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Art from the land : dialogues with the Kluge-Ruhe Collection of Australian Aboriginal art / edited by Howard Morphy and Margo Smith Boles. - vi, 266 pages : colour illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Kluge-Ruhe Collection of Australian Aboriginal art -- Flesh, bone, and spirit: Western Arnhem Land bark painting -- Life through art: Religion and society in eastern Arnhem Land -- The land is full of signs: Central north east Arnhem Land art -- Wagilak and Djang'kawu: Ancestral paintings in the public domain -- Touching the land: Towards an aesthetic of Balgo contemporary painting -- What an acrylic can mean: The meta-ritualistic resonances of a central desert painting -- Aesthetics and practice: A local art history of Pintupi painting -- Notes on the contributors -- Notes on copyright -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

ISBN: 0646370871 9780646370873 0957713509 9780957713505

Source: MSquared, Main Street, Michelago NSW 2620

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection (University of Virginia)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Art, Aboriginal Australian--Australia--Arnhem Land (N.T.)
Aboriginal Australians--Australia--Arnhem Land (N.T.)

Dewey Class. No.: 704.0399150074755