Remote avant-garde : aboriginal art under occupation
Jennifer Loureide Biddle, Duke University Press (Publisher)
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.
XV, [3], 265 s. : il. ; 24 cm.
9780822360551, 9780822360711, 9780822374602, 0822360551, 0822360713, 0822374609
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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