Just Can't Get Enough

Editorial

A new generation of Indigenous artists is redefining their genre, moving away from preconceived ideas of post colonialism in favour of a movement built on individuality, risk-taking and encapsulating all art forms. The result can be found in a new exhibition of four such artists, entitled Just Can't Get Enough.

"Cultural agitator" Troy-Anthony Baylis is descended from the Jawoyn people of the Northern Territory. His knitted objects use a visual language and are inspired by stories of how Aboriginal women knitted jumpers for the World War I and II troops.

Wathaurang woman Bindi Cole won the 2007 Victorian Indigenous Art Award for photography. Her installation Bindi's Boxes challenges notions of identity and self, which she explored in celebrated past exhibition, Not Really Aboriginal.

Clinton Nain is a dancer, performer and storyteller as well as visual artist, and is a descendant of the Torres Strait's Mirian Mer and Queensland's Ku Ku people. "What we artists create," he says, "is for everyone in the world."

Duncan Robinson works with video and audio. He is from the Trawlwoolway group in northeast Tasmania and gained his Masters and Honours in Video at the University of Tasmania.

Just Can't Get Enough reflects the current state of contemporary Indigenous art - one that will continue to push its own boundaries as its popularity grows.

Tomorrow, 2009 Troy-Anthony Baylis Knitted and embroidered acrylic, 27 components

Kilian David