Six Paintings from Papunya: A Conversation by Myers, Fred R [Paperback]

Description: In the early 1970s at Papunya, a remote settlement in the Central Australian desert, a group of Indigenous artists decided to communicate the sacred power of their traditional knowledge to the wider worlds beyond their own. Their exceptional, innovative efforts led to an outburst of creative energy across the continent that gave rise to the contemporary Aboriginal art movement that continues to this day. In their new book, anthropologist Fred Myers and art critic Terry Smith discuss six Papunya paintings featured in a 2022 exhibition in New York. They draw on several discourses that have developed around First Nations art—notably anthropology, art history, and curating as practiced by Indigenous and non-Indigenous interpreters. Their focus on six key paintings enables unusually close and intense insight into the works’ content and extraordinary innovation. Six Paintings from Papunya also includes a reflection by Indigenous curator and scholar Stephen Gilchrist, who considers the nature and significance of this rare transcultural conversation.

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EAN: 9781478030782

UPC: 9781478030782

ISBN: 9781478030782

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Book Title: Six Paintings from Papunya : a Conversation

Number of Pages: 136 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Duke University Press

Publication Year: 2024

Topic: Australian & Oceanian, General, Anthropology / General

Item Height: 0.4 in

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Art, Social Science

Item Weight: 10.4 Oz

Item Length: 9 in

Author: Fred R. Myers, Terry Smith

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback