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Rattling spears : a history of indigenous Australian art / Ian McLean.

Rattling spears : a history of indigenous Australian art / Ian McLean.
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ISBN 9781780235905
1780235909
Author McLean, Ian, 1965 - (author.)
Title Rattling spears : a history of indigenous Australian art / Ian McLean.
Publisher and/or associated date/s London Reaktion Books, 2016.
©2016
Description 301 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents EMPIRE -- 1. Origin Stories: Dreamtime in Botany Bay, 1770 -- 2. Indigenous Art and Empire in Sydney, 1788 -- 1830 -- 3. Post-contact Indigenous Art in the Australian Colonies, 1835 -- 1900 -- NATION -- 4. Indigenous Art in White Australia, 1900 -- 1970 -- 5. Invention of Indigenous Contemporary Art, 1970 -- 1990 -- POST-WESTERN -- 6. Remote Masters, 1985 -- 2015 -- 7. Post-identity: Urban Indigenous Art, 1987 -- 2015.
Summary Art of indigenous peoples. Australian. Large, bold and colourful, Indigenous Australian art has impressed itself on the contemporary imagination. But it is controversial, dividing the stakeholders from those who smell a scam. Whether the artists are victims or victors, there is no denying their impact in the media and on the art world and collectors worldwide. How did it become the most successful Indigenous art in the world? How did its artists escape the ethnographic and souvenir markets to become players in an art world from which they had been barred? Superbly illustrated, this full historical account makes you question everything you were taught about modern and contemporary art.
Subjects Art, Aboriginal Australian
Art, Aboriginal Australian -- History
Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Marketing
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