Papunya Tula : art of the Western Desert / Geoffrey Bardon ; with diagrams by Judith Ryan
- Bib ID:
- 3705057
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bardon, Geoffrey, 1940-2003
- Description:
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- Marleston, S. Aust. : Gecko Books, [2006]. c1991
- xx, 140 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 map, ports. ; 28 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0977511456
- Invalid ISBN:
- 9780977511457
- Summary:
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Popular style outline of desert cosmology and the desert habitat; lists five groups at Papunya as Aranda, Anmatjira Aranda, Wailpri, Loritja and Pintupi; paintings part of dreaming ceremonies; acrylic paintings combine elements of sand paintings, body decoration, and ritual elements; technique of preparing ground surface for painting; materials used; womens designs; Papunya in 1971; beginnings of paintings on school; development of painting movement; first sales; friction with government policies; meaning of name, Papunya Tula; list of artists with personal details and examples of their work with interpretations; Bardons theories of Papunya Tula art; symbols used.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p. 140.
- Subject:
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- Papunya Tula Artists -- History
- Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- Western Desert
- Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Northern Territory -- Papunya
- Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- Western Desert
- Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Northern Territory -- Papunya
- Art - Crafts - Advertising and marketing
- Pintupi people (C10) (NT SF52-11)
- Art - Artists - Men
- Warlpiri people (C15) (NT SF52-04)
- Stories and motifs - Creation / cosmology
- Stories and motifs - Creation / Cosmology
- Art - Sand and ground design
- Economics - Income - Poverty and low income
- Enterprises - Arts and crafts
- Art - Production - Materials / techniques
- History - Biographies - Indigenous
- Art - Painting - Acrylic
- Art - Theory and criticism
- Art - Acrylic painting
- Economics - Income - poverty and low income
- Papunya (South Central NT SF52-16)
- Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Ryan, Judith
- Copyright:
-
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1991
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