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A collection of traditional Aboriginal paintings which spans decades and which displays the distinctive styles of two regions of Australia: the western desert and Arnhem Land. The paintings are simply presented to be easily appreciated, with brief notes on information provided by the artists themselves.
Published to accompany exhibition held at the Asia Society Galleries, New York, 6/10 - 31/12 1988.
"This illuminating study offers a new insight not only into the work of Australian Aborigines but into the nature and origins of art itself. The accidents of history have enabled a Stone Age culture to exist for a time side by side with modern Australian life, but its art forms, so wnderfully preserved and now enjoying a late flowering under the stimulus of interest from the outside world, must soon vanish wiuth the beliefs and social organization from which they sprang. It is fortunate that a writer of Karel Kupka's imaginative sympathy and understanding has been able to record them for the benefit of the twentieth-century man. The author's approach is essentially that of an artist rather than of an anthropologist, but his conclusions are based on a sound knowledge of anthropological findings, as well as on that personal contact so vital to a real understanding of the Aborigines." - book jacket.
Australian Aboriginal Artist Troy Little has asked me to create 2 coloring books from 45 drawings featuring native Australian wildlife. Book 1 contains 20 drawings that have been used to create 70 designs on one-sided pages for all ages to color.The 70 designs have the original and 3 variations.-The original.-The original placed on dot art.-The animal enlarged for children to color and cut out.-The animal surrounded by dot art for children to color.The book is 8.5 x 11 inches with 148 pages.
This comprehensive survey uniquely covers both Aboriginal art and that of European Australians, providing a revealing examination of the interaction between the two. Painting, bark art, photography, rock art, sculpture, and the decorative arts are all fully explored to present the rich texture of Australian art traditions. Well-known artists such as Margaret Preston, Rover Thomas, and Sidney Nolan are all discussed, as are the natural history illustrators, Aboriginal draughtsmen, and pastellists, whose work is only now being brought to light by new research. Taking the European colonization of the continent in 1788 as his starting point, Sayers highlights important issues concerning colonial art and women artists in this fascinating new story of Australian art.
A photographic collection of Aboriginal rock art from Tasmania to the Kimberley accompanied by text explaining the paintings and their stories.
Comprehensive overview of Aboriginal art covering many genres and media of artistic expression, both traditional and contemporary; art set in its socio-cultural and religious context with discussions of style and meaning, social pressures and innovation; examines recent changes, the trend away from traditional forms, the adoption of European media and the renaissance of Aboriginal art.
The art of Aboriginal Australia gives tangible expression to a particular way of being in the land. The Kluge-Ruhe Collection, now held by the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, is one of the largest and best-documented collections of Australian Aboriginal art outside Australia. Art from the Land focuses on the desert region and Arnhem Land, drawing on the many fine works in the collection and on the authors' detailed knowledge of the artists and their communities to illustrate the unique and complex nature of Australian Aboriginal artistic expression.
Religious background to art; art regions; rock engravings, methods & styles - Sydney, Delamere, River Murray, Central Australia, Devon Downs, Flinders Ranges, western N.S.W., Port Hedland, Depuch Island; rock paintings grouped according to styles; designs & interpretation - Bimba (S.A.), Winbar Gallery, Glenisla, Sydney area, Princess Charlotte Bay area, Central Australia, Kimberleys, Napier-Broome area, Delamere, Oenpelli; bark paintings - Oenpelli, Yirrkala, Goulburn Island, Groote Eylandt - Macassan influence on subject & style; sacred & ceremonial objects & designs, ritual objects & bullroarers (Central Australia, North Australia, Broome, Kimberleys, Nannine (W.A.); waningas - N.T., W.A....