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Detail of wrapper - THANCOUPIE THE POTTER - Ceramics with legends from the gulf country of Queensland (isaacs3ap 170/234 ISAA3)
Isaacs, Jennifer. THANCOUPIE THE POTTER. Ceramics with legends from the gulf country of Queensland. BNo. 0-908235-02-X. First Edition, 1982. Pp: 96; 305mm x 235mm; 0.88kg. 53 col, 31 b/w. Preface, introduction, exhibitions. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. (minor flecking on top of sto & top edge of boards). The Aboriginal Artists Agency, Sydney, 1982. (This book is the story of Thancoupie, Australia's first Aboriginal woman potter, an inspiring account of her struggles and achievements in establishing her life as an Aboriginal artist. Thancoupie lived a tribal childhood at Weipa in the remote north-west of Queensland and returns home for frequent visits to draw on the tribal lore for her ceramics) (Keywords: Pottery, ceramics, Australia, Cheewaree, Guiree, Chara, Yarra, Thawaal, Thanaquith, Australian Aborigines, art, legends).
Book Code: U165 SOLD - now out of stock AU$145
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Detail of wrap - NO ORDINARY PLACE - the art of David Malangi. (jenkins5p 150/203 JENK05)
Jenkins, Susan (editor). NO ORDINARY PLACE. The Art of David Malangi. BNo. 0-642-54179-5. First Edition, 2004 (pb). Pp: 112; 290mm x 240mm; 0.72kg. 145 col, 17 b/w, 1 map. Director's foreword, sponsor's forword, family introduction, timeline and selected exhibition history, A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2004. (No Ordinary Place celebrates the work of one of the most renowned bark painters of Arnhem Land, David Malangi Daymirrinju. This publication was produced for the exhibition of works of a master bark painter which was held at the National Gallery of Australia between July and November, 2004. The catalogue also contains contributions from Nigel Lendon, Djon Mundine, Margie West and members of the Malangi family) (Keywords: Traditional bark painting, northern Australia, Aboriginal, Arnhem Land, David Malangi).
Book Code: S076 AU$49
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Johnson, Tim (text). TIM JOHNSON. Tolarno Galleries and Mori Gallery. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1987 (pb). Pp: 20; 210mm x 150mm; 0.08kg. 3 col, 2 b/w. Biography, selected bibliography. A very good paperback copy in illustrated wrap. Wrp: vg. Mori Gallery, Leichhardt and Tolarno Galleries, South Yarra, 1987. (This booklet was produced to accompany an exhibition of Tim Johnson's paintings which toured in 1987) (Keywords: Australian contemporary art, Sydney, Papunya, Central Australia).
Book Code: N288 AU$20
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Detail of front cover of ABORIGINAL ARTISTS OF THE WESTERN DESERT
Johnson, Vivien. ABORIGINAL ARTISTS OF THE WESTERN DESERT. A Biographical Dictionary. BNo. 976-8097-81-7. First Edition, 1994. Pp: 238; 250mm x 170mm; 0.82kg. 31 col, 12 b/w, 1 map. Acknowledgments, introduction, notes, biographies, appendices A to C. A very good hardback copy with illustrated cover. Cvr: vg. Craftsman House, Roseville East, NSW, 1995. (This researched dictionary contains detailed profiles of over 500 Western Desert artists. It also contains listings of individual artists by family name with annotations identifying their Jukurrpa (Dreaming)) Keywords: Artists, Australia, Aboriginal, Papunya, Mt Liebig, Kintore, Kiwirrkura, Warlukurlangu, Yuendumu, Yuelamu, Balgo, Warlayirti, Lajamanu, Ernabella, Utopia, Ikuntji).
Book Code: R004 AU$250
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Detail of front cover of CLIFFORD POSSUM TJAPAJTJARRI (johnson02p 185/254 JOHN02)
Johnson, Vivien. CLIFFORD POSSUM TJAPALTJARRI. A retrospective exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia. BNo. 0-7308-3053-5. First Edition, 2003. Pp: 256; 320mm x 245mm; 2.13kg. num col, b/w & fig, 2 maps. Director's foreword, introduction, end notes, exhibitions, selected bibliography. A very good hardback copy with illustrated cover. Cvr: vg. Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2003. (This exhibition book accompanies the artist's first comprehensive retrospective. There are chapters on the artist's corroboree country, his start as a carver and his early days at Papunya) (Keywords: Traditional, contemporary art, Central Australia, Aboriginal artist, Anmatyerre, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri).
Book Code: U036 AU$68
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Detail of dust wrapper - LIVES of the PAPUNYA TULA ARTISTS - The beginnings of the Western Desert art movement. (johnson12p 175/240 JOHN12)
Johnson, Vivien. LIVES of the PAPUNYA TULA ARTISTS. The beginnings of the Western Desert art movement. BNo.978-1864-65090-7. First Edition, 2008. Pp: xvi, 401; 300mm x 245mm; 2.44kg. num col, b/w & fig, 1 map. Acknowledgements, exhibitions, references, index. A very good hardback copy with illustrated cover in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. IAD Press, Alice Springs, 2008. (This book chronicles the beginnings of the Western Desert art movement and the phenomenal development of its founding art company over four decades. Through comprehensive and widely researched biographies of more than 200 men and women the book illuminates lives balanced between first contact and international stardom, poverty and record auction prices) (Keywords: Contemporary art, painting, Central Australia, Aboriginal artists, Papunya Tula, Western Desert).
Book Code: V338 AU$90
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Detail of wrap - PAPUNYA PAINTING: Out of the Desert (johnson13p 170/224 JOHN13)
Johnson, Vivien (editor). PAPUNYA PAINTING - Out of the Desert. National Museum of Australia. BNo.978-1876-94458-2. First Edition, 2007 (pb). Pp: (vi), 146; 285mm x240mm; 0.88kg. num col, 27 b/w, 1 map. Preface, introduction, the artists, list of plates. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 2007. (Unique among the numerous holding of Papunya Tula and other desert art in Australian oublic institutions, the National Museum of Australia's collection covers the period from the earlier 1970s to the early 1980s. Papunya Painting: Out of the Desert situates these artworks in place and time - it provides the readers with a unique insight into the Papunya artists' lives and cultures, and how these were expressed and mediated through their art) (Keywords: Contemporary art, culture, Central Australia Aboriginal, Western Desert, Papunya Tula).
Book Code: V302 AU$32
Note: Contributors and essays are:
(p.1) Pickering, Michael - Introduction; (p.5) Kean, John - Papunya, place and time; (p.17) Batty, Philip - The extraordinary life and times of Mick Namararri Tjapaltjarri; (p.29) Johnson, Vivien - When Papunya paintings became art; (p.43) Myers, Fred - Painting at Yayayi, 1974;
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Detail of wrap - << rarrk >> - John Mawurndjul: A Journey through Time in Northern Australia (kaufmann07p 175/227 KAUF07)
Kaufmann, Christian (editor) & Bernhard Luthi. << RARRK >> - JOHN MAWURNDJUL: Journey through Time in Northern Australia. With photo essay by Erika Koch and Bernhard Luthi. BNo.1-86333-308-8. First Edition, 2005 (pb). Pp: 238; 280mm x 230mm; 1.26kg. num b/w & fig, 1 map. Foreword, artist's biography, contributors, glossary, photographic credits. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Crawford House Publishing Australia, Adelaide, 2005. (The exhibition << rarrk >> - John Mawurndjul: Journey in Time in Northern Australia was the result of a joint project between Bernhard Luthi and Christian Kaufmann. The aim of the project was to present John Mawurndjul and explain his work as a part of world contemporary art. This comprehensive catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition at Museum Tinguely, Basel between September 2005 and January 2006. It contains essays by known specialists and also presents some 35 barks by older painters that were collected by Karel Kupka (1918-1993) between 1956 and 1963) (Keywords: Bark painting, northern Australia, Arnhem Land, John Mawurndjul, cross-hatching technique, rarrk in Kuninjku).
Book Code: U040 AU$80
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Detail of wrap - PAPUNYA (crocker05p 160/207 KIMB01)
Kimber, R. & Andrew Crocker. PAPUNYA. Unreinwohnermalerei aus der Wuste Zentralaustralien. BNo. 0-908235-04-6. First Edition, 1983 (pb). Pp: 64; 275mm x 210mm; 0.30kg. 44 col. Vorwort, bibliographisches nachwort. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd, Sydney, 1983. (All text is in the German language. The works of 17 Aboriginal artists from Central Australia are displayed in this catalogue in full-page colour photographs. There are two articles by Kimber and one by Crocker) (Keywords: Contemporary art, Central Australia, Western Desert, Aboriginal art, Tjungurrayi, Tjapaltjarri, Tjampitjinpa, Urbe wohner, ur-einheimisch. Malerei).
Book Code: L381 AU$25
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Detail of folder - GINGER RILEY - Always at Home (knight01p 165/232 KNIG01)
Knight, Beverly & Anthony. GINGER RILEY - Always at Home. Exhibition - Works on Paper - August 1999. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1999 (cd). Pp: 4; 295mm x 210mm; 0.03kg. 20 col. Introduction. A very good folded-card copy. Crd: vg. Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, 1999. (This invitation brochure was produced for an exhibition of works on paper by the Aboriginal artist, Ginger Riley. Twenty of these paintings are illustrated on the brochure) (Keywords: Contemporary art, Australia, Aboriginal, Ginger Riley).
Book Code: L857 SOLD - now out of stock AU$10
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Detail of wrap - DREAMING THEIR WAY (konau01p 170/220 KONA01)
Konau, Britta; Margo W. Smith & Brian P. Kennedy. DREAMING THEIR WAY. Australian Aboriginal Women Painters. BNo.1-85759-442-8. First Edition, 2006 (pb). Pp: 160; 280mm x 230mm; 0.81kg. num col, 5 maps. Note to the reader, foreword, introduction, artist profiles, checklist, selected bibliography, index of artists and works. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Scala Publishers, London, 2006. (This catalogue accompanies an exhibition which was held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts between June and September 2006. The work of thirty-three artists from across Australia are shown along with a brief profile. The catalogue also contains three essays) (Keywords: Contemporary art, Central, North Australia, Kimberley, Arnhem Land, northeast and southwest regions, Aboriginal women, painters).
Book Code: U124 SOLD - now out of stock AU$55
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Detail of wrapper - DAWN OF ART (kupka01p 155/201 KUPK01)
Kupka, Karel. DAWN OF ART. Paintings and Sculpture of Australian Aborigines. BNo. n/a. First Edition (AU), 1965 (1962). Pp: x, 183; 240mm x 180mm; 0.65kg. 52 col, 14 b/w, 2 captions(fd), 1 map. Foreword, preface, author's note, concise bibliography. A very good copy in dust wrapper with protective sleeve. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. (minor wear on dw). Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1965. (The author has recorded the art forms of the Aborigines of northern Australia with an approach essentially that of an artist) (Keywords: Ethnology, Australia, Aboriginal, Arnhem Land, Mimi, Oenpelli, Gunwinggu, Groote Eylandt, Milingimbi, Wanguri, Bathurst Island).
Book Code: H441 AU$120
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Detail of wrapper of Peintres Aborigenes d'Australie (kupka05p 170/210 KUPK05)
Kupka, Karel. PEINTRES ABORIGENES D'AUSTRALIE. Publications de la Societe des Oceanistes, No.24. Musee de l'Homme. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1972 (pb). Pp: (xiv), 124, (iv), CXXII, (iv); 250mm x 220mm; 0.84kg. 8 col(pl), 310 b/w, 1 map. Preface, notes explicatives, abreviations utilisees, recensement des publications, index. A very good paperback copy in printed wrap. Wrp: vg. (minor wear at corners). Musee de l'Homme, Paris, 1972. (All text is in the French. The book is divided into four parts; l'homme et l'art australiens, modalites d'une recherche, vocation et metier de peintre, and les oeuvres. In the text there are 54 photographs of artists at either collecting and preparing material such as bark or actually painting. 255 works of art are illustrated in the catalogue section) (Keywords: Ethnology, tribal art, Australia, Aboriginal, Milingimbi, Crocker Island, Yirrkalla, Groote Eylandt).
Book Code: R042 AU$135
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Detail of wrap of ARATJARA - Art of the First Australians (luthi4p 150/210 LUTH04)
Luthi, Bernard & Louise Stocking. ARATJARA - Art of the First Australians. Exhibition Guide at the Hayward Gallery, London, July-October 1993. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1993 (pb). Pp: 19; 210mm x 145mm; 0.06kg. 9 b/w, 5 maps. Introduction. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Hayward Gallery, The South Bank Centre, London, 1993. (This booklet was produced as a guide for the Aratjara exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in 1993. The exhibition's main aim was to encourage an understanding of an unfamiliar contemporary reality, seen against the background of an almost continuous artistic tradition many of thousands of years old. That tradition was represented at the exhibition by a number of early bark paintings from Arnhem Land and objects from the Torres Strait Islands. By contrast, the far more numerous contemporary works shown were made with the explicit intention of acting as mediators between two cultures) (Keywords: Traditional, contemporary art, Australia, Aboriginal, Torres Strait).
Book Code: Q258 AU$15
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Detail of front cover of AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL DECORATIVE ART (mccarthy1ap 150/196 MCCA01)
McCarthy, F.D. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL DECORATIVE ART. Bark paintings, artefacts and totemic symbols. BNo. n/a. Eighth Edition, 1974 (1938) (pb). Pp: 60; 240mm x 185mm; 0.15kg. 5 col(pl); 59 b/w, 4 fig. Preface, foreword, selected bibliography. A very good paperback copy in illustrated wrap. Wrp: vg. Australian Museum, Sydney, 1974. (The art which is illustrated from all major areas of Australia, includes: bark paintings, dilly bags, ceremonial boards, totemic symbols, ground drawings, shields, boomerangs, clubs, paddles, grave posts, message sticks, and spear throwers) (Keywords: Indigenous art, Australia, Aboriginal, tjurunga, Arnhem Land, Central).
Book Code: U004 AU$32
Note:
The second edition of the above book was slightly enlarged and in the third edition the section dealing with Arnhem Land and adjacent islands was re-written to include results of observations made during the Australian and American Arnhem Land Expedition, of which Mr McCarthy was a member.
The fourth and fifth editions were vitually the same as the third, but with minor alterations and the inclusion of two additional illustrations. In the sixth edition, three full-page illustrations were added and several additions were made to the bibliography.
In the seventh edition, a short account of Cape York sculpture was incorporated, and one illustration was replaced by two others.
In the eighth edition, two illustrations of central Australian ritual regalia have been omitted, a plate of Cape York sculptures has been added, and the text has been revised in the light of recent research.
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Detail of wrap - MANGGALILI ART - Aborigiginal artists Narritjin and Banapana Maymuru (morphy01ap 150/211 MORP01)
Morphy, Howard. MANGGALILI ART. Aborigiginal artists Narritjin & Banapana Maymuru. BNo. n/a. Reprint Edition, 1978 (pb). Pp: 12; 240mm x 175mm; 0.06kg. 14 b/w, 2 fig, 1 map. Catalogue, conclusion. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Faculty of Arts, Australian National University, Canberra, 1978. (This booklet provides a brief background to the artists Narritjin and his son Banapana. It also provides a outline to the representation of eleven bark paintings) (Keywords: Manggalili, Yirrkala, Arnhem Land, North Australia, Djarrakpi, Malwiya, Bamapama).
Book Code: T402 AU$20
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