| ISBN |
9780944722442 |
| Author |
Hood Museum of Art |
| Title |
Crossing cultures : the Owen and Wagner collection of contemporary aboriginal Australian art at the Hood Museum of Art / edited by Stephen Gilchrist ; with contributions by Sally Butler, John Carty, Jennifer Deger, Françoise Dussart, N. Bruce Duthu, Stephen Gilchrist, Brian Kennedy, Howard Morphy, Will Owen, Henry Skerritt. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Hanover, New Hampshire : Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2012. |
| Description |
ix, 169 pages : colour illustrations ; 31 cm. |
| Note |
Published in conjunction with the exhibition Crossing cultures: the Owen and Wagner collection of contemporary aboriginal Australian art at the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, September 15 2012 - March 10, 2013. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Crossing cultures : an American collection of Aboriginal Australian art / Will Owen -- Aboriginal Australian art in America / Howard Morphy -- In the eye of the storm: issues facing contemporary Indigenous art in Australia's remote communities / Brian P. Kennedy -- Painting the law: understanding the law stories in Aboriginal art / N. Bruce Duthu -- Daguerrotypes, stereotypes, and prototypes: reframing indigeneity / Stephen Gilchrist -- Mediating art: painters of acrylics at Yuendumu (1983-2011) / Françoise Dussart -- Art + emergence / Jennifer Deger -- The "presence" of Queensland Indigenous art / Sally Butler -- Strange relatives: negotiating the borderlines in East Kimberley painting / Henry F. Skerritt -- Rethinking Western Desert abstraction / John Carty -- Exhibition checklist. |
| Summary |
This publication highlights the extraordinary Owen and Wagner collection at the Hood Museum of Art, presenting more than 120 works of contemporary Aboriginal Australian art. Spanning five decades of creative activity, these objects represent the many art-making practices of Aboriginal peoples across the Australian continent. |
| Subjects |
Wagner, Harvey M. |
| Owen, Will, -- 1952-2015 |
| Hood Museum of Art |
| Art -- Private collections -- New Hampshire -- Hanover -- Exhibitions |
| Art -- Political aspects -- Australia |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian -- 21st century -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian -- 20th century -- Catalogs |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian -- 21st century -- Catalogs |
| Art -- Private collections -- New Hampshire -- Hanover -- Catalogs |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Gilchrist, Stephen (editor.) |
| Butler, Sally (contributor.) |
| Other Corporate Bodies |
Hood Museum of Art |
| Call number |
2016.515 |
