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Crossing country : the alchemy of western Arnhem Land art

2004
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Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW this large scale book with 140 colour images including some of the oldest bark paintings in existence as well as sculpture, weaving and works on paper chronicles the development of Arnhem Land's unique artistic and cultural traditions.
Imprint:
[Sydney] : Art Gallery of New South Wales, c2004.
Collation:
240 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map, ports. ; 30 cm.
Notes:
Curatorial editor, Hetti Perkins ; contributions by Jon Altman ... [et al.].Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 24 September - 12 December 2004.Includes index."This is the first major exhibition devoted to the art and artists of the communities to the west of Maningrida, and demonstrates the diversity of media, from bark paintings to fibre works, characteristic of the region."--p. 12."... [presented] in collaboration with Maningrida Arts and Culture (MAC), the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) and the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) of the Australian National University."--Acknowledgements.Bibliography: p. 235-237.
ISBN:
073476359X
Dewey class:
709.94291704.039915709.94295
LC class:
N7401
Language:
English
BRN:
101463
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