Director's foreword / Brian Kennedy -- Tactility : two centuries of indigenous objects, textiles and fibre / Brenda L. Croft -- Cultural life-force : ceremonial and traditional practices / Brenda L. Croft and Susan Jenkins -- Representing the figurative / Brenda L. Croft and Susan Jenkins -- Textiles and tactility / Brenda L. Croft -- Works in the exhibition
Summary
"Tactility: two centuries of Indigenous objects, textiles and fibre provides a visual overwiev of the diversity of Indigenous three-dimensional and material objects made over a period of two centuries or more, ranging from traditional to transitional objects, through to recent conceptual and politically-resonant works, from all regions throughout mainland Australia, Tasmania and the Torres Strait Islands."--P. 3
Notes
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 7 June-28 September 2003