Lucas Grogan and the Eroticism of Aboriginal Art

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Abstract

In a series of paintings dated from 2008, artist Lucas Grogan attracted the ire of artists and curators for appropriating rock art motifs. These works used cross-hatched painting resembling Arnhem Land rarrk, as well as spirit figures resembling mimis. This essay places Grogan's babe series of paintings into a history of appropriations of erotic motifs in Australian rock art, by artists and anthropologists alike. This history of rock art eroticism here collides with Web 2.0 and the potency of Kunwinjku bark painters from the 1950s and 1960s.
Original languageEnglish
Article number4
Pages (from-to)210-221
Number of pages12
JournalAustralian & New Zealand Journal of Art
Volume19
Issue number2
Early online date18 Dec 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

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