Literary Analysis Unicorn By Bronwyn Oliver, Christo...

Artists use their artworks to communicate different meanings and transfer specific messages to the audience. Their artworks can be presented in different forms like architecture, drawing, painting, sculpture, pottery and many other forms. Each artwork contains a specific meaning which is usually based on the artist s beliefs, culture, identity and the nature surrounding us. Rona Rubuntja from the Hermannsburg Potters, Bronwyn Oliver, Christo and Jeanne Claude each presented their art in different forms but they all communicate meanings and ideas to the audience. Rona Rubuntja who is a senior member of the Hermannsburg Potters and her famous pottery work ‘I m Black’ for the exhibition ‘Our Land is Alive’ at the National Gallery of†¦show more content†¦She has participated in over twenty exhibitions in Australia and internationally. One of her most famous pieces is called ‘I’m Black’ and was exhibited in ‘Our Land is Aliveâ⠂¬â„¢. In this artwork, Rona Rubuntja recreated one of the most famous moments in Australian football when, in 1993, player Nicky Winmar lifted his shirt and proudly pointed to the colour of his skin. Football was traditionally a white’s sport which is very racist towards the Aboriginal as well as other nationalities. This moment when Nicky Winmar publicly stood up against racism communicates the victory of identity showed that even though he’s Aboriginal, he can still play football and he is proud of his identity. Rubuntja especially focused on this event because she wants to communicate to the audience to stand up against racism and discrimination and her ideas of her culture and identity. Bronwyn Joy Oliver was born in 1959 at a farm in Gum Flat. She was not born into an artistic family as her father worked as a greenkeeper and her mother as a pharmacy assistant. Oliver always wanted to become a famous artist in her childhood. She attended a Saturday TAFE art class when she was 10 years old and that was where she later studied sculpture from 1977 to 1980. Oliver later graduated and received the Dean’s Award which was followed by many other awards including NSW