In this highly original study, Vanessa Russ examines the gradual invention of Aboriginal art within the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
This process occurred as the social histories of Australia expanded and recognised Aboriginal people, through wars and political shifts, and as international organisations began placing pressure on nation states to expand, diversify, and respect multicultural perspectives. This book explores a state art institution as a case study to consider these complex narratives through a single history of Aboriginal art from early colonisation until today.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, museum studies, and Indigenous studies.
By:
Vanessa Russ Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Weight: 530g ISBN:9780367651381 ISBN 10: 0367651386 Series:Routledge Research in Art Museums and Exhibitions Pages: 188 Publication Date:25 June 2021 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
"Introduction 1. ""Ghost Habitats"": The Dispossession of an Indigenous Nation and the Rise of the British colony in Australia 2. An Early History of Art Gallery of New South Wales – 1871-1940 3. Modernism and An Australian Aboriginal Art Collection – 1940-1971 4. Curatorship in the AGNSW and Australian Aboriginal Art – 1973 to 1990 5. Australian Aboriginal Art – Inside / Out – 1990 to 2020 Conclusion"
Vanessa Russ is Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia.