven
life has left me disconcertingly out of touch with my own soul. And in
speaking with Jan, I gained a greater understanding of what this art
means to the artists and their communities.[
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