Black Ant Art News
Black Ant Art and Tasmanian Aboriginal Artist Allan Mansell
Kingston, Spring Farm Village
Take a visit to Kingston, Spring Farm Village , shopping centre and view Allan’s vibrant artwork on a canopy approx. 70 plus metres long which tells the story of The Nation’s Journey.
The image that I have produced for this complex is a story of my road map to Kingston.
Starting from South to North and at the Southern End of the road map the blue represents
the D’Entrecasteaux Channel with mutton birds migrating, a traditional source of food for the
First Nations people. (Short Tail Shear Water, Yolla,)
The long line is connecting town ships to townships, that is Snug, Margate and then
Kingston. This is depicted by the campfire meeting places which leads into the Kingston
larger meeting place, the campfire meeting places are in red….Snug, Margate and then
Kingston.
The Central part of the image represents the meeting place for all people as shown by the
feet around the campfire. The nine stones representing the 9 nations in Tasmania. The red
representing the fire, the symbols in the middle are a food source for all nations.
Overall, this is a meeting place for all nations.
Palawa Connection
Stories and Printmaking Demonstration with Allan Mansell at the Henry Jones Art Hotel.
The Crowther Project appears to be ongoing
Miriam Margolyes and her crew came to Allan’s home to discuss “ Do all Australians get a fair go “
She saw the publicity that surrounded the Crowther project and she met Allan on site undertaking the reinterpretation and was amazed by the truth telling in relation to what actually happened.
“ We enjoyed hosting Miriam and her film crew at our place on Bruny Island and look forward to seeing the show in the second half of this year”.
The Crowther Project appears to be ongoing
Miriam Margolyes and her crew came to Allan’s home to discuss “ Do all Australians get a fair go “
She saw the publicity that surrounded the Crowther project and she met Allan on site undertaking the reinterpretation and was amazed by the truth telling in relation to what actually happened.
“ We enjoyed hosting Miriam and her film crew at our place on Bruny Island and look forward to seeing the show in the second half of this year”.
Black Ant Art Print Workshops will come to you
Allan Mansell, a professional, Tasmanian Aboriginal artist/printmaker: Black Ant Art - has been holding print workshops throughout schools in Tasmania teaching students printmaking and cultural understandings. Contact us to discuss our workshops
Allan exposes the brutal truth
The controversial William Crowther statue in Hobart 's Franklin Square has been converted into a 'tribute' to the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, with local indigenous artist Allan Mansell unveiling his new temporary art piece which transforms the statue into a representation of the last full blooded Tasmanian Aboriginal man William Lanne.
New Commission for the Mersey Community Hospital in Latrobe.
Allan l has won a commission to paint murals on the columns of the helipad at the Mersey Community Hospital in Latrobe.
A huge effort with the columns being 9 metres high, he is being assisted by Cheryl Rose, another respected and talented Tasmanian Aboriginal Artist.
The work is titled In Flight and features Yolla
( mutton birds or shear waters) soaring over the cliffs as night falls.
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