Title Painting the country : contemporary Aboriginal art from the Kimberley region, Western Australia / John E. Stanton

Published Nedlands, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 1989 Nedlands, Western Australia : University of Western Australia Press, 1989

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WATERFT ART&ARCH	759.99414 Sta/Ptc		AVAILABLE

Description 48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 26 cm Contents Introduction--Socio-cultural background--Art in society--Regional variation within in the Kimberley--Influences from the Western Desert--Cultural maintenance in the face of evangelization--Dreaming the Dreaming--Art as an expression of identity Summary Images of country as depicted by men and women from the Kimberleys, to consolidate their claims to ritual ownership of these lands; paintings; artists Notes Bibliography; 46-47 Bibliography Bibliography: pages 46-47 Issuing Body At head of title: The University of Western Australia Press Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Art. Aboriginal Australians -- Politics and government. Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region Aboriginal Australians -- Painting -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.) Aboriginal Australians -- Painting -- Kimberley Region, Western Australia Aboriginal Australians -- Painting -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region Aboriginal Australians -- Painting -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Aboriginal Australians -- Painting. Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.) -- Catalogs. Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region Art, Aboriginal Australian. Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Arts, Aboriginal Australian. Mythology, Aboriginal Australian. Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Western Australia. Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Kimberley Region, Western Australia Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Painting, Aboriginal Australian. Painting, Australian -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region -- Artists, Aboriginal Australian Painting, Australian -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Aboriginal artists Genre/Form Catalogs. LC no. 90131806 ISBN 0855642890 (paperback)

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