Indigenous Australia : enduring civilisation / Gaye Sculthorpe [and 6 others]
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TextPublisher: Canberra : National Museum of Australia, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 272 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781921953231; 1921953233Other title: BP exhibition : indigenous Australia : enduring civilisationSubject(s): British Museum -- Exhibitions | National Museum of Australia -- Exhibitions | Aboriginal Australians in art -- Exhibitions | Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Exhibitions | Indigenous art -- Australia -- Exhibitions | Aboriginal Australians -- Exhibitions | Aboriginal Australians -- Australia | Torres Strait Islanders -- Australia | Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 704.039915 Summary: ART OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. AUSTRALIAN. Published to accompany major exhibitions at the British Museum and the National Museum of Australia in 2015, Indigenous Australia: Enduring Civilisation uses objects from the extraordinary collection of the British Museum to celebrate the unique and ongoing relationship that Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders have to place and country. This groundbreaking new publication also explores the profound impact and legacy of colonialism, the nature of collecting and the changing meaning of objects now in the collection of the British Museum. This richly illustrated book challenges pre-existing ideas about Indigenous Australian culture and highlights its beauty, diversity and vitality.
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Published to accompany the exhibitions held at the British Museum, from 23 April to 2 August 2015, and at the National Museum of Australia, from 26 November 2015 to 28 March 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ART OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. AUSTRALIAN. Published to accompany major exhibitions at the British Museum and the National Museum of Australia in 2015, Indigenous Australia: Enduring Civilisation uses objects from the extraordinary collection of the British Museum to celebrate the unique and ongoing relationship that Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders have to place and country. This groundbreaking new publication also explores the profound impact and legacy of colonialism, the nature of collecting and the changing meaning of objects now in the collection of the British Museum. This richly illustrated book challenges pre-existing ideas about Indigenous Australian culture and highlights its beauty, diversity and vitality.
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