Date of Award
1-1-2002
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Master of Arts
School
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
Faculty
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
First Supervisor
Dr Dean Chan
Abstract
This thesis examines the reclamation of the 'Blak' body by Indigenous female photo-media artists. The discussion will begin with an examination of photographic representatiors of Indigenous people by the colonising culture and their construction of 'Aboriginality'. The thesis will look at the introduction of Aboriginal artists to the medium of photography and their chronological movement through the decades This will begin with a documentary style approach in the 1960s to an intimate exploration of identity that came into prominence in the 1980s with an explosion of young urban photomedia artists, continuing into the 1990s and beyond. I will be examining the works of four contemporary female artists and the impetus behind their work. The three main artists whose works will be examined are Brenda L. Croft, Destiny Deacon and Rea all of whom have dealt with issues of representation of the 'Blak female body, gender and reclamation of identity. The thesis will examine the works of these artists in relation to the history of representation by the dominant culture. Chapter 6 will look at a new emerging artist, Dianne Jones, who is looking at similar issues as the artists mentioned. This continuing critique of representation by Jones is testimony of the prevailing issues concerning Aboriginal representation
Recommended Citation
Fernandez, E. (2002). Collaboration, demystification, Rea-historiography : the reclamation of the black body by contemporary indigenous female photo-media artists. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/741