Literature in our Collection
(A-L)

Cubillo, Franchesca und Caruana, Wally (Hg.): Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art. Collection Highlights, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2010, ISBN 9780642334145

Table of Contents        ¦         Cover Text        ¦         Book Review

Table of Contents

Foreword -7-

Introduction -11-

The Aboriginal Memorial -19-

19th century objects -25-

Early Western Desert pantings -35-

The Kimberley -83-

Bark paintings and sculpture before 1980 -105-

Hermannsburg School Gordon & Marilyn Darling Gallery -139-

Textiles -147-

Prints and drawings -155-

North Queensland and Top End after 1980 -163-

Torres Strait Islands -205-

Urban art -213-

Notes -242-

Glossary -246-

Acknowledgments -248-

Contributors -249-

Map -252-

Index -254-

Book Review

As an introduction to the NGA collection of indigenous art, and to the main streams of art included in it, this catalogue is excellent. The 250-page catalogue shows an artwork on nearly every page, with some accompanying information about the work and the artist, covering the major regions and styles, not forgetting urban art. The text is insightful, detailed and accurate, but nevertheless the book is tantalizing in ist brevity. The authors provide some background information for each major art direction, but the lack of depth is hardly alleviated by the few endnotes for each section.