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Author:   Fred R. Myers ,  Terry Smith
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9781478026549

ISBN 10:   1478026545
Pages:   136
Publication Date:   04 November 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Eternal Recurrence of Origins Kingsley Tjungurrai, Stars, Rain, and Lightning at Night, 1971 2. The Ceremony is the Place: The Past is the Present Shorty Lungkarta Tjungurrayi, Classic Pintupi Water Dreaming, 1972 3. The Icy Spirit: The Structure of Punishment Wartuma (Charlie Tarawa/Tjaruru) Tjungurrayi, The Trial, 1972 4. Inside and Outside: A Cave Allegory Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri, Big Cave Dreaming with Ceremonial Objects, 1972 5. Stippling Plenitude: “The Water Man Does Not Get Wet—He Is the Rain Itself” Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, Water Dreaming at Kalipinypa, 1972 6. Dotting and Weaving Kaapa Mbitjana Tjampitjinpa (with Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri), Ngalyipi (A Small Snake), 1972 Six Paintings from Papunya: A Reflection / Stephen Gilchrist Language and Person Names Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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"""While Fred and Terry appreciate that Indigenous art is in tacit dialogue with dominant approaches to categorization, their conversations work to reduce this determinative power. There is no desire to coax these paintings into familiar and complacent categorizations. On the contrary, they are genuinely responding to the intellectual and cultural challenges of the paintings by shaping a critical vocabulary and methodology that can best apprehend them. . . . They show us the richness of Indigenous cultural practices and the tools with which to apprehend them. Indigenous art and culture deserve nothing less.""----Stephen Gilchrist, from the Afterword"

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Fred Myers is Silver Professor of Anthropology at New York University and author of Painting Culture: The Making of an Aboriginal High Art, also published by Duke University Press. Terry Smith is Andrew W. Mellon Emeritus Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory at the University of Pittsburgh and author of Art to Come: Histories of Contemporary Art, also published by Duke University Press.

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