Becoming art : exploring cross-cultural categories / Howard Morphy.

By: Publication details: Oxford : Berg, 2007.Description: xv, 234 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781845206574 (pbk.) :
  • 1845206576 (pbk.) :
  • 9781845206567 (hbk.) :
  • 1845206568 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22
Summary: 30 years ago Australian Aboriginal art was little more than a footnote to world art. Today, it is considered to be an important contemporary art movement, often promoted as being connected to a deep cultural past. Morphy analyses the shifting cultural and social contexts that surround the production of Aboriginal art.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-222) and index.

30 years ago Australian Aboriginal art was little more than a footnote to world art. Today, it is considered to be an important contemporary art movement, often promoted as being connected to a deep cultural past. Morphy analyses the shifting cultural and social contexts that surround the production of Aboriginal art.

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