AUSTRALIAN ART – Aboriginal –

The first anthology to chronicle the global critical reception of Aboriginal art since the early 1980s, when the art world began to understand it as contemporary art. Featuring 94 authors-including art critics and historians, curators, art centre co-ordinators and managers, artists, anthropologists, sociologists, philosophers and novelists-it conveys a diversity of thinking and approach. Together with editor Ian McLean’s substantial introductory essay and epilogue, this highly anticipated anthology argues for a reevaluation of Aboriginal art’s critical intervention into contemporary art since its seduction of the art world a quarter-century ago. Awarded Best Anthology at the AAANZ (Art Association of Australia and NZ) annual conference.

First Edition

• 359 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 22 cm.  #140325
• Art, Modern
• Art, Modern — Aboriginal Australian influences
• Art, Modern — Primitive influences
• Art, Aboriginal Australian — Influence