JOURNAL OF BUSINESS DIVERSITY
‘I Am the Old and the New’: Aboriginal Arts in the Australian Art World, 1973-2018
Author(s): Ruth Rentschler, Russell Belk, Martine Hawkes, Brian Martin
Citation: Ruth Rentschler, Russell Belk, Martine Hawkes, Brian Martin, (2020) "‘I Am the Old and the New’: Aboriginal Arts in the Australian Art World, 1973-2018," Journal of Business Diversity, Vol.20, Iss. 2, pp. 60-78
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
This study addresses changing representations of Aboriginal arts by an arts agency since 1973. It examines whether representations correspond with transformed arts programs or whether they are a continuation of the historical appropriation of Aboriginal arts by colonial-settler Australians. Image contribute to a particular system of meanings, ongoing challenges and change. There are moral claims about efforts to demonstrate self-determination among marginalised Aboriginal peoples. Our findings challenge expectations about images of arts, artists, and people in artistic leadership roles, revealing complex factors shaping the Australian art world during the period in which settler-colonial cultural values regarding Aboriginal peoples have shifted.
