Title Before time today : reinventing tradition in Aurukun Aboriginal art / edited by Sally Butler

Published St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2010

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Description 159 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm Summary Explains how Aurukun art production absorbed the colonial impact of mission and government cultural intervention throughout the 20th century, shifting through demands for cultural display to outsiders a arts and crafts initiatives, and then providing the powerful visual symbols for the political struggles of Aurukun's Wik people Notes "Contributors: Sally Butler, Peter Sutton, David F Martin, Georges Petitjean, Stanley Kalkeeyorta, Mavis Ngallameta and Tony Albert"--P. [8] "This publication has been commissioned by the University of Queensland Art Museum on the occasion of its exhibition: Before Time Today : Reinventing Tradition in Aurukun Aboriginal Art, 11 September - 28 November 2010"-- P. [8] Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-157) Subject University of Queensland. Art Museum -- Exhibitions. University of Queensland. University Art Museum -- Exhibitions. Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Aurukun Region (Qld.) -- Exhibitions Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Queensland -- Aurukun Region Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Queensland -- Aurukun -- Exhibitions Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Queensland -- Aurukun Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs. Author Butler, Sally. University of Queensland. Art Museum. ISBN 0702238589 (paperback) 0702238627 (hbk) 9780702238581 (paperback) 9780702238628 (hbk)

Other Titles Aurukun Aboriginal art

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