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Theme: Cities & Suburbs
Artist: Trevor NICKOLLS Birth/Death: 1949 Title: Machinetime Dreamtime Credit Line: Purchased 1982. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. ‘My life revolves around painting and drawing. I incorporate Aboriginal and Western techniques and symbolism to make contemporary art that relates to both cultures today. My paintings are to share with everyone. I look to bridge the gap between Western and Aboriginal art My work is a balancing act, like walking a tightrope between my dreams and my life when I’m awake — from Dreamtime to Machinetime.’ Trevor Nicholls, 1990 In his painting Machinetime Dreamtime of 1981 Trevor Nickolls was continuing a series of works based on the theme of alienation. The differences between cityscape and landscape underpin the sense of grief Nickolls feels about the loss of traditional Aboriginal society to an industrialised urban culture. Two perspectives, one from above and one from the ground, represent these two worlds. Nickolls uses traditional Aboriginal patterning and divided composition to portray the crowded living conditions of many urban Aboriginal people. More details Click image to enlarge |