The Making of Indigenous Australian Contemporary Art

Arnhem Land Bark Painting, 1970-1990

Marie Geissler (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

228 Seiten

2021 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-5546-4 (ISBN)

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This publication brings together existing research as well as new data to show how Arnhem Land bark painting was critical in the making of Indigenous Australian contemporary art and the self-determination agendas of Indigenous Australians. It identifies how, when and what the shifts in the reception of the art were, especially as they occurred within institutional exhibition displays. Despite key studies already being published on the reception of Aboriginal art in this area, the overall process is not well known or always considered, while the focus has tended to be placed on Western Desert acrylic paintings. This text, however represents a refocus, and addresses this more fully by integrating Arnhem Land bark painting into the contemporary history of Aboriginal art. The trajectory moves from its understanding as a form of ethnographic art, to seeing it as conceptual art and appreciating it for its cultural agency and contemporaneity.

Marie Geissler, PhD, is an Honorary Associate Fellow of the Faculty of Law Humanities and the Arts at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She is a curator, lecturer and writer on Australian contemporary art with specialist interests in contemporary Indigenous Australian art and its relationship to cultural heritage, sustainability and the law. Her recent publications include "Cultural Tourism: Aboriginal Art Promoting Australia in Post-war USA" in Arts (2019); "Bark Painting of Arnhem Land, Australia: The Western Reception 1960-1990" in World Art (2019); and "Ulli Beier, The Aboriginal Arts Board and Aboriginal Self Determination" in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art (December, 2020).

Erscheinungsdatum	02.09.2020
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
ISBN-10	1-5275-5546-1 / 1527555461
ISBN-13	978-1-5275-5546-4 / 9781527555464
Zustand	Neuware