140 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm
regular print
Contents
Foreword / Ron Radford -- Dreamings of the desert: recognition of a movement / Jane Hylton -- Map of current distribution of Central Australian languages -- A history of Western Desert art 1971-1996 / Vivien Johnson -- Origins 1971-1975 -- Papunya Tula artists 1978-1988 -- The spread of the Western Desert art 1985-1989 -- Into the nineties -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Artists' biographies -- Abbreviations -- Western desert dot painting: development of a movement / collated by Jane Hylton -- Bibliography
Summary
Celebration of 25th anniversary of dot painting movement resulted in this publication and in an exhibition of the entire collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia's western desert art; recognition of movement; map of central Australian languages; illustrated history of dot painting movement; artists' biographies; chronology of movement
Notes
Exhibition and publication co-ordinated by Jane Hylton ; assisted by Christopher Chapman
Key essay: A History of Western Desert art 1971-1996 /Vivien Johnson
Published to accompany the exhibition of the same title, featuring the Art Gallery of South Australia's entire collection of Western Desert art, held 15 December 1996 - 16 February 1997