akerman kim (8 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. National Gallery of Victoria 1993 4to. 312 pages. light rubbing and soiling to wraps. binding tight.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 16pp. (un-numbered). c.21.5 x 25cm (landscape). Colour photographic illustrations throughout. Soft covers. A good clean copy. Catalogue of a touring exhibition. [96g].

French flaps. 1st Edition. Quarto, stiff pictorial wraps with French flaps, colour illus, b&w illus, unpag. (pp 86). Copiously illustrated with examples of Flash Jack's work. Fine condition. In the first half of the 20th century Flash Jack was a well-known and respected artist who primarily catered for the crews and passengers of steam ships that serviced the coastal towns of Western Australia and sailed north to Singapore. Working on paper, boab nuts and small pearl shells, Jack created images of Aboriginal life in the Kimberley. Sadly, by the 1970s his name had disappeared from the story of Kimberley indigenous art history. In The Forgotten Art of 'Flash Jack' Barrymore, Kim Akerman with Bruno Jordanoff examine Jack's life and art, bringing together nearly a hundred works of art which had, until recently, been forgotten and place this extraordinary man as a crusader for Aboriginal contemporary art in the Kimberley.

stiff wraps. 1st Edition. Oblong 4to, stiff illustrated wraps, colour and b&w illus (including many full-page colour plates, map, references, list of artworks, illus endpapers, pp 216. Near fine condition. A lavishly illustrated study of the life of Joseph Nangan (?Butcher? Joe) (1900?-1989), Aboriginal lawman and artist, born in Yawuru country at Kanen (Fishermens Bend), near Broome. Nangan spent his life acquiring the ritual knowledge and lore, not only of his own Nyikina and Walmajarri forbears but also that pertaining to the lands of his neighbours. Nangan believed that he could, through his art; present his world to a wider audience: he deftly depicted the artefacts, legends and history of his country. The legends that Nangan relates and illustrates provide a traditional explanation on how his world came to be. Nangan also records the often-brutal history of the frontier experience and the clash of cultures as Europeans began to encroach on Aboriginal lands. Possibly one of the most prolific of Australia's Indigenous artists Nangan left a record unparalleled of a world at the cusp.

stiff wraps. 1st Edition. Oblong 4to, stiff illustrated wraps, colour and b&w illus, including many full-page colour plates, map, references, list of artworks, illus endpapers, pp 216. Near fine condition. Presentation copy to Elizabeth Durack's daughter. Signed by the author. A lavishly illustrated study of the life of Joseph Nangan (?Butcher? Joe) (1900?-1989), Aboriginal lawman and artist, born in Yawuru country at Kanen (Fishermens Bend), near Broome. Nangan spent his life acquiring the ritual knowledge and lore, not only of his own Nyikina and Walmajarri forbears but also that pertaining to the lands of his neighbours. Nangan believed that he could, through his art; present his world to a wider audience: he deftly depicted the artefacts, legends and history of his country. The legends that Nangan relates and illustrates provide a traditional explanation on how his world came to be. Nangan also records the often-brutal history of the frontier experience and the clash of cultures as Europeans began to encroach on Aboriginal lands. Possibly one of the most prolific of Australia's Indigenous artists Nangan left a record unparalleled of a world at the cusp.

Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, 1993. 28x23 cm. VIII+132 p. Rústica, solapas. Ilustr. color y b/n. Texto a dos columnas. Muy buen estado. Primera edición. (Ref. PS.405-D).

Stiff Wraps. 1st Edition. 1st ed., octavo, stiff pictorial wraps, colour illus, b&w illus, maps, pp 73. Near fine condition. Alternative title: "Riji and jakoli". Exceptionally rare. Richly illustrated monograph, including 50 colour plates showing pearl-shell art and cultural artefacts. Detailed study of the uses of pearl shell in Aboriginal culture: sources of shell, material types, manufacturing and engraving tools and techniques; function - personal adornment, magic and sorcery, ritual; use in exchange - distribution modes and exchange routes; description and meaning of motifs - geometric (meander, zigzag, interlocking key) and figurative (traditional and nontraditional); historical developments in the 20th century; utensils - shell; portable art; arts - change; arts - crafts; arts - techniques; ornaments; ritual objects - other; trade and gift exchange. Records that Freycinet in 1818 at Shark Bay, Western Australia, noted "an old man painted with stripes of various colours and distinguished from the rest by a shell hanging from his girdle".