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ALLEN SPARROW |
Artwork by Allen Sparrow, Australia Day, Adelaide 2020
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Allen Sparrow
(Kaurna/Ngarrindjeri, South Australia) Allen is an Aboriginal Artist from Kaurna (Yankalilla) & Ngarrindjeri (South East) Communities, South Australia. His paintings reflect traditional dot work and often incorporate figurative depictions of Australian animals, landscapes and representations of totems. These scenes depict a Story that seeks to take the viewer into country, sharing endless sand hills, bush,creeks and waterholes. Speaking about his Art, Allen explains “the earth colours I use is my connection to country. It calls me to paint and be who I am. I therefore would love to pass my teachings in artistic world to younger generation KAURNA.” |
Ngarrindjeri culture is centered around the lower lakes of the Murray River.The term Ngarrindjeri means belonging to men and refers to a "tribal constellation". They are the traditional Aboriginal people of the lower Murray River, western Fleurieu Peninsula, and the Coorong of southern, central Australia. The Ngarrindjeri actually comprised several distinct if closely related tribal groups, including the Jarildekald, Tanganekald, Meintangk and Ramindjeri[2] which began to form a unified cultural block after remnants of each separate community congregated at Point McLeay, now Raukkan.
Descendants of these peoples argue that the notion of Ngarrindjeri identity is a cultural construct imposed by settler colonialists, who bundled together and conflated a variety of distinct tribal worlds into one homogenised pattern now known as Ngarrindjeri.
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Descendants of these peoples argue that the notion of Ngarrindjeri identity is a cultural construct imposed by settler colonialists, who bundled together and conflated a variety of distinct tribal worlds into one homogenised pattern now known as Ngarrindjeri.
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Allen work recently featured in the "Spirit Men" Exhibition at the Royal Adelaide Hospital tarnanthi 2019 / 2020
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SOLD @ the Royal Adelaide Hospital "Spirit Man" Exhibition
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"Kangaroo Dreaming" The U and I shapes represent people, the double arrows are the kangaroo paws, the dots show us the desert terrain and the paths taken. Acrylic on canvas
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"Snake Dreaming" The Ancient Serpents wrap themselves through the sands of the outback
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Made in Adelaide - Art Boards and Placemats - size 30 x 40cm Price $20 each
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This beautiful SeaHorse, celebrated in such detailed dot and barrk work is SOLD. Art boards from the design to the left
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Made in Adelaide - Art Boards and Placemats - size 30 x 40cm Price $20 each
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Made in Adelaide - Art Boards and Placemats - size 30 x 40cm Price $20 each
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Made in Adelaide - Art Boards and Placemats - size 30 x 40cm Price $20 each
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Allen has built a keen international following, can be met by appointment and Painting Workshops at the Gallery and has started producing family made gift souvenirs and licensed products after being sort by a local manufacturer. If you are here looking for a local Conference Gifts please consider Allens' work.
Private & corporate commissions welcome
Private & corporate commissions welcome
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On behalf of the Gallery we firstly acknowledge the land now known as Australia belonged to a Nation of People, widely sophisticated, Aboriginal people of Culture, With Gratitude to our Elders past, present and emerging, the Country's ancient Cultural heritage. Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land.
We hope that by sharing the Stories of the Artworks more attention is paid to the land supporting us through the emmense Generational Knowledge of this Country Aboriginal people have. |