Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art : collection highlights, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra / edited by Franchesca Cubillo and Wally Caruana
Edition
First edition
Published
Canberra, A.C.T. : National Gallery of Australia, 2010
Introduction -- The Aboriginal Memorial -- 19th-century objects -- Early Western Desert paintings -- Desert paintings after 1975 -- The Kimberley -- Bark paintings and sculpture before 1980 -- Hermannsburg School - Gordon & Marilyn Darling Gallery -- Textiles -- Prints and drawings -- North Queensland and Top End after 1980 -- Torres Strait Islands -- Urban art -- Glossary
Summary
The NGA holds the largest collection of Australian Indigenous art in the world. Written by Indigenous authors, curators and other experts in the field, this book features 183 works of art which highlight the diversity, richness and excellence of the Gallery's collection including rare 19th century objects
Notes
"Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art : collection highlights"--Orange paper band around book
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-244) and index
