Biddle Remote Avant-Garde

Aboriginal Art under Occupation
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7460-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

Reihe: Objects/Histories

In Remote Avant-Garde Jennifer Loureide Biddle interrogates the avant-garde art of Aboriginal communities in the Australian desert, showing how it is an act of survival in the face of state occupation and a means to revive at-risk vernacular languages and cultural heritages.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Biddle, Jennifer Loureide

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations vii

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction. The Imperative to Experiment 1

1. Humanitarian Imperialism 21

Part I. Biliteracies

2. Tangentyere Artists 41

3. June Walkutjukurr Richards 77

4. Rhonda Unurupa Dick 91

Part II. Hapticities

5. Tjanpi Desert Weavers 109

6. Warnayaka Art: Yurlpa 139

7. Yarrenyty Arltere Artists 159

Part III. Happenings

8. Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route 181

9. The Warburton Arts Project 197

Epilogue: (Not) a "Lifestyle Choice" 217

Notes 221

Further Resources 233

References 235

Index 257

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Loureide Biddle is Director of Visual Anthropology & Visual Culture and Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute for Experimental Arts at the University of New South Wales. She is the author of Breasts, Bodies, Canvas: Central Desert Art as Experience.