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Detail of front wrapper of KEEPERS OF THE SECRETS - Aboriginal Art from Arnhemland
O'Ferrall, Michael. KEEPERS OF THE SECRETS. Aboriginal Art from Arnhemland in the Collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia. BNo. 0-7309-0799-6. First Edition, 1990. Pp: 136; 290mm x 225mm; 0.98kg. 156 col, 3 maps. Acknowledgments, foreword, introduction, glossary, bibliography, artists index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1990. (This book contains over 150 annotated colour illustrations of major Arnhemland bark paintings and sculptures in the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia.) (Keywords: Banduk, Dawidi, Djawa, Malingi, Mani Luki, Milpurrurru, Mithinari, Munggurrawuy, Narritjin, Ngulei Ngulei, and Wandjuk.).
Book Code: S618 SOLD - now out of stock AU$90
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Detail of front wrap of IMAGES IN OCHRE - The Art and Craft of the Kunwinjku. (parker1ap 150/199 PARK1)
Parker, Adrian. IMAGES IN OCHRE.The Art and Craft of the Kunwinjku. BNo.0-86417-892-1. Reprint Edition, 2004 (1997) (pb). Pp: 96; 280mm x 210mm; 0.46kg. 86 col. Glossary, foreword, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. J.B. Publishing, Marleston, South Australia, 2004. (This book presents a collection of paintings and didgeridoos that have been selected by the author to display the distinct painting style and techniques of contemporary Kunwinjku artists. Bark, paper and didgeridoo preparation, painting and manufacture are fully explained and illustrated) (Keywords: Contemporary art, traditional, Australia, Aboriginal, Kunwinjku).
Book Code: R292 AU$17
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Detail of front wrap of CROSSING COUNTRY - The Alchemy of Western Arnhem Land Art (perkins6p 150/206 PERK6)
Perkins, Hetti (curatorial editor & essays). CROSSING COUNTRY: The Alchemy of Western Arnhem Land Art. BNo.0-7347-6359-X. First Edition, 2004 (pb). Pp: 240; 300mm x 245mm; 1.60kg. num col, some b/w, 1 map. Author's notes, lenders, acknowledgments, foreword, artist biographies, list of works, select chronology, glossary, contributos, select bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy in illustrated wrap. Wrp: vg. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2004. (This book was published to accompany the landmark exhibition, Crossing Country: The alchemy of Western Arnhem Land art, which reveals the strength and beauty of Western Arnhem Land. It is also the extraordinary story of the artists and their unique atanding in Australia's cultural landscape. Essays include: Crossing Country: The alchemy of Western Arnhem Land Art by Hetti Perkins; Barridjangonhmi Bimi Paint It For Me! By LoftyBardayal Nadjamerrek; Growing Up in a Painted Landscape by Murray Garde; Our Spirits Lie in the Water by Ivan Namirrkki; Fire in the Water: Inspiration from Country by Luke Taylor; That's My Story by Mary Marabamba; John Mawurndjul: The Artist at Work by Jenni Carter; I'm a Chemist Man, Myself by John Mawurndjul; Anchor Kulunba: The Artist at Work by Jon Altman; Kuninjku Women and the Power of Making Art by Apolline Kohen; and others) (Keywords: Contemporary, traditional art, Northern Australia, Aboriginal, Western Arnhem Land, bark paintings, sculptures).
Book Code: R502 AU$68
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Detail of wrap of GALLERY GABRIELLE PIZZI (pizzi4p 150/202 PIZZ04)
Pizzi, Gabrielle. GALLERY GABRIELLE PIZZI. An exhibition of paintings, scultures and photography by Australian Aboriginal artists. BNo. n/a. First Edition ca 1994 (pb). Pp: (14); 295mm x 210mm; 0.10kg. 11 col. Background essay. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, ca 1994. (This pamphlet provides a brief outline of the beginnings of the Melbourne gallery and its involvement in the development of Aboriginal art. It has been illustrated with seven paintings from Papunya, Turkey Creek and Haast Bluff, two photographs of Leah King-Smith of Gympie and six sculptures of spirit figures from Arnhem Land) (Keywords: Art, Australia, Aboriginal, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, Jack Britten, Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri, George Yapa Tjangala).
Book Code: L637 AU$20
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Detail of wrap of PITTURE E SCULTURE DELL' AUSTRALIA ABORIGENA (pizzi5p 150/212 PIZZ05)
Pizzi, Gabrielle. PITTURE E SCULTURE - Dell' Australia Aborigena. BNo. 0-646-18448-2. First Edition 1994 (pb). Pp: 80; 275mm x 215mm; 0.40kg. 25 col, 2 maps. Ringraziamenti, bibliografia. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Spazio Krizia, Milano, 1994. (All text in the Italian language. This catalogue was produced for exhibitions in Milano and Palermo in 1994. It contains essays by Gabrielle Pizzi (Pitture e Sculture dell'Australia Aborigena), and Bruce Chatwin (Da "Le Vie dei Canti")) (Keyword: Art, sculptures, paintings, Australia, Aboriginal).
Book Code: L635 SOLD - now out of stock AU$30
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Detail of wrap TJUKURRPA - Desert Paintings of Central Australia (premont01p 165/222 PREM01)
Premont, Roslyn & Mark Lennard. TJUKURRPA. Desert Paintings of Central Australia. Photography by Claude Coirault. BNo. 0-642-13192-9. First Edition, 1988 (pb). Pp: 63; 300mm x 210mm; 0.38kg. 70 col. Preface, foreword, introduction. A very good paperback copy in illustrated card wrap. Wrp: vg. Centre for Aboriginal Artists, Alice Springs, 1989. (This book is a catalogue for a collection of Central and Western Desert paintings which were painted during 1987 and therefore the most recent developments at the time in style, colour and subject matter. There were 20 or so communities which produced this art) (Keywords: Warlpiri, Luritja, Anmatjera, Aranda, Pitjantjatjara, Tjungurrayi,Tjupurrula, Tjapanunga, Tjampitjinpa, Tjungala, Napangardi, Nungurrayi).
Book Code: T167 AU$55
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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 good paperback copy. Wrp: g (signature penned top corner). 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: K571 AU$30
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Detail of wrap - IMAGES OF POWER. (ryan2p 150/196 RYAN2)
Ryan, Judith with Kim Akerman. IMAGES OF POWER. Aboriginal Art of the Kimberley. BNo. 0-7241-0160-8. First Edition, 1993 (pb). Pp: (viii), 132; 285mm x 240mm; 0.81kg. 64 col, 41 b/w, 2 maps. Acknowledgments, foreword, message, chronology, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1993. (This book directs attention towards the wealth of creativity engendered by the many artists working in the north-west of Australia - the Kimberley district. Articles by: Judith Ryan, Frances Kofod, Kim Akerman, Will Christensen, and Tom Mixie Mosby) (Keywords: Traditional art, Australia, Kimberley, Numbulmoore, Wheera, Wutjungu, Barunga, Karuwara, Mingelmanganu, Kutwit, Karedada).
Book Code: K545 AU$34
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Detail of wrap - LAND MARKS (ryan15p 180/237 RYAN15)
Ryan, Judith. LAND MARKS. With contributions by Stephen Gilchrist, Julie Gough and Paul S.C. Tacon. BNo.0-7241-0267-1. First Edition, 2006 (pb). Pp: 145; 285mm x 240mm; 0.94kg. num col, 1 map. Message, director's foreword, the artists, exhibition checklist, chronology. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2006. (This book was published to accompany the exhibition 'Land Marks' which was presented at the National Gallery of Victoria between February and June 2006. Land Marks, drawn almost entirely from the NGV's comprehensive collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, looks at the history of Indigenous art in Australia and acknowledges some of its great masters of tradition and innovation. It traces the dramatic evolution of new forms of painting and sculpture in different parts of Indigenous Australia) (Keywords: Traditional, contemporary art, Australia, Aboriginal, indigenous).
Book Code: T498 AU$45
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Detail of wrap - DER KONTINENT DER TRAUME (scheps5p 150/150 SCHE5)
Scheps, Birgit. DER KONTINENT DER TRAUME. Traditionelle und moderne Kunst der Ureinwohner Australiens in der Sammlung des Museums fur Volkerkunde zu Leipzig. BNo.3-910031-25-0. First Edition, 2000 (pb). Pp: 42; 210mm x 210mm; 0.14kg. 30 col, 2 maps. Zum geleit. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Museum Fur Volkerkunde Zu Leipzig, Leipzig, 2000. (All text is in the German language. This book describes the Australian Aboriginal traditional and modern art in the collection of the Leipzig museum from Arnhem Land, the islands of the Northern Territory and Central Australia) (Keywords: Traditional, contemporary art, Northern Australia, Aboriginal, Arnhem Land, Tiwi, Melville and Bathurst Islands).
Book Code: R060 AU$14
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Detail of cover of STORY PLACE - Indigenous Art of Cape York and the Rainforest (Front wrap detail: Thuuth thaa' munth (Law poles) 2003-03 Ron Yunkaporta) (seear01p 170/220 SEEA01)
Seear, Lynne; Peter Denham; Trish Johnson; Djon Mundine; Avril Quaill; et al. STORY PLACE - Indigenous Art of Cape York and the Rainforest. Editors: Lynne Seear, Judy Gunning & Ian Were. BNo.1-876509-67-8. First Edition, 2003 (pb). Pp: 240; 280mm x 220mm; 1.24kg. over 200 col, some b/w, 1 map. Preface, introduction, endnotes, selected bibliography, contributors, acknowledgments. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 2003. (In this book the art and the culture of Cape York in Northern Australia is seen through a series of essays, interviews and artist and community profiles from 20 contributors. Over three hundred art works and cultural objects including shields, fibre works, sculptures, ceramics, paintings and works on paper have been sourced from private and public collections throughout Australia. Profiles with photographs are provided on 30 indigenous artists) (Keywords: Contemporary art, north Australia, Queensland, Aboriginal, Cape York, indigenous artists).
Book Code: T319 AU$50
Note: Contributors and essays, interviews or artist profiles include:
(p.18) Burnett, David - Art of the Cape: An introduction; (p.26) Hunter, Barry - The Land and Indigenous Peoples; (p.30) Allen, Lindy - Regular Hunting Grounds: A history of collecting Indigenous artefacts in north Queensland; (p.44) Mundine, Djon - Aw - Story Place: The people of west Cape York; (p.54) Sutton, Peter - Sacred Images and Political Engagements - A brief history of Wik sculpture; (p.62) Denham, Peter - Not to give away, not to die away - An interview with Arthur Koo-ekka Pambegan Jr; (p.68) Mundine, Djon - Craig Koomeeta - Kank Inum-Nink inum (Old way - New way); (p.72) Johnson, Trish - Thancoupie - Stories and tradition in clay - Thainakuith b.1937; (p.76) Stutchbury, Sarah - Jack Bell - Wik Mungkan b.1951; (p.77) Quaill, Avril - Lisa Michl - Kokoberrin b.1977; (p.78) Stutchbury, Sarah - Garry Namponan - Wik Alkan/Wik Ngatharr b.1960; (p.79) Albert, Tony - Joe Ngallametta - Kugu Muminh/Kugu Uwanh b.1945; (p.80) Albert, Tony - Jubilee Wolmby - Wik-Ngathan b.1949; (p.81) Albert, Tony - Ron Yunkaporta - Wik-Ngathan b.1956; (p.92) Denham, Peter - Speak for Country; (p.104) Seear, Lynne - Joe Rootsey - The second Namatjira; (p.115) Burnett, David - Kakan - An interview with Wilma Walker; (p.120) Quaill, Avril - Rosella Namok - Ungkum (Angkum) b.1979; (p.124) Johnson, Trish - Dorothy Short - Umpila b.1933; (p.138) Butler, Sally - Fiona Omeenyo - Umpila b.1981; (p.150) <Johnson, Trish - Shared Stories and Places - Art of the rainforest; (p.158) Ewington, Julie - Working in the River; (p.166) Johnson, Trish - Jawun - An interview with Desley Henry; (p.192) Butler, Sally - Cape York's Time in Motion; (p.200) Quaill, Avril - Keeping and Sharing - The Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE; (p.204) Denham, Peter - All Things Work Together - An experience of working with the Cape communities; (p.210) Albert, Tony - Stories from Indigenous Interns.
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Detail of dust wrapper of TIWI - The Life and Art of Australia's Tiwi People. (smith01p 170/241 SMIT01)
Smith, Heide. TIWI. Life and Art of Australia's Tiwi People. BNo. 0-207-16624-2. First Edition, 1990. Pp: 226; 320mm x 235mm; 1.55kg. Num col & b/w, 1 map. Acknowledgment, foreword, introduction. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Collins/Angus and Robertson Publishers Australia, North Ryde, NSW, 1990. (This book is a pictorial work of the every day life of the Tiwi people of Bathurst and Melville Islands in Northern Australia) (Keywords: Aboriginal art, Australia, Tiwi, Melville, Bathurst Island, Portamini, Pukumani poles, Puautjimi, Malangwa, Declan Apuatimi, Ripijingimpi).
Book Code: D456 AU$45
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State Art Galleries of Australia. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART - Bark Paintings, Carved Figures, Sacred and Secular Objects. An Exhibition arranged by the State Art Galleries of Australia - 1960-1961. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1960 (pb). Pp: 34; 245mm x 180mm; 0.14kg. 1 col, 22 b/w. Foreword, acknowledgments, introduction, catalogue, references and selected bibliography. A good paperback copy. Wrg: g (minor wear). Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1960. (There is a comprehensive introduction by Frederick McCarthy about art styles, characteristics and techniques and the book has a brief description on each of 115 items in the exhibition) (Keywords: Australian Aboriginal, bark painting, Milingimbi, Oenpelli, Goulburn Island, Yirrkala, Groote Eylandt, Beswick Creek).
Book Code: K106 AU$70
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