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Author Art Gallery of South Australia.

Title Dreamings of the desert : Aboriginal dot paintings of the Western Desert
Published Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, 1996

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 W'PONDS  759.994 Art/Dot  AVAILABLE
Description 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
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 139-140
Includes index
Subject Art Gallery of South Australia -- Exhibitions.
Art Gallery of South Australia -- Catalogs.
Aboriginal Australians -- Painting -- Exhibitions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Painting -- Australia -- Central Australia -- Exhibitions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Painting -- Australia -- Central Australia -- Exhibitions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Painting -- Australia -- Central Australia.
Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Exhibitions.
Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Central Australia -- Exhibitions.
Painting -- Australia -- Adelaide (S.A.) -- Exhibitions.
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Exhibitions.
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Western Desert (W.A.) -- Exhibitions.
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Central Australia -- Exhibitions.
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Central Australia -- Western Desert -- Exhibitions
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Central Australia -- Exhibitions.
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Central Australia.
Painting, Australian -- Australia -- Central Australia -- Aboriginal artists -- Exhibitions
Painting, Australian -- Australia -- Central Australia -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Australia -- Exhibitions.
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Australia -- Central Australia -- Exhibitions.
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Australia -- Central Australia -- Western Desert -- Exhibitions
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Australia -- Central Australia -- Exhibitions.
Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs.
Author Chapman, Christopher, 1966-
Hylton, Jane, 1950-
Johnson, Vivien. History of Western Desert art 1971-1996
Art Gallery of South Australia.
LC no. 98115359
ISBN 0730830659 (paperback)
073083073X
Other Titles Aboriginal dot paintings of the Western Desert