
Monday 26 October 2026 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM (UTC+10)
ROCK ART AND MODERN ABORIGINAL ART
Presented by Dr. Sally Butler
Venue: ANSC Caloundra: Caloundra RSL Functions Room, 19 West Terrace, Caloundra
In this talk, Sally explains how the modern Aboriginal art movement developed since the 1970s and how it maintains its connection to visual traditions going back to rock art created many thousands of years ago.
Sally focuses on how cultural traditions are reinvented and reinvigorated through innovative art of today.
Examples include Indigenous art from the Central Desert, North Queensland, the Kimberley and Arnhem Land.
Sally is Adjunct Professor of Art History at the University of Queensland and formerly a Senior Education Officer at the Queensland Art Gallery and an Associate Editor and feature writer for Art Collector magazine.
She has published widely in Australian and international journals and several books. Sally is the author and curator of the 2007 publication and international touring exhibition titled Our Way, Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River.