Ellen Jose - torres strait ilander artist
[interview - 12 minutes 50 seconds]NAIDOC week is the National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee's week of celebration of Indigenous arts and culture.
The Koori Unit of the City of Port Phillip (in Melbourne) will be showing a series of exhibitions to celebrate NAIDOC week.
Prominent Torres Strait Islander artist Ellen Jose spoke to Arts Alive about her exhibition and her concerns over the appropriation of traditional images and styles by both white and indigenous artists. And her views on emerging urban styles in indigenous art.
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