ISBN |
9780724104031 (paperback) |
Author |
National Gallery of Victoria |
Title |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria / Judith Ryan. |
Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Melbourne, Victoria National Gallery of Victoria, 2015. |
©2015 |
Description |
261 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map ; 27 cm. |
Note |
Published for the exhibition Indigenous art: moving backwards into the future, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square, 4 April - 16 August 2015. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Foreword -- Indigenous art : moving backwards into the future -- Present tense : past legacy -- Symmetries and asymmetries in ochre -- Cultural assertion informs an acrylic supernova -- Mapping in 3D : indigenous ways of knowing -- Fracturing reality -- Charting cultural dissonance : art that is radical and reactionary. |
Summary |
"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art in the Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria is a major overview of the work of Indigenous artists of the past 130 years. This beautifully illustrated publication identifies similarities in artistic perception across time and place. Judith Ryan is from National Gallery of Victoria. |
Exhibitions note |
Published for the exhibition Indigenous art: moving backwards into the future, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square, 4 April - 16 August 2015 |
Subjects |
National Gallery of Victoria -- Art collections |
National Gallery of Victoria -- Exhibitions. |
Art, Australian -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Aboriginal artists |
Art, Australian -- Aboriginal artists -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Exhibitions |
Art, Australian -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Exhibitions |
Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Exhibitions |
Art, Torres Strait Islander -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Exhibitions |
Artists, Aboriginal Australian |
Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Victoria -- Melbourne |
Art, Torres Strait Islander -- Victoria -- Melbourne |
Art, Australian -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Aboriginal artists |
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Ryan, Judith (author.) |
Cooper, Carol (author) |
Other Corporate Bodies |
National Gallery of Victoria |
Call number |
704.039915 RYA |