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Ngaanyatjarra : art of the lands / edited by Tim Acker & John Carty.

Ngaanyatjarra : art of the lands / edited by Tim Acker & John Carty.
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ISBN 9781742583914 (pbk.)
1742583911 (pbk)
Title Ngaanyatjarra : art of the lands / edited by Tim Acker & John Carty.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Crawley, W.A. UWA Publishing, 2012.
Description ix, 281 pages : colour illustrations, maps, portraits ; 29 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents An emerging present: a short history of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands / David Brooks -- Purnu, tjanpi, canvas: a Ngaanyatjarra art history / John Carty -- The art of community : the place of art centres in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands / Tim Acker -- Plates -- Maruku Arts and Crafts / John Carty -- Memories of a purnu-man in the Ng Lands / Steve Fox -- Winneringu! Tjanpi Desert Weavers / Jo Foster -- Kanytjupayi's attraction / Thisbe Purich -- Papulankutja Artists / John Carty -- Cliff Reid / Dianna Isgar -- Mr Forbes / David Brooks -- Warakurna Artists / John Carty with Edwina Circuitt -- Mr Shepherd's studio / Edwina Circuitt -- The past is everywhere : Ngaanyatjarra history paintings / Pamela Faye McGrath -- Kayili Artists / John Carty -- Singing Brindle / Anisha Angelroth -- Reflections on Kayili Artists / Tim Pearn -- Warburton glass / Nancy Tjungupi Carnegie -- Tjarlirli Art / John Carty -- Nyarapayi Giles / Pamela Faye McGrath -- Irrunytju Arts / Judith Ryan -- Irrunytju Arts story / Tjawina Roberts.
Summary Captures the elegant complexity of desert life, revealing the worlds within worlds that is Ngaanyatjarra culture, and invites us to share in honouring the ancient heritage of the Ngaanyatjarra community, celebrating its myriad contemporary expressions. Documents the Warakurna, Papulankutja, Tjarlirli, Kayili, Maruku and Tjanpi art centres.
Subjects Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- Western Desert
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Northern Territory -- Western Desert
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- Western Desert
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Western Desert (W.A.)
Western Australia -- Western Desert
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Acker, Tim (editor)
Carty, John (editor)
Call number 759.99415 NGA (2 copies)
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