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Islands in the sun : prints by indigenous artists of Australia and the Australasian region /

Contributor(s): Publication details: Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, 2001.Description: 116 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 0642541418
  • 9780642541413
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • NE789.4 .I75 2001
Contents:
Forewords / Brian Kennedy and Alice-Anne Boylan -- Introduction / Roger Butler -- Printmaking by Aboriginal Artists / Roger Butler -- Prints from the Tiwi Islands -- Prints by Aboriginal artists from Arnhem Land -- Motif Etching: The history of Ilan printing / Brian Robinson -- Prints from the Torres Strait Islands -- Printmaking in Papua New Guinea / Melanie Eastburn -- Prints from Papua New Guinea -- A Pacific Accent: Polynesian printmakers in Aotearoa New Zealand / Nicholas Thomas -- Prints by Māori artists -- Prints by Pacific Islander artists -- Unfamiliar Territory: An art of constant translation / Nigel Lendon -- The cross-cultural experience.
Summary: Overview of 'Islands in the Sun', a major exhibition of contemporary prints by Indigenous artists from Australia and the Australasian region; shared history of European colonisation by these Indigenous people; printmaking as a popular and accessible medium.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Whitecliffe Library NZ & Pacific NZ & Pacific NZ&P NE 789 ISL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0002176

Exhibition held Feb 17-May 27, 2001 at the National Gallery of Australia.

Includes bibliographical references (page 115).

Forewords / Brian Kennedy and Alice-Anne Boylan -- Introduction / Roger Butler -- Printmaking by Aboriginal Artists / Roger Butler -- Prints from the Tiwi Islands -- Prints by Aboriginal artists from Arnhem Land -- Motif Etching: The history of Ilan printing / Brian Robinson -- Prints from the Torres Strait Islands -- Printmaking in Papua New Guinea / Melanie Eastburn -- Prints from Papua New Guinea -- A Pacific Accent: Polynesian printmakers in Aotearoa New Zealand / Nicholas Thomas -- Prints by Māori artists -- Prints by Pacific Islander artists -- Unfamiliar Territory: An art of constant translation / Nigel Lendon -- The cross-cultural experience.

Overview of 'Islands in the Sun', a major exhibition of contemporary prints by Indigenous artists from Australia and the Australasian region; shared history of European colonisation by these Indigenous people; printmaking as a popular and accessible medium.

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