History of Aboriginal Art in the Art Gallery of New South Wales

List of contents

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

Summary

In this highly original study, Vanessa Russ examines the gradual invention of Aboriginal art within the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Product details

• Authors: Vanessa Russ
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9780367651381
• ISBN: 978-0-367-65138-1
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Routledge Research in Art Museums and Exhibitions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; New South Wales, ART / History / General, Anthropology, Art of indigenous peoples, ART / Museum Studies, ART / Reference, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, ART / Australian & Oceanian, Colonialism & imperialism, History of Art, Relating to indigenous peoples, Colonialism and imperialism, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Indigenous styles