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Detail of front cover - RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN-AUSTRALIAN SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO ARNHEM LAND - Volume 1, Art, Myth and Symbolism (mountford11dp 210/249 MOUN11)
Mountford, Charles P. RECORDS OF THE AMERICAN-AUSTRALIAN SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO ARNHEM LAND. Vol.1 Art, Myth and Symbolism. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1956. Pp: xxx, 514; 250mm x 190mm; 1.38kg. 2 col, 160 b/w, 65 fig, 4 maps. Foreword, preface, introduction, acknowledgments, references, index. A good hardback copy. Cvr: g. (minor lacquer removal from cover edge; pastedown inside fb). Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1956. (The expedition set up camp sites at Groote Eylandt, Yirrkala, and Oenpelli and chapters are assigned to each of these areas to describe bark paintings, cave paintings, decorated objects and myths and songs) (Ethnology, Aboriginal tribal art, Australia, Arnhem Land, Yirrkala, Oenpelli, Groote Eylandt, Jumununda, Mimi, Nadidjit).
Book Code: K464 AU$490
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Mountford, Charles P. SACRED OBJECTS OF THE PITJANDJARA TRIBE, WESTERN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. Contained in Records of the South Australian Museum Vol.14 No.2 1962. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1962 (pb). Pp: 397-411; 245mm x 180mm; 0.49kg. 5 fig. Introduction, acknowledgments, summary, literature cited. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 1962. (This paper records the designs, the meanings, and to a limited degree, the myths belonging to twenty-one sacred objects of the Pitjandjara tribe of western central Australia. (also contained in this Records volume is Norman B. Tindale - Geographical Knowledge of the Kaiadilt People of Bentinck Island, Queensland)) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pitjandjara, kulpidji, Kikingura, Windulka).
Book Code: M893 AU$45
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Detail of front cover - Art and Australia January-March 1976 (mulvaney01ap 175/197 MULV01)
Mulvaney, D.J. CREATIVITY IN THE ABORIGINAL PAST. (Art and Australia Vol.13 - No.3 1976). BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1976 (pb). Pp: 246-259; 240mm x 225mm; 0.38kg. 3 col, 9 b/w, 2 maps. Prologue, acknowledgments, index. A good hardback copy. Cvr: vg. (ex-lib; discreet sticker on tp). Art Quarterly, Art and Australia, Sam Ure Smith at the Fine Arts Press Ltd, Sydney, 1976. (This quarterly magazine also contains articles by Dick Roughsey (The Aboriginal Arts Board); Wandjuk Marika (Aboriginal Copyright); Frederick D. McCarthy (Australian Aboriginal Material Culture); Robert Edwards (Art of Arnhem Land)(Deterioration and Preservation of Rock Art); Billy Stockman (Art of the Western Desert); Diana Conroy (Tiwi Designs: An Aboriginal Silk-Screen Printing Workshop); and Daniel Thomas (Aboriginal Art as Art)) (Keywords: Art, Australia, Aboriginal, Tiwi, Nguleingulei, Mawalan, artefacts, shields, Melville Island, Kimberley, Mungarawoi, Alligator River, Dundiwuy, Yirrkala).
Book Code: P260 AU$25
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Detail of front cover - Painting Culture - The making of an Aboriginal High Art (myers3p 150/230 MYER03)
Myers, Fred R. PAINTING CULTURE. The Making of an Aboriginal High Art. BNo.0-8223-2949-2. First Edition, 2002 (pb). Pp: xvii, 419; 230mm x 150mm; 0.68kg. 8 col(pl), num b/w & fig. Acknowledgments, prologue, appendix, notes, references, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Duke University Press, Durham, NC, 2002. (This book tells the complex story of how, over the past three decades, the acrylic "dot" paintings of Central Australia were transformed into objects of international high art) (Keywords: Contemporary art, Australia, Aboriginal, Pintupi).
Book Code: T327 AU$62
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Detail of wrapper - YIRIBANA (neale03p 170/221 NEAL03)
Neale, Margo. YIRIBANA - An Introduction to the.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collection. The Art Gallery of New South Wales. BNo. 0-7313-1565-0. Second Edition, 1998 (1994). Pp: 144; 280mm x 240mm; 0.90kg. 106 col, 7 b/w, 2 fig, 8 maps. Foreword, introduction, endnotes, checklist of artists and works, index, terminology. A very good paperback copy in illustrated cover. Wrp: vg. The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1998. (This book is the first major survey of the collection. The chapters include: Landmaps, Sorry Business, Shimmer, and Claiming Space) (Keywords: Traditional, contemporary art, Australia, Aboriginal, Tjapaltjarri, Tjampitjinpa, Malangi, Midinari, Nanganharralil, Kngwarreye, Jose, Onus).
Book Code: L465 AU$35
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Detail of wrap - ART - HISTORY - PLACE (nicholls03p 170/176 NICH03)
Nicholls, Christine. ART - HISTORY - PLACE. Indigenous Australian traditional art from Central and Western Desert regions and Arnhem Land. BNo.978-1-876288-43-3. Reprint Edition, 2007 (2003) (pb). Pp: 40; 250mm x 240mm; 0.20kg. 32 col, 1 b/w, 3 fig, 1 map. Conclusion, acknowledgments. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Working Title Press, Adelaide, 2007. (The author looks at the astonishing diversity and visual power of Indigenous Australian art today and explores the traditions and influences that have shaped its development) (Keywords: Traditional art, contemporary, Indigenous Australians, Central and Western Desert regions, Arnhem Land, artists, Ian Abdulla, John Packham, Michael Long).
Book Code: U286 AU$13
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Detail of wrap - ART - HISTORY - PLACE (nicholls04p 170/176 NICH04)
Nicholls, Christine. ART - LAND - STORY. Links between Indigenous art, place and "The Dreaming". BNo.978-1-876288-41-9. Reprint Edition, 2007 (2003) (pb). Pp: 32; 250mm x 240mm; 0.16kg. 20 col, 2 fig, 1 map. Conclusion, notes. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Working Title Press, Adelaide, 2007. (The author looks at some of the traditions Australian Indigenous art has come from and emphasises the continuous links between the art, place and "The Dreaming". There are also sections on body painting, art from the Central and Western deserts and rarrk painting from Arnhem Land) (Keywords: Indigenous art, The Dreaming, Central Australia, Western Desert, Arnhem Land, body painting, rarrk painting).
Book Code: U283 AU$13
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Detail of front wrapper of ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA - The Western Australian Art Gallery Collection (norton3p 165/205 NORT03)
Norton, Frank (1985). ABORIGINAL ART. The Art Gallery of Western Australia. BNo. 0-7244-6884-6. Second Edition, 1985 (pb). Pp: (ii), 66; 265mm x 210mm; 0.29kg. 372 fig, 1 map. Introduction, preface. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1985. (This book records the collection of Aboriginal art in the Western Australian Art Gallery. Over 400 items are illustrated by means of line drawings by Frank Norton) (Keywords: Ethnology, Australia, Aboriginal, Arnhem Land, Port Keats, Croker, Yirrkala, Maningrida, Milingimbi).
Book Code: N315 SOLD - now out of stock AU$54
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Detail of wrap - PUTTING IN THE COLOUR - Contemporary Aboriginal textiles (nugent1p 155/204 NUGE1)
Nugent, Mary-Lou (compiler). PUTTING IN THE COLOUR. Contemporary Aboriginal textiles. BNo.1-86465-028-1. First Edition, 2001 (pb). Pp: xvi, 88; 280mm x 210mm; 0.43kg. 110 col, 1 b/w, 1 map. Foreword, introduction, appendices 1 to 3, glossary, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Jukurrpa Books, IAD Press, Alice Springs, 2001. (This book surveys the textile industry in a number of Aboriginal communities from Ernabella in northern South Australia to the Tiwi Islands of the Top End. The survey encompasses a broad sweep of styles from handpainted silks and batiks. The voices of the artists and their support staff are also heard in mapping their creative journey to the present day and projecting ways forward for their industry and their art) (Keywords: Contemporary art, textiles, Australia, Aboriginal, Ernabella, Tiwi, Arnhem Land).
Book Code: S258 AU$29
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Detail of front cover of PAPUNYA TULA - Genesis and Genius. (perkins2p 150/206)
Perkins, Hetti & Hannah Fink (editors). PAPUNYA TULA. Genesis and Genius. BNo. 0-7347-6306-9. First Edition, 2000 (pb). Pp: 320; 300mm x 240mm; 2.14kg. 201 col, 15 b/w, 1 map. Acknowledgment, foreword, list of artists, notes, biographies, chronology, bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy in illustrated wrap. Wrp: vg. (minor wear on wrp). Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000. (One hundred and fifty three art works from forty-nine Aboriginal artists are presented in this catalogue. There are also essays from Paul Sweeney, Hetti Perkins and Hannah Fink, Vivien Johnson, Geoffrey Bardon, R.G. Kimber (2), John Kean, Daphne Williams and Hetti Perkins, Fred R. Myers, Paul Carter, and Marcia Langton) (Keywords: Tjakamarra, Tjampitjinpa, Tjapaltjarri, Tjungurrayi, Napanangka, Nungurrayi, Tjupurrula, Napangati, Nampitjinpa, Tjangala.).
Book Code: R270 SOLD - now out of stock $160
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Detail of front cover of TRADITION TODAY - Indigenous Art in Australia. Art Gallery of New South Wales (perkins4p 150/176 PERK04)
Perkins, Hetti & Ken Watson; Theresa Willsteed (editor). TRADITION TODAY - Indigenous Art in Australia. Art Gallery of New South Wales. BNo.0-7347-6344-1. First Edition, 2004 (pb). Pp: 208; 220mm x 185mm; 0.74kg. num col, 1 map. Foreword, introduction, glossary, contributors, list of works, notes, bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2004. (This book introduces and documents the work of 77 artists represented in the AGNSW's extensive and growing collections of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islnder art. It will reaffirm the indelible and unique image of indigenous art to the people of Australia and around the world. There are fourteen contributors including Howard Morphy, Luke Taylor, Hannah Fink and Vivien Johnson) (Keywords: Contemporary art, traditional, Australia, Aboriginal, Abdulla, Croft, Kngwarreye, Marika, Namatjira, Petyarre, Thomas, Tjangala, Warangkula).
Book Code: R347 AU$37
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Ryan, Judith & James Davidson. ABORIGINAL AND OCEANIC DECORATIVE ART. Exhibition catalogue for the National Gallery of Victoria. BNo. 0-7241-0065-2. First Edition, 1980 (pb). Pp: 56; 225mm x 220mm; 0.25kg. 3 col, 54 b/w, 4 fig, 3 maps. Foreword, introduction. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1980. (This book has the description of 66 catalogue items with an accompanying photograph for 40 of the objects) (Keywords: Tribal art, Australia, Arnhem Land, Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Manggalili).
Book Code: J244 AU$36
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