Islands in the Sun

Islands in the sun: Prints by indigenous artists of Australia and the Australasian region

Roger Butler (editor)
ISLANDS IN THE SUN: PRINTS BY INDIGENOUS ARTISTS OF AUSTRALIA AND THE AUSTRALASIAN REGION
Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2001

116 pages, 109 colour illustrations, 30x21cm. Bibliography, Biographies, Checklist.
ISBN 0-642-54141-8

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Printmaking by Aboriginal artists by Roger Butler
    Prints from the Tiwi Islands
    Prints by Aboriginal artists from Arnhem Land
Motif etching: The history of Ilan printing by Brian Robinson
    Prints from the Torres Strait Islands
Printmaking in Papua New Guinea by Melanie Eastburn
A Pacific accent: Polynesian printmakers in Aotearoa New Zealand by Nicholas Thomas
    Prints by Maori artists
    Prints by Pacific Islander artists
Unfamiliar territory: the art of constant translation by Nigel Lendon
    The cross-cultural experience

Biographies
Checklist
Bibliography

SUBJECTS
Australian Aboriginal printmaking; Tiwi printmaking; Arnhem Land printmaking; Papua New Guinea printmaking; Ilan (Torres Strait Islands) printmaking; Polynesian printmaking; Maori printmaking;  Pacific islander printmaking; Cross-cultural printmaking

 



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