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Detail of cover of MYTHSCAPES - Aboriginal Art of the Desert (ryan4p 150/210 RYAN04)
Ryan, Judith and Geoff Bardon (essay). MYTHSCAPES. Aboriginal Art of the Desert from the National Gallery of Victoria. BNo. 0-7241-0136-5. First Edition, 1989 (pb). Pp: 104; 295mm x 205mm; 0.58kg. 59 col, 8 b/w, 14 fig, 1 map. Preface, acknowledgments, notes, selected bibliography. A very good paperback copy in illustrated wrap. Wrp: vg. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1989. (This book was published for the exhibition which was held by the National Gallery of Victoria and contains colour photographs of a selection of the paintings exhibited. Chapters deal with all periods of Papunya work, Kukatja art from Balgo Hills, Yuendumu and Lajamanu art) (Keywords: Contemporary art, Australia, Aboriginal, Tjakamarra, Tjungurrayi, Tjangala, Tjapaltjarri, Tjupurrula, Tjapanangka, Tjampitjinpa).
Book Code: E231 AU$29
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Detail of cover of COLOUR POWER - Aboriginal Art Post 1984. (ryan8p 160/211 RYAN8)
Ryan, Judith. COLOUR POWER - Aboriginal Art Post 1984 - in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria. BNo. 0-7241-2056-6. First Edition, 2004 (pb). Pp: 160; 285mm x 245mm; 1.10kg. over 100 col, 1 map. Message, foreword, 11 essays,selected bibliography, checklist and artist biographies. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2004. (Colour Power focuses mainly on the revolutionary decades 1984-2004, which issue from the genesis of the Western Desert art movement at Papunya in 1971-72, when senior men invented a new art form. The awakening of Aboriginal women as creators and inventors in new media occurred slowly through the 1970s and 80s, initially via the batik medium before making the transition to canvas in 1988-89, when the art world began to take notice. This catalogue includes paintings by city-based artists Gordon Hookey, H.J. Wedge, Julie Dowling and Ian Abdulla and also encompasses work by a diversity of other outstanding artists) (Keywords: Contemporary art, painting, Australia, Aboriginal, Uta Uta Tjangala, Emily Kngwarray, Eubena Nampitjin, Ginger Riley, Tommy Watson, Jimmy Pike and Peter Skipper).
Book Code: S305 AU$45
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Detail of cover of GINGER RILEY (ryan03p 160/217 RYAN03)
Ryan, Judith. GINGER RILEY. Editor: Margo Holden. BNo. 0-7241-0194-2. First Edition, 1997 (pb). Pp: 104; 290mm x 240mm; 0.66kg. 98 col, 1 map. Foreword, message, acknowledgments, introduction, artist's profile, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1997. (This book was prepared for the exhibition which was drawn from major public and private collections and presented the first major survey of the artist's impressive ten-year career. Sixty-eight paintings of the artist's work have been illustrated) (Keywords: Limmen, Ngak Ngak, Saltwater, Mara country, Garimala, Bulukbun).
Book Code: N504 SOLD - now out of stock AU$38
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Detail of wrapper - KITTY KANTILLA - A Retrospective Exhibition (ryan16p 150/211 RYAN16)
Ryan, Judith. KITTY KANTILLA. A Retrospective Exhibition of Her Work. BNo.0-7241-0283-9. First Edition, 2007 (pb). Pp: 108; 280mm x 240mm; 0.72kg. num col, 1 map. Message, foreword, checklist, select bibliography, artist's profile, Tiwi chronology. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2007. (This catalogue was produced to accompany the touring exhibition Kitty Kantilla. Contributors include: Pedro Wonaeamirri (Tiwi Art and Culture and the First Old Lady); Judith Ryan (Poetics of Intimacy: The Art of Kitty Kantilla); Margie West (One of the Paru Mob: Kitty Kantilla's Formative Years); James Bennett (Kitty Kantilla's Art and the 'Old Designs'); Felicity Green (Kitty - Queen Jilamara); Una Rey (Jilamara, One Day at a Time); and Martin King (Kitty's Prints)) (Keywords: Traditional, bark paintings, sculptures, art, Australia, Aboriginal, Tiwi, Kitty Kantilla, Melville and Bathurst Islands, paintings, canvas, paper, prints).
Book Code: V186 AU$32
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Detail of cover of SPIRIT IN LAND - Bark Paintings from Arnhem Land (ryan01p 165/230 RYAN01)
Ryan, Judith. SPIRIT IN LAND. Bark Paintings from Arnhem Land. BNo. 0-7241-0147-0. First Edition, 1990 (pb). Pp: viii, 120; 300mm x 210mm; 0.68kg. 63 col, 21 b/w, 2 maps. Acknowledgments, foreword, message, notes, bibliography. A very good paperback copy in illustrated wrap. Wrp: vg. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1990. (This book is dedicated to the Aboriginal bark painters of Arnhem Land, only a small number of whom are represented in this catalogue. The conceptual map of Arnhem Land and the distinct grouping of the people are discussed along with the style provinces) (Keywords: Mathaman Marika, Wagilag, Djang'kawu, Narritjin Maymuru, Wakuthi Marawili).
Book Code: K555 AU$32
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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 wrap of DESERT DREAMINGS (stanton01p 160/201 STAN01)
Stanton, John E. PAINTING THE COUNTRY. Contemporary Aboriginal Art from the Kimberley Region, Western Australia. BNo. 0-85564-289-0. First Edition, 1989 (pb). Pp: 48; 260mm x 210mm; 0.18kg. 43 col, 26 fig, 1 map. Acknowledgment, introduction, list of artists, references. A very good paperback copy in illustrated wrap. Wrp: vg. The University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, 1989. (This book focuses on the images of 'country' depicted by a number of men and women from the Kimberley division of Western Australia) (Keywords: Aboriginal artists, Bungguni, Mijelmarnganu, Mowaljarli, Garadada, Djamindji, Djandalu).
Book Code: L311 AU$34
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Detail of wrap of AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART (state01ap 155/210 STAT01)
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 on wrp). 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: P182 AU$30
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Detail of wrap of DESERT DREAMINGS (stokes5p 150/199 STOK05)
Stokes, Deirdre. DESERT DREAMINGS. Tjukurpa - past, present and future. BNo. 0-7312-1732-2. Reprint Edition, 1993 (1992) (pb). Pp: 32; 240mm x 180mm; 0.11kg. 55 col, 4 fig, 1 map. Contents. A very good paperback copy in illustrated wrap. Wrp: vg. Rigby, Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd, Port Melbourne, 1993. (This book is an introduction to Australian Aboriginal painting and the artists. It outlines the meaning of the Dreamtime, the relationship of the paintings to Aboriginal culture, and the symbolism used in the paintings) (Keywords: Contemporary art, Australia, Aboriginal, paintings, Dreamtime, symbolism, culture).
Book Code: T400 AU$10
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Detail of cover of PADDY BEDFORD (Front wrap detail: Dingo Springs 2005 Paddy Bedford) (storer01p 175/235 STOR01)
Storer, Russell; Michiel Dolk, Marcia Langton & Frances Kofod (contributors). PADDY BEDFORD. Linda Michael (editor), Russell Storer & Keith Munro (curators). BNo.1-921034-16-9. First Edition, 2006 (pb). Pp: 184; 290mm x 245mm; 1.08kg. num col, 1 map. Foreword, preface, biography, index of works, acknowledgments, picture credits. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2006. (This survey exhibtion catalogue traces the development of Bedford's work since 1998, when he began painting for exhibition alongside artists such as Freddie Timms. This publication aims to provide a lasting document of his work, and to explore its cultural, social and art-historical contexts) (Keywords: Contemporary paintings, Western Australia, East Kimberley, Aboriginal artist, Paddy Bedford, Gija people).
Book Code: U273 AU$50
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Detail of wrapper - SONGLINES AND DREAMINGS (stourton01ap 175/240 STOU01)
Stourton, Patrick Corbally. SONGLINES AND DREAMINGS. Nigel Corbally Stourton (editor). Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Painting: The First Quarter-century of Papunya Tula. BNo.0-85331-691-0. First Edition, 1996. Pp: 192; 290mm x 235mm; 1.26kg. 189 col, 1 map. Acnowledgments, foreword, introduction, glossary, selected bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Brd: vg; dw: vg. (minor fading on dw). Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, London, 1996. (This book commemorates the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Papunya Tula painting movement and illustrates the work of eighty of the artists. The author's introductory text examines the events which led to the birth of the movement and illuminates the mythology of Dreamings which lies behind every Aboriginal painting) (Keywords: Contemporary art, Australia, Aboriginal, Tjapaltjarri, Tjakamarra, Tjupurrula, Tjungurrayi, Tjampitjinpa, Tjapangati, Tjangala).
Book Code: T298 AU$150
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Detail of front cover of IKUNTJI TJUTA touring. (strocchi1p 150/180 STRO01)
Strocchi, Marina (curator). IKUNTJI TJUTA touring. Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery. 1999-2000. BNo. 1-875199-27-6. First Edition, 1999 (pb). Pp: 28; 260mm x 215mm; 0.11kg. 18 col. Foreword, introduction, curator's essay, list of works. A very good paperback copy in illustrated wrap. Wrp: vg. Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Campbelltown, 1994. (This exhibition catalogue presents paintings from Haasts Bluff artists. The spiritual life, vibrancy and rich complexity of Ikuntji Tjuta paintings and culture is celebrated in this catalogue) (Keywords: Contemporary Aboriginal art, Australia, Central, Haast Bluff).
Book Code: N482 AU$15
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Sutton, Peter (editor). DREAMINGS - THE ART OF ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA. With contributions by: Peter Sutton, Christopher Anderson, Philip Jones, Francoise Dussart, and Steven Hemming. BNo. 0-670-82449-6. First Edition, 1989. Pp: xiii, 266; 280mm x 240mm; 1.70kg. 150 col, 100 b/w & fig, 5 maps. Acknowledgments, foreword, preface, biographies of artists, notes, references, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, 1989. (The authors describe the key concept of the "Dreaming" and examine the religious basis, the aesthetic systems and stylistic patterns of the works presented) (Keywords: Traditional art, social anthropology, Australia, Aboriginal, Arnhem Land, Port Keats, Cape York Peninsula, Aurukun, Groote Eylandt, Melville Island, Papunya, Balgo Hills, Yuendumu, Lake Eyre).
Book Code: M023 AU$45
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Detail of wrap of PAINTING THE LAND STORY (taylor30p 170/221 TAYL30)
Taylor, Luke (editor). PAINTING THE LAND STORY. National Museum of Australia. BNo. 0-642-56544-9. First Edition, 1999 (pb). Pp: viii, 142; 280mm x 240mm; 0.75kg. 45 col, 55 col(pl), 5 b/w, 5 fig, 1 map. Preface, acknowledgments, introduction, references, notes on the contributors, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 1999. (This book was developed to accompany atravelling exhibition of the same name that toured to every Australian state and territory. There are essays by Kim Akerman, Luke Taylor, Howard Morphy, Ute Eickelkamp, Brenda L. Croft and Mary Bani) (Keywords: Traditional, comtemporary art, Australia, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders, The Kimberley, Arnhem Land, Ernabella, Manggalili, Kunwinjku).
Book Code: R050 AU$44
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Detail of front of wrapper of BINDIBU COUNTRY. (thomson1p 150/239 THOM01).
Thomson, Donald F. BINDIBU COUNTRY. Around Lake Mckay, West of Alice Springs across the Western Australian border. BNo. 17-005049-1. First Edition, 1975. Pp: xi, 172; 210mm x 130mm; 0.50kg. 17 col, 36 b/w, 2 maps. Acknowledgments, introduction, notes, references, glossary, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. (minor wear on dw & cvr). Thomas Nelson (Australia) Limited, Melbourne, 1975. (The Bindibu people, who live about 800 kilometres west of Alice Springs, were the last of Australia's Aborigines living a traditional desert existence. The author was the first anthropologist to make a systematic study of the ecology of their desert homeland and to study their social organisation, taking part in their activities, photographing them and recording their songs) (Keywords: Ethnology, Bindibu, Australian Aboriginal).
Book Code: R008 SOLD - now out of stock AU$48
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