Lin Onus AM (4 December 1948 - 23 October 1996), born William McLintock Onus and also known as Lin Burralung McLintock Onus, was an Australian artist of Scottish - Aboriginal origins. He was the son of activist Bill Onus . Early life Lin Onus Australia Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Dec 1948 Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 24 Oct 1996 Language group: Yorta Yorta, Southern Riverine region Biography Yorta Yorta painter, sculptor and activist, Lin Onus developed a distinctive visual language from a combination of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal imagery.
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The award-winning artist Lin Onus (b.1948 d.1996) was self taught. He was the Victorian representative of the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council in 1986 and co-founder of the Aboriginal Arts Management Association in 1990. Biographical Data b. 4 December 1948 None Biography 2 biographies Associates 12 people Groups 4 groups ARTIST PROFILE MARKET ANALYSIS PROFILE Lin Onus played a pivotal role in the recognition of Aboriginal art as an expression of a contemporary and dynamic living culture. Prior to his premature death at just 47, he was a prominent, strident, yet non-confrontational agent in renegotiating the history of colonial and Aboriginal Australia. William Dobell (1899 - 1970) Widely acknowledged as a pioneer of the Aboriginal art movement, the versatile and greatly innovative painter and sculptor, Lin Onus played a major role in leading the cause of Aboriginal advancement in Australia. Lin Onus, who died prematurely in Melbourne on 24 October 1996 at the age of 47, is widely acknowledged as a pioneer of the Aboriginal art movement in urban Australia and in many ways was a man ahead of his time.
Fruit bats, 1991 by Lin Onus Art Gallery of NSW
Lin Onus, artist statement, 1990. Lin Onus, who died prematurely in Melbourne on 24 October 1996 at the age of 47, is widely acknowledged as a pioneer of the Aboriginal art movement in urban Australia and in many ways was a man ahead of his time. As an artist and activist of extraordinary versatility and innovation, he addressed the political. The work of Lin Onus occupies a unique space in the broader context of Australian art. His painted landscapes, which form the core of the current exhibition at the Margaret Lawrence Gallery, display a complex fusion of ideas around place, possession, time and history. Yorta Yorta painter, sculptor and activist, Lin Onus developed a distinctive visual language from a combination of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal imagery. Lin Onus was unjustly. Lin Onus Artist profile Works in the collection. 1 Share. About. Yorta Yorta painter, sculptor and activist, Lin Onus developed a distinctive visual language from a combination of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal imagery. Lin Onus was unjustly expelled from school on racist grounds at the age of 14, yet later attended university..
Lin Onus. 194896 Australia (Aboriginal) List All Works
Lin Onus was a pioneer of contemporary Aboriginal art, representing a generation of artists whose work captured the urban experience of indigenous people through a distinctly Australian iconography. As an activist for indigenous rights, Onus' father invested his son with a similar concern for politics and social equality. Read More 14 Artworks: Lin Onus Meaning of Life I, 1994 Art & Collectors US$17,500-US$19,250 Lin Onus Dislocation—Red, 1996 Art & Collectors US$2,065-US$2,272 Lin Onus Pawns—Yellow, 1996 Art & Collectors AU$2,950 Lin Onus Collaborations, 1994 Art & Collectors US$14,000-US$15,400 Lin Onus
Lin Onus, who died prematurely in 1996, is an Aboriginal painter who focuses some of the most pressing debates affecting contemporary Aboriginal art: hybridity vs. authenticity; Aboriginality vs. Australianness; high vs. popular art and--perhaps most relevantly for Postcolonial Studies-- oppositionality vs. transformation. As an artist, Lin Onus invented his own visual language. In depicting scenes of the Arafura swamp and Barmah Forest, he took an unusual vantage point by painting scenes below the surface of the water, while also capturing reflections.
The Art of My Eyes. Artists Lin Onus, Rover Thomas, Yvonne Koolmatrie
While Melbourne artist Lin Onus is known primarily for his paintings, equally fundamental are his three-dimensional works. Onus developed an incisive eye for the issues and arguments relating to Aboriginal Land Rights, using the landscapes of both Victoria and Arnhemland as paradigms for diplacement and the emotional dislocation experienced by Aboriginal people.The inspiration for Maralinga. Lin Onus began painting in 1974, after initially training as a mechanic. His visits to Arnhem Land, which began in 1986, deeply influenced his life and art, and enabled him to forge a unique friendship with artist and elder, Jack Wunuwun (his mentor).
