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The food was very good. I actually didn't expect it to be as delicious as it was. The restaurant is very large, the menus was priced appropriately, and the food was superbaly cooked, moist chicken, delicate & deliciously prepared croquette, suckulent prawns, lamb cooked perfectly, & the chorizo done as if they were cooked on my oven. The service was great, our servers recommendations were spot on. I notified the restaurant a few days before my reservation that we has a birthday, they remembered. We were late & they were very accommodating. Also although they are a very busy restaurant we dined for 2 hours, we didn't feel rushed. I wouldn't suggest the red sangria, it's spiced and is an interesting taste for the pallet.
I had the best meal of my life at Amada. I thoroughly enjoyed every bite!
Good food, great service and a clear view of the ocean all contribute to a very pleasant dining experience.
The food was a bit pricey for the portions, but it was well prepared. Don't make a 10:00 reservation because they'll call you and tell you they close at ten, even though people are still eating at that time. One if the front girls was not very friendly, she was about to seat us in a crammed little space & we asked if we could sit at another spot & she told us we have nothing available (not true) so we said we'd like to sit at the bar she said enjoy & walked away from us.
We had a large group and did the $50 a person menu.... had some great selections and there wasn't a single item that we didn't love. Great way to try something different.
We really enjoyed all the food that we ordered and the service was excellent. The ambience was very nice also we had a window table overlooking the ocean that was amazing.
Amada is the best restaurant in AC in my book. Our dining experience is made even better by the service that Alberto thoughtfully provides.
Being of Mediterranean descent, we have a little knowledge of what good food from Spain tastes like. And we found it here. There were so many great things. We did the more expensive chef's tasting and could not have been happier. The foods were classics with FANTASTIC twists. The staff was great, the quality of the food was PHENOMENAL. The lamb chops... Oh, I can still taste them 12 hours later!!! Desserts are seasonal, but the way they cook and OBVIOUSLY take care in their work, it'll be good. We had a lactose intolerant person and they were sooo careful that they even omitted butter on some dishes. Some places are clueless, this place is on point! By the way, even without the cheese and butter, everything was FANTASTIC!!
It was great. Little expensive but u get what u pay for....
Loved everything about it. One of my favorites..can't wait to go back.
there was a wide selection of choices from small plates to meal sized portions. We had a variety of tapas. Great choices for vegetarians and meat lovers! we will return. the wait staff was prompt and knowledgeable of the menu.
There were 11 in our party which is a lot to handle to begin with. We received impeccable service and the food kept our taste buds jumping. Every dish was as good if not better than the dish before, from the cheese plate to the lamb chops. If going to Revel, you must eat at Amada. You won't be disappointed.
Hard to believe there is a finer restaurant in the region than Amada, and, this IS the place to be on the weekend. It is exciting to be here, a full house enjoying delicious food, spectacular views and friendly service, music and entertainment, all at amazingly low prices. Amada is the best value in Atlantic City. Try Amada, you shall kiss your tonsils, your wallet shall love you, and, you shall return again and again. Our favorite place.
What a wonderful experience we had at Amada in the Revel Casino/Hotel in AC. It was our first time at Amada and our server was so incredibly helpful. The food was amazing and even though it was a busy Saturday night, there was not a rush at all. We enjoyed our tapas meal and sangria over a leisurely 2 hours. The food is brought to you over time giving you a chance to enjoy and breath between dishes. The servings are just right. We highly recommend the crab stuffed peppers and the lobster was amazing. It was a wonderful time for celebrating our anniversary and we hope to get there again with friends.
On a recent trip to Atlantic City my boyfriend and I had dined at Amada. After researching the variety of restaurants offered by each hotel we decided on Amada due to the enticing choices on the menu. Upon arrival we were greeted and we directed to our table within minutes. We had ordered several tapas options, each better than the other! The timing in which they brought each course out was perfect, we did not feel rushed nor did we feel as though we had been waiting forever. Each dish was presented to us by the waitress with a short explanation of what was included. I would definitely recommend the grilled calamari and steamed clams in white wine for any fish lover and the lamb meatballs as well as the bacon wrapped dates!
Went for dinner for my 40th birthday. We were thrilled with all dishes we had. Decor is beautiful, service was great, and the white sangria was tasty. Would definitely return.
The meal was perfect, my wife and I ordered 3-4 small plates each and shared!! Amazing meal, I will be dining here anytime I am within 45 mines of Atlantic city!!! Crab stuffed Peppers were to die for!!!
My husband brought me here for my Birthday dinner; what an excellent choice! When they heard it was a special occasion, the hostess seated us at a window table overlooking the beach. It was beautiful. The menu is extensive and a little bit adventurous for us. The service was wonderful and each dish was cooked to perfection and exquisitely presented. We will most definitely recommend Amada to our friends and family. Thank you for a lovely experience!
We attended Amada on Sunday night and were very pleased with our choice to dine there. We requested a booth and our request was honored. The ambiance was great and we were able to have privacy within our booth/banquet. It was our first time dining at Amada and our server, Anastasia was incredible. She went above and beyond in explaining the menu in details. She assisted us in making selections and provided great recommendations. It was her service that really stood out and made the experience so much more enjoyable than your average night out. We will return. The food was very good and we now each have our favorites of the tapas. Definitely try and get seated in Anastasia's section because she is an excellent server!
The tapas selections were very good and had a lot of variety. The restaurant is beautiful but a bit dark and I had to read a few items and someone in our party had difficulty seeing the menu. We did wait a little while for drink orders to be taken but after that, service went well and the staff is professional and knowledgable. If we are in Atlantic City again, we will go to Amada. It is steps above other restaurants in the area
I never would have believed we could get such an incredible dining experience in a casino. My husband and I were thrilled with the food. Jose Garces is a genius in the kitchen. We loved everything we ordered. The waiter was extremely helpful in guiding us. My only complaint was the noise level from the bar but there was a convention there and I guess they also knew where to find the best food. Please open a restaurant in the New York area
Chef Austin has assumed the Chef De Cuisine mantle and come out flying. A great restaurant has become even stronger with new menu additions that complement wonderfully our traditional favorites here. Amada is a great spot, our favorite, and, you shall love it too. It is managed perfectly by GM Patrick Sterr. Reservations are honored on time, the room is beautiful with an ocean view and the service friendly and knowledgeable. The food is simply put, delicious! We have enjoyed every item and now, some great new dishes from a very talented and energetic Chef. Our last visits have been crowned by new halibut and sea bass specials and they were just marvelous. Try Amada, our favorite spot and the best restaurant in Atlntic City.
Had always gone previously with just my fiancee, this time went with a big group and realized how much better it is when you sample smaller bits of many more plates. The food, as always, was divine, but I was surprised to see how great Amada is at handling groups. Everyone left with rave reviews.
From service to food to wine a totally outstanding meal
We love Amada in Old City and had to experience the AC spot, absolutely did not disappoint and the staff was excellent. Maybe even more engaging and friendly than those on Chestnut St.
Tapas style restaurant, so you order several different plates. The bacon wrapped dates were delish!!!! Service was quick, nice view overlooking ocean! The restaurant is very dark! Our waiter, Vincent was very friendly and helpful in helping us choose what to order. Will definitely be returning!
Personally, the best restaurant in Revel! Every time I go, I can't stop talking about the food! The choices are amazing and I always say I won't order so much...but I can't help it! Favorites include garlic shrimp, clams and lamb chops! My mouth is watering just typing about them! Can't leave there feeling hungry! Best of the best!
Amada is a fantastic Tapas dining experience! I would recommend Amada to anyone who enjoys unique food.
Friends and I visited Amada on a bachelorette party weekend to Atlantic City. The menu is great for groups, since there are options for everyone and everything is delicious. We had a vegetarian and a pescetarian with us who commented that the chickpea and spinach tapa had a savory flavor that they hadn't had since they stopped eating meat and complemented the chef for the flavor profile. The restaurant is great for a night out with friends and has a great atmosphere for couples and groups alike. The beach views are gorgeous and match the food perfectly.
Everything was great and the food is unusual and tasty. the service there is always fast and helpful with your choices.
The food was wonderful. Ambiance candlelit,quiet, relaxing. Buyer beware! Check the menu online before you go or bring a small flashlight! The waiter took advantage of very dim lighting to point out options that were the most expensive. With 4 of us dining and the waiter's one small flashlight we were more or less at his mercy. Wine that poured 4 glasses and a splash was $62 when the same wine purchased at $12 per glass would have been $48. The same Tapas selections ordered as a complete meal for $75 per person could have been purchased a la carte for about $40 - $50 per person. We looked at the menu online when we got home and realized that we could have reduced the bill by at least $150 had we been able to see the menu.
Our anniversary dinner was perfect at Amada. We totally enjoyed the server's Recommendations of the tasting menu. Each selection was delicious And served with wonderful explanations of the various Spanish foods. We will certainly return to Amada each time we are at the Revel!
I love Amada in Philly but I must say the one at revel is better. The presentation of the food is nicer. The portion sizes are better, and I like the atmosphere at revel better too. Will be back for sure.
This was our third time dining here. It was absolutely amazing. Wine list is extensive and cocktails are inventive. Each dish is carefully crafted. Service is top notch. Attentive without being pushy. We look forward to our next visit.
My friends and I have been coming to AC for a girls' weekend for 12 years. This is the best meal we've had so far. The ambiance is lovely though it is a little dark inside. The menu was a little confusing at first but our server explained it well. Her recommendations were right on the mark. The divers scallops were divine! We enjoyed a bit of everything and it was more than enough for the 5 of us. We also loved the desserts as we ordered on of each. Our bill was fairly reasonable too.
Amada is our favorite spot, we are here every Saturday, so, when it came to a location for my wife's birthday party, Amada was the first and last choice. You see, every night seems like a party at Amada. The room is beautiful, overlooking the broad expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. The staff is a wonder, always helpful, always smiling, you will feel as though you are there with extended family. The food is just superb, delicious in every respect, and, they are constantly adding great specials. For the birthday girl, a unique and incredible cocktail, an amazing scallop special and, lobster and more lobster, prepared as a paella, and, accompanied by a great wine. Add a spectacular dessert, and, it was just perfect as always. Amada, just superb.
We were extremely thrilled with our evening at Amada! At the server's recommendation, we went with the tasting menu and were overly impressed with every single dish that arrived at our table. Each course was well thought out and all quality dishes. The short rib flatbread, garlic shrimp, and the ribeye were some of our favorites! Drinks were awesome as well. Had the craft beer sampler for my husband, and I had the broken hugs cocktail, which was incredibly balanced and really great! Service was nice and fairly thorough. Truly a great dinner - best at Revel for sure!!!
I was not sure what to order from among so many wonderful choices. Natalia, our server, suggested the La Mesa De Jose (chef's selection). As a pescatarian (vegetarian who eats some fish), I am not always able to indulge in a tasting menu with such limitations. Well, this chef was happy to oblige and prepared for us a wonderful and diverse meal within my restrictive parameters. Very enjoyable!
Wonderful night food was wonderful server was so helpful just a beautiful night
First great experience. Made reservations for two, was called the day of to confirm. Was seated on time. Excellent taste and presentation. Pernil was amazing! Atmosphere was very romantic.
The food is great and the service at the bar was amazing. Zach the bartender is a true mixologist. The Chef, Chris has a flare for flavor and his dishes are to die for. I recommend this restaurant highly.
Our favorite spot, Amada seems to constantly add new items to its already extensive and delicious menu. This time, another scallop special , just perfect, never tasted scallops prepared so well. This followed the absolutely scrumptious mushroom soup, always tasty. We chose a wonderful chicken with fried egg selection and it was just superb. Add specialty cocktails , some great tasting cava, their remarkable cafe don leche and those donuts, those wonderful donuts, as a desert and you have the makings of a spectacular evening, set in a beautiful room with a terrific ocean view and a very friendly and attentive staff. . Try Amada, just fabulous.
It's a treat to get tapas, & good tapas at that close to home rather than having to go to Phila or Cape May for good little plates. We've enjoyed ourselves at Amada 5-6 times, always get tasting menu & we're never disappointed.
I am a foodie and, when traveling (domestic extensively), make my dining reservations well in advance of anything else. I study menus and reviews on multiple dining sites. Most of the time, my expetations prove to have been too high. But Amada's is consistently perfect. And I mean perfect! This past time, the food was splendid as always (who knew such miracles could be found in chicken! )our usuals did not disappoint-bacon wrapped dates, shortrib flatbread, mushroom flatbread, manchego w/lavendar honey, ensalada de jamon (amazing and tremendous), ham croquettes...our only regret was we didn't have more people to share it with! Our waiter, Alberto, was exceptionally knowledgeable and passionate about the menu and made some great choices.
In spite of both of our initial drinks being unacceptable, the rest of the meal was exciting, beautifully presented and delicious. We had an excellent overall experience. Our waitperson rose to the occasion.
I am a fan of tapas dining and Amada did not disappoint. The food was very good but the fact there is no wall separating the casino floor and dining. Not very romantic when there is blackjack tables 10 feet from you. If you are nestled closer to the windows is best. Overall still had a great time.
My friend and I had a wonderful time! Great atmosphere, good service and amazing food! Dishes have great size and such amazing taste! My Spanish sea bass was heaven!
Went there with my wife and another couple for my birthday and had a blast...menu is extensive and if you have not had much experience with tapas - go with the chef selections....food was great and we had no idea what was going to come out next....great dining experience...
If you like small plate/tapas format... food, ambiance and service were out of the ordinary and made for a particularly delightful evening. High expectations going in that were met and exceeded... and I'm known as a tough critic!
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My first bass was a King (I think)—a Les Paul-looking pawnshop baby I bought in 1984 for $110. The date was May 19 (I remember because it was also my brother's birthday), and when I walked out of Littman's Pawn in Norfolk, Virginia, I was the happiest kid in town. The cardboard case couldn't be opened fast enough when I got home, where I quickly started showing off my acquisition to the big kids on the street, all while brimming with a new confidence and purpose.
Fast-forward a thousand years to today. My love continues to grow and my sense of purpose is renewed every time I open my case. If you play bass, or any instrument for that matter, then your love should grow as the years go by. You may ebb and flow in
Where the adventure began for me in 1984. Here's to another 28 years of groove!
terms of your commitment— be it practicing, maintenance, or gigging live—but the love will be there. Ask an older person who used to play and you'll most likely see their eyes light up.
Your passion for tone, reach-ing new levels of musicality,and your "love of the game"should not be in question. Ofcourse, that changes when theguitar player says he tracked allthe bass parts in Pro Tools. Butdon't sweat it—you are betterthan he is. To play bass is notsecond-rate, as the guitarist mayimply, but rather an honor tohold such power in your hands.Use your powers for good.
whole vibe. Take that, country music!
•;The;triumph;of;the;first time you (correctly) play a George Porter, Jr. bass line.
•;Playing;two;measures;of a solo with distortion, just because.
•;The;1965;Ampeg;B- 15.
•;The;hope;that;you;get;to play;the;Earth,;Wind;& Fire version of "Got to Get You Into My Life" with a full horn section. Just once.
•;Not;having;to;change;strings before every other gig.
•;Being;able;to;play;one note every four measures and still keep a groove.
One item I omitted from the list, but happened upon later, was the sense of community I have found from playing bass. The bassists I know are gracious, helpful, and willing to share gigs. When there is an audition, they don't get upset if they end up not getting the gig. Instead, they are humble and happy for the bassist who did. This is how it should be all the way around.
Let's go back to watching the ladies. It seems there are two main inspirations for being a musician: the Beatles and getting girls. Of course these aren't the only reasons, but humor me for a moment. Since we can't be in the Beatles (though Brian Ray is awfully close, isn't he?), we opt for the getting girls part.
The industry joke goes, "John Mayer told me never to name drop," but here I go. Back in 2010, I was in the studio with Steve Cropper rehearsing some of his classic hits for a show. The engineer was in the control room with a female friend. As we started playing Steve's song, "634- 5789," I looked up and I saw her moving her hips. It wasn't like we were in a rocking venue full of moving bodies—it was just one person in a room who let her subconscious take over. I smiled at that moment, thinking I had proof that a sick bass groove— even a 50-year-old groove—is a timeless and powerful thing.
These are just a few of my favorite things, so this list is by no means absolute. I encourage you all to think of your own reasons for playing bass and send them to me. I want to know what makes you tick as well, and maybe we can follow up with some of your answers in a future column.
The love you had when you first started playing is the most powerful inspiration you can possess. Like any successful marriage, it takes work to keep it all together. Harness that passion and use it to your advantage. Don't worry if your love has slipped a little—there is always time to get it back. If your love remains strong, keep it that way. Because it only gets better.
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A 20-year-old man presented to the clinic with a painful mass in his right knee. He recently had a plain radiographic knee study at another institution that was read as normal. At that time, the mass was noted to be smaller and less painful. A new radiographic knee study was obtained, followed by futher evaluation with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
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The anteroposterior radiograph of the right knee revealed obliteration of the cortex along the medial femoral metadiaphysis, associated with an ill-defined lucency involving the distal medial femur, as well as the epiphysis (Figure 1). Faint osseous matrix may be seen. No clear periostitis was identified, but there is an associated, large soft-tissue mass overlying and medial to the described osseous changes. The MR study confirms the presence of the large mass and associated cortical destruction (Figure 2). Additionally, multiple fluid-fluid levels are seen throughout the mass (Figure 3). There is extension into the intra-articular space and medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle, and displacement of the neurovascular bundle.
Osteosarcomas are the most common primary malignancies of bone, occurring predominantly in the population younger than age 30. They most frequently involve the ends of long bones, particularly the distal femur and proximal tibia. 1 Common clinical presentations include pain, pathologic fracture, and soft-tissue mass. Telangiectatic osteosarcomas are an uncommon, yet aggressive, morphologic variant, comprising approximately 2% to 4% of all osteosarcomas. 2 Radiographically, they typically appear destructive and radiolucent, often resembling the radiographic appearance of aneurysmal bone cysts. 3 Although there is usually only a small amount of osseous matrix within this neoplasm, it is not unusual for there to be a significant associated soft-tissue component. Periosteal reaction in the form of a Codman's triangle may be seen in association with a more rapid-growing tumor. Fluid-fluid levels on computed tomography (CT) and MR imaging, although nonspecific findings, 4 can be seen in association with telangiectatic osteosarcomas and are thought to represent areas of hemorrhage into cystic spaces, 5 which are characteristically lined by giant cells and tumor cells rather than the endothelial cells more typical of aneurysmal bone cysts. Osteosarcomas, in general, have been known to be metastatic, with the lungs being the most common site of invasion. The treatment generally involves wide local excision and, sometimes, limb amputation, depending on the extent of the disease. Some believe that there may be a role for chemotherapy. 6 The prognosis is considered to be similar to that of conventional osteosarcomas.
The telangiectatic osteosarcoma is an uncommon type of osteosarcoma characterized by hemorrhage into dilated cystic spaces, which often results in fluid-fluid levels on CT and MR imaging. These patients typically present with severe pain, and care should be taken to distinguish this neoplastic process from aneurysmal bone cysts and other benign processes that may have a similar imaging appearance.


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Contemporary Aboriginal Art
Rare artworks from an unsurpassed collection evoke the inner lives and secret rites of Australia's indigenous people
- By Arthur Lubow
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An art movement's origins usually can't be pinpointed, but boldly patterned Aboriginal acrylic painting first appeared at a specific time and place. In July 1971, an art teacher named Geoffrey Bardon distributed some brushes, paints and other materials to a group of Aboriginal men in the forlorn resettlement community of Papunya, 160 miles from the nearest town, Alice Springs. Bardon had moved near the remote Western Desert from cosmopolitan Sydney hoping to preserve an ancient aboriginal culture imperiled by the uprooting of Aboriginal people from their traditional territories in the 1950s and '60s. The men, who saw Bardon distributing the art supplies to schoolchildren, had a simpler aim: they were looking for something to do. Together they painted a mural on a whitewashed schoolhouse wall, and then they created individual works in a former military hangar that Bardon called the Great Painting Room. In 1972, with his assistance, 11 of the men formed a cooperative called Papunya Tula Artists. By 1974 the group had grown to 40.
Papunya Tula is now one of about 60 Aboriginal arts cooperatives, and Australian Aboriginal art generates nearly $200 million in annual revenues. It is not only the largest source of income for Aboriginal people but also, arguably, the most prestigious Australian contemporary art. Featuring bold geometric designs in earth tones, with characteristic circles, dots and wavy snakelike lines, Aboriginal acrylic painting appeals to Western collectors of both abstract and folk art. Prices have soared. A mural-size 1977 painting on canvas by the Papunya artist Clifford Possum established a record price for the genre when it sold in 2007 for $1.1 million.
Still, a special aura attaches to the first, small paintings, done on masonite boards usually less than 2 by 3 feet. Created before there was commercial interest, they benefit from the perception that they are more "authentic" than the stretched-canvas works that came later. It is hard to deny the energy and inventiveness of the early boards; artists used unfamiliar tools and materials to cover two-dimensional surfaces with designs they'd employed in ritualistic body painting or sand mosaics. They improvised, applying paint with a twig or the tip of a paintbrush's wooden handle. "The early period—you're never going to find anyplace where there's so much experimentation," says Fred Myers, a New York University anthropologist. "They had to figure everything out. There's an energy that the early paintings have, because there's so much excess to compress."
The first exhibition in the United States to focus on these seminal works—49 paintings, most of them early Papunya boards—recently appeared at New York University, following showings at Cornell University and the University of California at Los Angeles. The paintings are owned by John Wilkerson, a New York City-based venture capitalist in the medical field, and his wife, Barbara, a former plant physiologist. The Wilkersons collect early American folk art and first became enamored of Aboriginal work when they visited Australia in 1994. "We both thought, 'We don't like this—we love it,'" Barbara recalls. "We just liked everything." With the help of a Melbourne-based gallery owner, they soon concentrated on the earliest paintings.
The Wilkersons' costliest board was the 1972 painting Water Dreaming at Kalipinypa, a dazzling patchwork of stippled, dotted and crosshatched shapes, bought in 2000 for some $220,000—more than twice the price it had been auctioned for only three years earlier. The painting was done by Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, an original member of the Papunya cooperative and one of its most celebrated. Sadly, the artist himself had long been overlooked; in 1997, an Australian journalist found Warangkula, by then old and homeless, sleeping along with other Aboriginal people in a dry riverbed near Alice Springs. Though he reportedly received less than $150 for his best-known painting, the publicity surrounding the 1997 sale revived his career somewhat and he soon resumed painting. Warangkula died in a nursing home in 2001.
Though the Aboriginal art movement launched in Papunya is just four decades old, it's possible to discern four periods. In the first, which lasted barely a year, sacred practices and ritual objects were often depicted in a representational style. That was dangerous: certain rituals, songs and religious objects are strictly off limits to women and uninitiated boys. In August 1972, an angry dispute broke out at an exhibition in the aboriginal community of Yuendumu over explicit renderings in Papunya paintings. Some community members were offended by the realistic depictions of a wooden paddle swung in the air to produce a whirring sound in initiation ceremonies that are hidden from women and children.
In response to the furor, artists began to avoid forbidden images or conceal them under dotting, stippling and cross-hatches. So began the next period. A forerunner of that style, painted around August 1972, is Water Dreaming at Kalipinypa, in which Warangkula's elaborate veilings acquire a mesmerizing beauty that relates to the symbolic theme of raindrops bringing forth the vegetation stirring below the earth.
"I think the older men love playing with almost showing you," Myers says. It's not just a game. These paintings mirror traditional ritual practice; for example, in one initiation ceremony, adolescent boys whose bodies are painted in geometric or dotted patterns appear before women at night through a scrim of smoke, so the designs can be glimpsed but not seen clearly. "You have people who already have a tradition of working with concealment and revelation," Myers says.
In the third period, the art found a commercial market with acclaimed, large-scale canvases in the 1980s. And the fourth period, roughly from the 1990s to the present, includes lower-quality commercial paintings—disparaged by some art dealers as "dots for dollars"—that slake the tourist demand for souvenirs. Some painters today lay down geometric, Aboriginal-style markings without any underlying secret to disguise. (There have even been cases of fake Aboriginal art produced by backpackers.)
Still, much fine work continues to be produced. "I'm very optimistic, because I think it's amazing that it has lasted as long as it has," Myers says. Roger Benjamin, a University of Sydney art historian who curated the exhibition, "Icons of the Desert," says gloomy predictions of the late '80s have not been borne out: "Fewer and fewer of the original artists were painting, and people thought the movement was dying out. That didn't happen."
One striking change is that many Aboriginal painters today are women, who have their own stories and traditions to recount. "The women painting in Papunya Tula now tend to use stronger colors and—especially the older ladies—are less meticulous," Benjamin says.
Though seemingly abstract, the multilayered paintings reflect the Aboriginal experience of reading the veiled secrets of the hostile desert—divining underground water and predicting where plants will reappear in the spring. According to Aboriginal mythology, the desert has been marked by the movements of legendary ancestors—the wanderings known as Dreamings—and an initiate can recall the ancestral stories by studying and decoding the terrain. "In the bush, when you see somebody making a painting, they often break into song," Benjamin says. They're singing the Dreaming stories in their paintings.
The Wilkersons' original plan to exhibit paintings in Australian museums fell through after curators feared that Aboriginal women or boys might be exposed to sacred imagery. Aboriginal community members also decreed that nine reproductions could not be included in the exhibition catalog. (The American edition contains a supplement with the banned images. Smithsonian was not granted the right to publish any of them.)
While Western art collectors may value the works according to how well they were executed, Aboriginal people tend to rank them by the importance of the Dreaming in them. "White people can't understand our painting, they just see a 'pretty picture,' " the Papunya artist Michael Tjakamarra Nelson once remarked.
Some of the imagery in the exhibition is comprehensible to informed outsiders, while some is ambiguous or completely opaque. For many Western spectators, the secret religious content of the paintings—including, in the early boards, images said to be fatal to uninitiated Aboriginal people—only adds to their appeal. Like much geometrically ordered art, Aboriginal painting is beautiful. Tantalizingly, it also exudes mystery and danger.
New York City-based freelance journalist Arthur Lubow last wrote for Smithsonian about China's terra cotta soldiers.
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If you are interested in very fine Aboriginal Art, please visit our website
and do check the following major artists : Dennis Nona, Kathleen petyarre, Abie Loy Kemarre....
Warmest regards
Posted by jacob on October 6,2011 | 09:11 AM
My parents bought Aboriginal Bark Paintings in the early 1970's in Australia; can you put me in touch with someone to find out if the paintings should be donated to a museum?
Deb Kaufman
Posted by Debbie Kaufman on August 9,2010 | 06:44 PM
Oooohoooohoooooh... May I play the interpretation game, too?
I think Medicine Story (page 70) draws on a legend in the making about two wealthy collectors (shown as two vertical phalluses), a cunning artist (lying down laughing at the bottom) and stacks of coins (circles) that are raining and draining down upon him. The collectors are separated by windows portraying a mansion, but connected by slim organs. Laugh lines run off the canvas at the bottom, while the artist makes a plan to exit left "walkabout" through the window of opportunity he has created through the bleak blackness of his pre-artistic condition.
Way to go, Uta Uta Tjangala!
Irwin Schuster
Posted by Irwin Schuster on January 13,2010 | 08:37 PM
Every Aboriginal art is a story. There is an iPhone app called "Dreamtime" which shows a series of Aboriginal artwork along with their stories as described by the artist. It is very good.
Posted by John Middendorf on January 6,2010 | 06:34 PM
Aboriginal Art is more than an art movement.
In 1995 I produced a video on Aboriginal Art for Crystal Productions that explored prehistoric cave art to today's contemporary paintings. Acrylic paint is the reason Aboriginal art is now produced for commercial success.
Art was an essential ingredient of Aboriginal life permeating every aspect, both ceremonial and secular. The elders, who were also the artists, painted these legends of creation.
Since the early 1900's the demands of anthropologists, researchers and collectors for portable works of art have stimulated the production of bark paintings translated into acrylic works of art.
The Chromacryl company of Australia donated paint and canvas board to the natives so that the indigenous people could make a living. The artists have adapted to a lucrative form of communication and raised their level in society to innovators and leaders.
Three major techniques were used by many different clans.
The cross-hatched "Mimi" patterns identify clans in Western Arnham Land.. The mimi spirits were the predecessors of the present day Aborigines. The stick-like figures represented animated mimi spirit people, magic-makers.
X-ray paintings are essentially static and show the external form and what cannot be seen: the skeleton of an animal, the stomach, the heart, lungs and other organs. The paintings are used for hunting and fishing magic and also for teaching.
In central Australia ground paintings provide the models for acrylic dot paintings on canvas and board which initially emerged around 1970.
Aboriginal artists can now support their lives through their art. The artists express Aboriginal values and perspectives to a world which continues to be hostile to Aboriginal aspirations. The issues of dispossession, broken families, racism and an intensification of the sense of cultural identity provide strong motivation for today's painting compositions.
Posted by MARILYNNE BRADLEY on January 6,2010 | 03:22 PM
We visited that Melbourne gallery in late 90's. We were entertained for hours by the manager with the stories depiclted in the paintings.We purchaced a canvass entitled "Fertility" by woman artist.
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Before implementing the GTD method, it would be an understatement to say I was paralyzed with indecision when contemplating my own personal amorphous blob of Stuff I Had To Do. No matter what I chose to do, if I began doing it, a gnawing suspicion that I was letting something else, some small but critical item on my agenda, slide into the Dire Emergency/Must Get Done NOW/BWOOP BWOOP BWOOP! category (that's one category you don't see on your Palm Priority List I bet!) would slowly worm its way into my frontal lobe, until I HAD to stop what I was doing and furiously search my mental RAM for what the heck I was screwing up by not doing at that moment. Not a pleasant way to live.
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Debbie Cleveland, owner of Picture Perfect Custom Framing and Art in Susanville is retiring after 17 years in Susanville. Her husband Jim retired a while now and Debbie say now it's her turn. If you have any custom framing you need done, the last day to order it is March 13. Visit her Uptown Susanville shop today.
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Suzanne Rice, owner of Suzanne's Ultimate Salon is now doing natural appearing hair extensions. They can be matched to your hair color. So one day you can have short hair, you can have long hair the next. Suzanne also offers clips in bright color hair extensions. You can have streaks of purple, pink, blue, green hair added to your own hair color. Stop by Suzanne's for more information or an appointment.
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If you spend hours on your feet each day, then you'll definitely want to head on over to Uptown Uniforms and check out their new line of Rockers shoes by Cherokee. Owner Carol Cotter tells us these shoes give your feet the comfort you deserve. So don't spend another day eagerly waiting to get off your feet, with Rockers you'll feel like you've been walking on a cloud.
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A buddy of mine, who I will secretly refer to as "Ross," used to love boasting about his old minivan and the "sweet ride" it provided. As great as it was, I suspect he'd be even more impressed with a trip on the Emirates A-380 that flies from Toronto to Dubai three times a week.
It was my first time on the plane last night (Wednesday), and it was something else. How on earth anything that big takes off is beyond me, first of all. I mean, take a look at that thing sometime, then add the weight of nearly 500 passengers and all that food and drinks and the water for the showers and it simply defies the laws of physics, Captain.
I bought a full-fare ticket and was lucky enough to get an upgrade to business class to see how the other half lives. Yeah, it's not bad. There's the usual pod-style seating area, where the seats tilt back and make into a flat bed. Similar to Air Canada in that sense. But they take things to a whole different level on Emirates, with a sleeping pad that you can put on top of your seat for a comfier rest, plus much more storage area than most biz class setups. There was a large shelf to my left, with a mini-bar (no alcohol) with two small cans of pop, a mango juice, plus fresh water and Perrier.
That was quite nice. The food was good, and they served alcohol to folks who wanted it. I had a couple glasses of Bordeaux, but wish they'd had a slightly larger selection. Four is fine, but I would've thought they'd have six or eight varieties. The TV/entertainment centre set-up was amazing; a huge screen with spectacular colour and a couple hundred movies to choose from, not to mention a whole whack of TV shows, documentaries and a ridiculous supply of music; classic albums such as Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys and Harvest from our own Neil Young, great playlists for everyone from Sinatra and classical artists Tom Petty to U2 to the Beatles to Bruce Springsteen, Neil Diamond, Radiohead, Coldplay and Abba, and more.
It's a great way to pass the time. But what's really cool is the lounge at the back of the biz section. It's got curved benches on each side of the plane to sit about six people in all, and in the middle is a wide-open spot for folks to stand and mingle and then a curved bar with olives, sandwiches, snacks and a full bar. It was quite impressive, but it would be nice to see a bottle of Canadian whiskey on board a flight from Toronto.
I didn't get to use it, but the folks were nice enough to show me the first class section, which features even larger televisions, more storage space, a small desk and lamp and sliding panels so you can be almost entirely enclosed and private. It's quite something. But not as cool as the shower, which is about the size of a small Tokyo apartment; maybe 12 feet by five, with a full shower. Folks in first class get a half hour in the washroom per passenger, and five minutes of running water for the shower. And how great would that be at the end of a 10-hour flight?
My tour guide also pointed out how, when it's time for sleep on the plane as a whole, they turn down the regular moodlighting and put on lights that cast the shape of small stars on a deep blue background on the ceiling. Emirates has a dozen A-380's operating now and should have 15 by year-end. They have another 90 on order.
Right now they're stuck at three flights a week from Canada to Dubai. They'd like to go daily, but their entreaties to the Stephen Harper government have falled on deaf ears; Harper being more interested in protecting Canada's airlines, and their deep-pocketed owners, than he is in providing more choice for Canadian consumers. At least that's how I see it.
I got a charge out of the music on offer, including a bit where you can play all the #1 hits from the UK charts for all years starting with 1955 or so. Lots of Elvis and the Beatles, of course, but also some weird bits. Wandrin' Star, which Lee Marvin sang/mumbled for the movie Paint Your Wagon with Clint Eastwood, was a #1 hit in the UK for three weeks in 1970. Also making number one was I"ll Never Fall in Love Again, but not the Dionne Warwick version. This one was by Bobby Gentry, which was a surprise to me. Also weird that both Michelle and Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da made number one as cover tunes of the Beatles, but they weren't Beatles singles so didn't make the charts.
Anyway, thanks to Emirates for the sweet ride.
I was prepared, I think, for the Burj Al Arab and such, but I didn't for some reason think much about the Dubai airport before I stepped into it. Wow. All kinds of gleaming white and silver columns in a huge arrivals area that had to have 50-foot ceilings, plus mirrors and palm trees and fancy lighting.
Really, really awesome. Best part? Out in the covered parking lot/taxi area they have spraying fountains and fake waterfalls. In a parking lot. I can only imagine what the rest of the city looks like.
We passed a bunch of nice hotels on the way into town, including the Fairmont. Sadly, we also passed a Chili's, an Applebee's, a Tony Roma's, a Pizza Hut and two Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets. If you didn't see the Arabic signs and the Turkish restaurants you might have thought you were in Miami.
I'm staying the night at the Madinat Jumeirah's Mina Salam Hotel, just a few feet from the Burj Al Arab. The lobby is stunning, with Arabic arches and lovely wooden furnishings, as well as a small fountain filled with red rose petals and floating candles. Quite beautiful. The rooms are enormous, with a lovely wooden desk I'm typing at now, a dark, polished dresser, a huge TV and a large sitting area with a very good-sized bathroom that features colourful Arabic tiles.
The guy at the front desk told me there are 42 restaurants in the complex, which features two hotels and a giant lagoon where they ferry you by boat from one part to another. Geez. I wandered about for a while and figured I really wanted a view. I stopped at a place called The Agency and had a glass of wine on the terrace. I asked for an antipasto platter, which had good cheese and olives and an eggplant spread but no meat. I also ordered a beef yakitori dish that was inedible, but they charged me for it anyway. I thought about arguing but I wanted to make the point that it's poor service to charge someone for something they wouldn't eat. So I guess I just did.
Anyway, it was warm (about 30 degrees) with a slight breeze and watching small boats ferry folks about in the lagoon in the shadow of the Burj Al Arab is not a bad way to spend a Thursday night. There were plenty of folks in Arab headresses and conservative clothing, but also a lot of European/North American girls in low-cut tops and tight dresses. That took me by surprise, although not in a bad way. I guess I thought that even tourists over here would dress a tad conservatively given the nature of the beast. Maybe they do when they're out in the city, but in a tourist enclave like this it seems like it's about the same as Toronto or New York or Bangkok.
I'll have something more on the hotel tomorrow when I can see it in the daylight. I'm also headed to a Jumeirah desert resort for one night just to get some sense of Dubai outside the city.


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