Trevor Nickolls(1949) is known as one of famous “urban” Aboriginal artist who has been working in the art for a very long time, since the 1970’s. The inspiration for his art works is from many different artists. According to Ai Arts (2010), “Trevor Nickolls' work is innovative and unique”. His work is the combination of many complex iconography as well as meanings. The main themes that Nickolls want to demonstrate in his works is “Dreamtime to Machinetime” which “articulates the cultural transition which many Aboriginal people have undertaken in their journey from their traditional cultural heritage of living in the Dreamtime, into the world of mechanisation and technology”(Ai Arts 2010). Nickolls uses subjects such as the spirituality of the Aboriginal people, their interrelationship to land or other elements which are merged together rather than separate to present his idea about the interaction between two different worlds (the world of Aboriginal- image of wild nature as well as the spiritual- and the modern world-image of high buildings as well as the technology) and the dilemma of living within both (Ai Arts 2010). "Dreamtime is his Aboriginal roots and philosophy, and the Machinetime is the present age people live in. He uses his art to work out the balance between the two"( The Age 2008).
Trevor Nickolls ,1993, Urban Scream , Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 75.2 x 59.5 cm
Sources:
Ai Art 2010, Trevor Nickolls biography, viewed 30 September 2012,< http://www.aiarts.com.au/trevor-nickolls-biography.html>
The Age 2008, The stuff of dreams, viewed 30 September 2012,< http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/the-stuff-of-dreams/2009/05/21/1242498866671.html>
Image sources:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/the-stuff-of-dreams/2009/05/21/1242498866671.html
http://www.aboriginalartcoop.com.au/aboriginal-art/trevor-nickolls/urban-scream.php
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