Ceramics and Pottery Arts and Resources

 

‘Dugong and Wallaby Story’ – Terry Platt, Australian (Kuuku Ya’u Lama Lama)-

Cape York-2002

 

 

Australian indigenous art at the Hood Museum, Dartmouth College

 

The art presented here is from a large collection of indigenous Australian art generously donated to the Hood Museum at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, by Will Owen and Harvey Wagner.
After seeing the 1988 exhibition ‘Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia’ in New York, Will Owen and Harvey Wagner were inspired to journey Downunder in the early 90’s to witness more indigenous art. However they didn’t anticipate the challenge of finding a diverse range of indigenous art in the Australian Museums at this time. This provided the impetus for their exploration of the remote Aboriginal communities in Central Australia to discover the source of the authentic Australian art,  along with travels to other Aboriginal communities at the Top End, the Kimberleys, Tiwi Islands and other communities throughout Australia. This also included visits to Papunya Tula , a mecca at the time for Indigenous artists, being the original location where their art was first expressed on canvas rather then bark or directly on the ground.
Four trips over a span of eight years gave them the background to become informed collectors and acquire more knowledge about this unique lifestyle and art. Their immersion into country and indigenous culture provided an understanding of the bond the Australian aboriginals have with the land and gave then the opportunity to witness the innately tranquil presence of the artists working in their own environment and the commitment of the indigenous culture to its art.

 

 

‘Yirritja Dhuwa Gapu II ‘– Galuma Maymuru – Ochres on bark

2004

Aboriginal Australian art combines the use of storytelling, iconography, ceremonial mapping and impressionistic interpretation, sometimes accessed through a timeless Dreaming consciousness, to express connection to land and ancestors. The ancient knowledge is recorded through their art to ensure continuity of lineage, provide behavioral guidance, understand the rich biodiversity of their land and even provide information to finding food and water. Their aesthetic reinforces their connection to Spirit by reaffirming dreaming sites, ancestral travels and reverence to country. Land maintenance, living in harmony with themselves and the native animals and the evolution of their Universe are all entwined in the “Law” of their Dreaming . The past and future dissolve into the ever present stream of spirit in the Dreamtime and the indigenous art and its deep narrative quite often convey this.

 

Wayne Bright Tjangala, Australian, 20th century ‘Rockhole Dreaming’ 1990 Melbourne

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College – Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner

 

 

‘Mutjalandjal’ (Dolphin)  —  Rrawun Ganambarr

2004

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

 

 

Bai Bai Napamgardi, – 1995 – Marpun near Yakka Yakka, in the Great Sandy Desert

 

 

 

Kitty Kantilla,  Tunga 1960,s

 

 

Estelle Hogan – ‘Minyma Tjuta’

1999

 

Charlie Tjaruru — Dreaming at Jiturru

1975

 

 

‘Parayilpil Wetti Dreaming’  –  George Tjapanangka,

 

 

 

Rona Panangka Rubuntja- ‘Honey Ant’ terracotta pot

2002 – Hermannsburg

 

‘Strong Culture’ — Fiona Omeenyo

Cape York, Australia – 2003

 

 

‘Warlukurlangu Bush Fire Dreaming’ – 2000 – Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa

Papunya, NT  – Acrylic on linen

 

 

‘Wave Break at Night’ – Samantha Hobson

Cape York Peninsula, 2003

 

Peter Marralwanga, Australian -Namanjwarre  —  Ochres on stringybark

1981  Western Arnhem Land 47.25 inches

 

 

Cordula Ebatarinja Pelhtarre, Mt. Sodner

1955  Hermannsburg

 

 

‘Warnampi Kutjarra Karilwarra’ (Two Snake Dreaming at Karilwarra) Fred Ward Tjarurru

Tjungurrayi – 2001

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner

 

 

Old Walter Tjampitjinpa, Australian (Pintupi) ‘Possum Corroboree’

1973 Papunya, NT

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner

 

 

Irene Namok  — ‘Peaceful Times’

2011

 

‘Ngwarle Untye Aruwe’ (Corkwood Tree Honey Dreaming) — Norbett Lynch Kngwarreye

1996

 

Millie Skeen Nampitjin  —   ‘Two Nangala Sisters Tjipari Dreaming’ —

Wirrimanu, 1993

 

 

Nancy (Briscoe) Nampitjinpa – ‘Yam Dreaming’

Gift of the Estate of Fannie and Alan Leslie M.D.

 

 

Michael Anning, wood carving, Firestarter (Ydinji)

2000

 

 

Mignonette Jamin Nungala—Moongbalin

East Kimberley

 

Mereia Anning, ‘Hunting For Dugongs’

2001 East Cape York

 

 

Marie Evelyn Puautjimi Ampiji Tiwi Islands, Australia

2001

 

 

Magdalena Ungwanaka, ‘Honey Ant Dreaming’ — 1987 –

Gift of the Estate of Fannie and Alan Leslie M.D.,

 

 

‘Lorrkon’ (Hollow Log)Terry Ngamandara Wilson,

Mangingrida Western Arnhemland

 

 

 

‘Kata Ala’ – Maringka Baker

 

 

Josette Young Perrurle,2003 -Acrylic on linen

 

 

Jimmy Robertson Jampijinpa — Ngurlurlirrinya (Seed Dreaming)

1998

 

 

Jacinta Lorenzo, (Tiwi) Tunga

1997

 

 

Irene Mbitjana Entata, ‘Our Country’

2002 Hermannsburg

 

 

Ian Cook Mungatopi, – Tiwi Design – 1998

 

 

‘Goanna, Snake, and Possum Dreamings in Mt. Singleton Country’ — Michael Nelson Jagamarra

 

 

 

‘Fire Dreaming’ -Maureen Nampitjinpa Hudson,

 

 

 

‘Finding the Lost Boy’ – Silas Hobson

2002

 

 

Donald Moko

 

 

Dinny Nolan Jampitjinpa with his painting, Papunya aboriginal community, NT

 

 

 

Craig Koomeeta – ‘Shark’  sculpture Natural ochres and acrylic on milkwood

2003

 

 

Bob Dingle Tjapanangka—2000—Tjapangartiwarnu

 

 

‘Black Gum #2’,  Christian Thompson

from the series Australian Graffiti 2007

 

 

Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri, 1974 – Untitled (Budgerigar and Possum Dreaming)-

Pupanya, Northern Territory

 

 

‘Bush Turkey’ – Susan Nakamarra, Australian, 20th century 2001

 

 

Alick Tipoti, Australian, (Kala Lagaw Ya), born 1975 – ‘Mogei Mawa VII’

 

 

Alan Griffiths Jungala

Bali Bali Balga, 2002

 

Spirits at Springs — Justin Hayes Perrurle

 

 

 

More art from the Hood Museum

 

 

‘Autumn Mascoma’ —  Louise Hamlin

2008

 

Magdalene Odundo, burnished black pottery vessel

Kenya

 

 

Water Jar (Olla), Depicting Rainbow Arching over Crosshatched Elements

Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico

 

 

‘War’ — Inka Essenhigh

2004

 

‘Megaworld’  —  Josh Simpson

 

 

 

Bird hanging from sky  –  Hopi ceramic bowl — Nampeyo

 

Alison Saar, American sculptor

 

Allan C Houser  — ‘Peaceful Serenity’

 

 

‘Allegory of Fishing’ by James (Jean-Jacques) Pradier, mid 19th century, silvered bronze

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.

 

 

‘Composition’ — Henri Laurens

1916

 

 

Cypriot, Jug, Early Bronze Age (2700-1900 BCE), Red Polished Ware

 

 

 

Soldiers Walking in front of the WW-II Motherland Calls Monument in Volgograd

Photo – Dmitri Baltermants

 

Pende people, Mbuya mask Kwago Area, Congo

 

 

 

‘Double Fuse’  —   Wangechi Mutu,

 

 

 

Eric Avery  —  ‘Chimera’

1991

 

 

‘Fall’, from The Four Seasons series — Wendy Red Star, American (Apsaalooke Crow)

2014

 

Gama Sennin, the Toad Spirit, teaching Yoshikado and his sister Takiyasha the Arts of Magic

Utagawa Kuniyoshi woodblock print – 1845

 

 

Gregory Williams  —  ‘Wearing Gravity’

 

 

Helmut Newton photo ‘At Karl Lagerfeld’s’

Paris 1974

 

 

Hip ornament representing the head of a Benin court official-early 18th century, brass and iron

 

 

Landscape in the Classical Tradition MANUAL (Ed Hill and Suzanne Bloom)

2005-06

 

 

‘Man with Clarinet’, 1919 , Henri Laurens

 

 

‘Monarch Buffalo Horn Cup’   — Kevin Pourier

2009

 

 

Oleg Tchoubakov1  – ‘Couple-art-love-art’

 

 

‘This Was Our Home’ — Allan Houser

1993

 

‘We Are Connected #38’  —  Charles Spurrie

 

 

‘We Are All Sacred ‘ — Frank LaPena, American (Maidu)

2001

 

 

‘Woman in Orange Cloth’  – Etiye Dimma Poulsen, Ethiopian

2006

 

‘Writ Large’ — Toyin Ojih Odutola, Nigerian 2016

 

 

See more of the Hood Museum collection here