Fiona FoleyAboriginal Artist
Topic : Cultural Warriors
• Week 1 – Fiona Foley Biography
• Week 2 – Fiona Foley Art Practice
• Week 3 – Fiona Foley Frames & Conceptual Framework
• What is a Cultural Warrior?
Cultural Warrior : Definition
• Warriors – what / whom are these cultural warriors fighting against?• The mainstream, the establishment, the
uneducated, the uninformed.
• These artist warriors are going on the attackas much as defending their culture.
• They are attacking the ignorance of the general non-indigenous population – raise their awareness, bring them a knowledge of the concealed (deliberately or otherwise) forgotten and whitewashed histories.
Bibliography
• Australian Aboriginal, born Maryborough, Queensland 1964
• Grew up in Hervey Bay and Sydney
• Certificate of Arts at East Sydney Technical College in 1983
• Bachelor of Visual Arts at Sydney College of Arts in 1986
• Diploma of Education at the University of Sydney in 1987
Why Foley is aCultural Warrior
• My work today is driven by my custodial responsibilities to my land, Fraser Island and my political existence as an Indigenous person of Australia.
Aboriginal Background
• Fiona Foley is one of Australia’s best known Aboriginal artists and as artist of international repute.
• Her people, the Badtjala, are the original inhabitants of Fraser Island, north of Brisbane.
History of Fraser Island
• The island of K’gari or Thoorgine, as it was known by its inhabitants, came to the attention of colonial Queenslanders with the shipwreck there in 1836 of the Stirling Castle.
• The Captain’s wife, Eliza Fraser, survived and subsequently lied in captivity for six months with the Aboriginal inhabitants.
The Batdjala People’s History
• Many Batdjala people were enslaved by colonial rule, physical violence, disease, and starvation.
• Her traditional society is now in ruins as many of people were massacred or forcibly removed from their ancestral land.
• In 2004, an Aboriginal man named Cameron Doomadgee died in police custody on Palm Island.
Foley Talks : Part Onehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LvweA0fGzE
The In-class Essay
• Notes? Yes – however…• Must be handwritten.
• One side of an A4 sheet only.
• No images.
• Quotes must be in APA format.
• Conditions?• Exam conditions, which means no talking, no
looking at other’s papers, and no phones/laptops etc.
Top Related