- Paperback: 308 pages
- Publisher: McCulloch & McCulloch (6 April 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0980449421
- ISBN-13: 978-0980449426
- Product Dimensions: 26.2 x 19.6 x 2.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 611,727 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Revised and updated edition of the bestselling Contemporary Aboriginal Art by Susan McCulloch; an illustrated guide to Australia's major art-producing
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Covers the Landscape
26 Aug 2010
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Aboriginal painting and sculpture from Australia have grown from a specialty of ethnographers into a world class art movement featuring avid collectors, eager gallerists and high priced annual auctions by major houses. Susan and Emily McCulloch provide a wide ranging and authoritative tour across the artistic oases that exist in Australia's vast outback. This "complete guide" is a terrific overview for newcomers and a valuable reference for dedicated collectors of this often dazzling artwork.
The McCullochs have organized their book by geographic region, highly appropriate since the land, the stories about its creation and an artist's relationship to particular parcels are the organizing forces behind Australian Aboriginal art. Each book section (Central Australia, PY and NPY lands, Kimberly, Top End and Arnhem Land, Queensland and Torres Straights) contains a light dusting of ethnography and a brief history of art making in the area, followed by a detailed description of the art centers in the territory and a listing of the artists working out of those centers. The pictures of artwork are wonderfully curated, and will give the uninitiated a sense of the vibrancy, diversity and sheer fecundity of modern Aboriginal art.
This edition has been updated to cover major developments over the last decade. On the art front, the proliferation of new art centers in central and southwestern Australia has brought a new group of artists to the attention of museums, galleries and collectors. As with the established Aboriginal artists, these emerging painters start out fully formed, bringing with them their traditional stories along with decades of art-making in other media such as sand, body and rock painting. What goes on to canvas comes with content passed down over generations and a highly refined aesthetic sensibility. The resulting "new" paintings have clarity, form and power.
On the political front, the decisions by artists to sell their works from community owned art centers - organizations which have been enormously beneficial to families and communities in the outback - or through private dealers has evolved from a black and white proposition to something greyer. The current thinking is that it should be up to the artist, who has to weigh personal desires, family obligation (which can be extensive and onerous in Aboriginal culture) and support of the community.
The book concludes with an wide-ranging list of recommended readings. There is also a roster of all the Aboriginal Art Centers in Australia. Hopefully this book will provide the impetus to visit these centers, see the artwork and meet the artists.
The McCullochs have organized their book by geographic region, highly appropriate since the land, the stories about its creation and an artist's relationship to particular parcels are the organizing forces behind Australian Aboriginal art. Each book section (Central Australia, PY and NPY lands, Kimberly, Top End and Arnhem Land, Queensland and Torres Straights) contains a light dusting of ethnography and a brief history of art making in the area, followed by a detailed description of the art centers in the territory and a listing of the artists working out of those centers. The pictures of artwork are wonderfully curated, and will give the uninitiated a sense of the vibrancy, diversity and sheer fecundity of modern Aboriginal art.
This edition has been updated to cover major developments over the last decade. On the art front, the proliferation of new art centers in central and southwestern Australia has brought a new group of artists to the attention of museums, galleries and collectors. As with the established Aboriginal artists, these emerging painters start out fully formed, bringing with them their traditional stories along with decades of art-making in other media such as sand, body and rock painting. What goes on to canvas comes with content passed down over generations and a highly refined aesthetic sensibility. The resulting "new" paintings have clarity, form and power.
On the political front, the decisions by artists to sell their works from community owned art centers - organizations which have been enormously beneficial to families and communities in the outback - or through private dealers has evolved from a black and white proposition to something greyer. The current thinking is that it should be up to the artist, who has to weigh personal desires, family obligation (which can be extensive and onerous in Aboriginal culture) and support of the community.
The book concludes with an wide-ranging list of recommended readings. There is also a roster of all the Aboriginal Art Centers in Australia. Hopefully this book will provide the impetus to visit these centers, see the artwork and meet the artists.
Very well written
8 April 2010
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This book was very well written, it covers the aboriginal painting movement from every single major area in Australia.
It is a great book for both the amateur collector and the professional.
It is a great book for both the amateur collector and the professional.
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