Aboriginal Art

by Wally Caruana

Overview

An updated and expanded edition of this classic survey, which has established itself as the superlative introduction to the full diversity of Aboriginal art.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780500204658
Publisher:	Thames & Hudson
Publication date:	01/14/2025
Series:	World of Art
Edition description:	Fourth
Pages:	296
Sales rank:	934,355
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Wally Caruana was senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, where he oversaw the development of one of the most important collections of Indigenous Australian art in a public museum. Caruana is now a visiting fellow in the department of art history, Australian National University, and the senior consultant, Aboriginal art, to Sotheby’s Australia.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1	Introduction	7
Chapter 2	Patterns of power: Arnhem Land and its surrounds	21
Chapter 3	The art of place and journey: the desert	101
Chapter 4	Land of the Wandjina: the Kimberley	162
Chapter 5	Diversity: North Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands	183
Chapter 6	Artists in the town and city	194
	Conclusion	226
	Note on Aboriginal names	228
	Acknowledgments	228
	Select Bibliography	229
	List of Illustrations	231
	Glossary	236
	Index	237