Balgo
creating country
$80.00
- Hardcover
404 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2021
Summary
Balgo: A Story of Country, Culture, and Art
In the early days we did painting. Cultural way. For ourselves.
Then on the mission Sister Alice was working with the young men and women, like Gracie Green and Matthew Gill. We did a lot of landscapes at the start. Then after that people did a lot of paintings for the church.
Then we decided we gotta do our own painting now. About ngurra and tjukurrpa. Ngurra are the places we came from, our Country. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760802042 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760802042 |
| Author: | John Carty |
| Publisher: | UWA Publishing |
| Imprint: | UWA Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 404 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 2.08kg |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 294mm x 242mm |
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About The Author
John Carty
John Carty is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Adelaide, and Head of Humanities at the South Australian Museum. His position between the two institutions focuses on connecting the collections and contemporary politics of Museums with innovative research. He is also the Humanities and Social Sciences Commissioner for the Australian National Commission to UNESCO.
He has worked extensively with Aboriginal artists and custodians throughout Australia on books, exhibitions and community development programs. His core research has involved working with Aboriginal artists to bridge the divide between anthropology and art history. In recent years, John’s work through research with the British Museum, National Museum of Australia, and now the South Australian Museum - has grown to focus on the cultural and cross-cultural histories encompassed by objects in museum collections.
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