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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Judith Ryan

Label
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Judith Ryan
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Judith Ryan
Summary
"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art in the Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria is a major overview of the work of Indigenous artists of the past 130 years. This beautifully illustrated publication identifies similarities in artistic perception across time and place. Judith Ryan is from National Gallery of Victoria
Table Of Contents
Foreword -- Indigenous art : moving backwards into the future -- Present tense : past legacy -- Symmetries and asymmetries in ochre -- Cultural assertion informs an acrylic supernova -- Mapping in 3D : indigenous ways of knowing -- Fracturing reality -- Charting cultural dissonance : art that is radical and reactionary
Classification
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