| Title |
Art of Arnhem Land 1940s-1970s / [Tracey Lock-Weir]. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, [2002] |
| Description |
1 exhibition catalogue (folded sheet, [8] pages) : colour illustrations ; 40 cm, in ephemera file. |
| Note |
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of South Australia, 20 October 2002-23 February 2003. |
| "The South Australian Museum is showing a parallel exhibition, Art of Arnhem Land 1948-1952, 20 October 2002-23 February 2003." (Art of Arnhem Land 1948-1952 : paintings on bark and wood collected by anthropologist Charles Mountford / exhibition curator, brochure text: Philip Jones) |
| Summary |
Charts the emergence of Aboriginal bark paintings from the sphere of anthropological interest into the public domain as a powerful form of contemporary art. Drawn entirely from the Art Gallery of South Australia's collection, the exhibition includes paintings and sculptures by senior artists who later became celebrated precursors of the Aboriginal Land Rights movement. |
| Subjects |
Mountford, Charles P.(Charles Pearcy),1890-1976 |
| Art Gallery of South Australia |
| Art Gallery of South Australia -- Exhibitions |
| Art -- Private collections |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land -- Art -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Private collections |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Exhibitions |
| Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions |
| Bark painting -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land -- Exhibitions |
| Bark painting -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land -- Exhibitions |
| Art - Painting - Bark |
| Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land |
| Arnhem Land (N.T.) |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Lock-Weir, Tracey (author) (curator) |
| Jones, Philip G., 1955- (author) |
| Other Corporate Bodies |
Art Gallery of South Australia |
| Part of |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander - Art : ephemera file |
| Series |
Ephemera Collection (NMA Research Library) |
| Call number |
EPH-ABOR (item 1) |
