Geissler, Marie.

The Making of Indigenous Australian Contemporary Art : Arnhem Land Bark Painting, 1970-1990. - Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (228 pages)

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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 a.



9781527564275


Indigenous art--Australia.


Electronic Books.

N7401 / .M355 2020