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Lin Onus Lin Onus i(A80801 works by)
Born: Established: 4 Dec 1948 Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 24 Oct 1996 Victoria,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Yorta Yorta / Yota Yota
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1 Language and Lasers Lin Onus , 1990 single work essay
— Appears in: Art Monthly Australia , May no. 30 1990; (p. 14-19) Blacklines : Contemporary Critical Writing by Indigenous Australians 2003; (p. 92-96) Lin Onus calls for the acceptance of new movements and expressions in Aboriginal art and warns that to judge Aboriginal art as 'traditional' or 'urban' 'assumes that Aboriginal art should remain static' and denies the artist a place in the development of Australian art.
1 Fire 2 Lin Onus , 1989 single work art work
— Appears in: True Blue? : On Being Australian 2008; (p. 141)
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