| ISBN |
9781921034978 |
| 9781921034992 |
| Author |
Altman, Jon C., 1954- (author) |
| Title |
John Mawurndjul : I am the old and the new = John Mawurndjul : ngayi ngakarrme bokenh-mankerrnge la mankare / writers: Jon Altman [and 12 others] ; essays : Hetti Perkins, Jon Altman, Murray Garde ; photo essay by Jenni Carter, John Mawurndjul ; vignettes : Diane Moon, Luke Taylor, Apolline Kohen, Margie West, Genevieve O'Callaghan, Clothilde Bullen, Natasha Bullock, Nici Cumpston, Keith Munro, Lisa Slade ; end matter: Murray Garde, Keith Munro, Genevieve O'Callaghan, Nicola Teffer; editorial team: Clothilde Bullen [and 11 others] ; managing editor: Natasha Bullock ; lead researcher and text editor: Genevieve O'Callaghan. |
| Portion of title |
I am the old and the new |
| Ngayi ngakarrme bokenh-mankerrnge la mankare |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Royal Exchange, NSW : Museum of Contemporary Art Australia ; Adelaide, SA Australia : Art Gallery of South Australia, [2018] |
| ©2018. |
| Description |
387, 12 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps, portraits (chiefly colour) ; 29 cm. |
| Note |
Essays : Hetti Perkins, Jon Altman, Murray Garde ; photo essays by Jenni Carter, John Mawurndjul ; image plates : John Mawurndjul ; vignettes : Diane Moon, Luke Taylor, Apolline Kohen, Margie West ; selected biographical notes : Genevieve O'Callaghan ; curator's afterword : Clothilde Bullen, Natasha Bullock, Nici Cumpston, Keith Munro, Lisa Slade ; end matter: Murray Garde, Keith Munro, Genevieve O'Callaghan, Nicola Teffer. |
| Exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 6 July - 23 September 2018; and at the Art Gallery of South Australia, 26 October 2018 - 28 January 2019, through Tarnanthi: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art. |
| Bibliography |
Selected bibliography included, pages 284-285. |
| Contents |
Director's foreword / Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Lisa Slade, Mark Horton -- Essays. Mardayin maestro / Hetti Perkins -- The political ground of creativity / Jon Altman -- Ngadjalyolyome Balang Mawurndjul (let me tell you some stories about Balang Mawurndjul) / Murray Garde -- Dolobbo bim (bark painting) / photo essay by Jenni Carter -- I am the old and the new: John Mawurndjul in conversation / John Mawurndjul -- Maps. Language and place -- Image plates / John Mawurndjul -- Vignettes. Powerlines / Diane Moon -- No ordinary snake / Luke Taylor -- 'My head is full up with ideas' / Apolline Kohen -- Rarrk master / Margie West -- Selected biographical notes / Genevieve O'Callaghan -- Curators' afterword / Clothilde Bullen, Natasha Bullock, Nici Cumpston, Kieth Munro, Lisa Slade -- List of works -- Reading and writing of Kuninjku words / Murray Garde -- Glossary / Murray Garde, Keith Munro -- Selected bibliography / Genevieve O'Callaghan, Nicola Teffer -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Image credits. |
| Summary |
John Mawurndjul AM is celebrated for his mastery of rarrk (fine-painted cross-hatching), a tradition shared by generations of Kuninjku artists. This exhibition of bark paintings and sculptures, by one of Australia’s most groundbreaking contemporary artists, tells the stories of Kuninjku culture and the significant locations surrounding the artist’s home in western Arnhem Land. |
| Exhibition catalogue for the major survey show by Aboriginal artist John Mawurndjul. Developed and co-presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and the Art Gallery of South Australia, in association with Maningrida Arts & Culture. |
| Language |
English and Kuninjku text. |
| Subjects |
Mawurndjul, John, -- 1952?- |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian -- 21st century -- Exhibitions |
| Painting, Aboriginal Australian |
| Artists, Aboriginal Australian |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian |
| Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia, Northern |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia, Northern -- Exhibitions |
| Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia, Northern -- Exhibitions |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Perkins, Hetti, 1965- (author) |
| Carter, Jenni (author) |
| Mawurndjul, John, 1952?- (artist) |
| Bullen, Clotilde |
| Bullock, Natasha (curator) |
| O'Callaghan, Genevieve (curator) |
| Other Corporate Bodies |
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (Sydney, N.S.W.) |
| Art Gallery of South Australia |
| Other meeting name |
Tarnanthi (3rd : 2018 : Adelaide, S.A.) |
| Call number |
2019.475 |
