Description |
xxiii, 527 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits ; 31 cm |
|
regular print |
Series |
1. Miegunyah Press series. 2nd ser. ; 58 |
|
Miegunyah Press series. 2nd ser |
|
Miegunyah Press series. 2nd ser
|
Contents |
Preface / by James Bardon -- Introduction. The interpretation of dreams / Paul Carter -- Introduction. A way into the continent / Geoffrey Bardon -- Personal beginnings -- The beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement: The children come first, February-June 1971; The men and the murals, June-August 1971; The men's story, April-December 1971; The great painting room: like warriors of old, February-July 1972; The making of Papunya Tula, September 1971-July 1972 -- The structure and meaning of the paintings: Meaning, approach and archetypes; Hieroglyphs -- Subject matter and meaning and the importance of the idea of story: Water dreamings; Travelling dreamings; Fire, spirit, myth and medicine dreamings; Bush tucker stories; Women's dreamings; Ritual dance dreamings; My country (homeland) dreamings; The children's stories |
|
The lives of the painters: Charlie Tarawa (Tjaruru) Tjungurrayi; Uta Uta Tjangala; Charlie Tjakamarra; Anatjari No. I Tjampitjinpa; Anatjari No. III Tjakamarra; Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi; Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi; Old Walter Tjampitjinpa; Tim Payungka Tjapangati; Freddie West Tjakamarra; David Corby Tjapaltjarri; Mick Namerari Tjapaltjarri; Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula; Johnny Scobie Tjapanangka; Johnny Warrangkula Tjupurrula; Old Tutuma Tjapangati; Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri; Old Mick Tjakamarra; Long Jack Phillipus Tjakamarra; Bill Stockman Tjapaltjarri; Kaapa Tjampitjinpa; Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa; Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri -- Afterword: at Papunya, 1990-1991 |
|
A select catalogue: Archetypes and hieroglyphs -- The school and the school murals -- Water dreamings -- Travelling dreamings -- Fire, spirit, myth and medicine dreamings -- Bush tucker stories -- Women's dreamings -- Ritual dance dreamings -- My country (homeland) dreamings -- The children's stories -- Epilogue. Encounters with Geoff Bardon / Jennifer Isaacs -- Valedictory. Remembering Geoffrey Bardon / Judith Ryan -- Glossary -- Bibliography & indexes |
Summary |
In 1971, Bardon was posted to the Papunyah settlement in Central Australia. He taught the artists to paint, thus triggering a surge of creative activity. Papunyah is a complete record of the artists and the works emanating from Papunyah and is a firsthand account of the origins of the contemporary art movement in desert Australia |
Analysis |
Art of indigenous peoples (Australia) |
|
Australian Aboriginal studies |
|
All Australian Indigenous Material |
Notes |
Includes indexes |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-513) and index |
Subject |
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Desert (W. Aust.)
|
|
Papunya Tula Artists' Company -- History.
|
|
Papunya Tula Artists' Company.
|
|
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Northern Territory -- Papunya
|
|
Painting, Australian -- Aboriginal Artists -- Biography
|
|
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- 20th century.
|
|
Art and mythology.
|
|
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Desert
|
|
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Western Desert -- History
|
|
Aboriginal Australians -- Painting -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Papunya
|
|
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Papunya Native Settlement (N.T.) -- History.
|
|
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Papunya
|
|
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Papunya Native Settlement (N.T.)
|
|
Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Western Desert (W.A.)
|
|
Painting, Australian -- Aboriginal artists -- Biography
|
|
Painting, Australian -- Aboriginal artists -- Biography
|
|
Painting, Australian -- Aboriginal artists
-- ?́ƠBiography
|
|
Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Papunya Native Settlement (N.T.)
|
|
Art, Australian -- Aboriginal artists -- Biography
|
|
Aboriginal Australians -- Painting -- Australia -- Papunya Native Settlement (N.T.)
|
|
Painting, Australian -- Australia -- Papunya Native Settlement (N.T.) -- Aboriginal artists
|
|
Painting, Australian -- Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography
|
|
Aboriginal Australians -- Painting -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Western Desert (W.A.)
|
|
Aboriginal Australians -- Painting -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Papunya Region (N.T.)
|
|
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography.
|
|
Artists, Aboriginal Australian.
|
|
Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Western Desert (W.A.)
|
|
Mural painting and decoration -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Papunya
|
|
Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) -- In art.
|
|
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Western Desert (W.A.)
|
|
Art, Aboriginal Australian.
|
|
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Papunya Native Settlement (N.T.)
|
|
Art, Modern.
|
|
Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography.
|
|
Aboriginal artists
|
|
Aboriginal Australians -- Painting -- Australia -- Western Desert (W.A.)
|
|
Mythology, Aboriginal Australian, in art.
|
|
Painting, Aboriginal Australian.
|
Genre/Form |
History.
|
|
Nonfiction
|
|
Biography.
|
|
Biographies.
|
Author |
Bardon, James, author
|
LC no. |
2005360504 |
ISBN |
9780522851106 (hardback) |
|
052285110X (hardback) |