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Bark Paintings from Northern Australia
The Gerd and Helga Plewig Collection of Bark Paintings from Northern Australia with works mainly from the 1950s to 1970s is currently considered the best collection of its kind outside of Australia. It includes works from the Kimberley, Wadeye, the Tiwi Islands, Arnhem Land and Groote Eylandt by artists like Yirawala, Mawalan Marika and Mungurrawuy Yunupingu.
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Painting on bark is part of a continuing artistic tradition of Australian Aboriginal people intimately related to long-established practices of body decoration, rock painting and the manufacture and decoration of various objects in sacred and secular spheres. It is thought to have been practiced for centuries, but has only been known to European researchers and collectors since the early 19th century. Bark painting relates to the time of creation which underlies the present and determines the future.
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Ein profunder Katalog. // A profound catalog.
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Der 380 Seiten starke Katalog ist gut, um die wachsende Wertschätzung der Rindenkunst zu verstehen. // The 380-page catalog is good for understanding the growing appreciation of bark art.
Aboriginal Art Directory
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Contributions by W. Caruana, J. Goldhahn, T. Klingender, S. K. May, D. Mundine, L. Taylor, G. Yunupingu
376 pages, 312 colour illustrations22 × 31.5 cm, halfbound
ISBN: 978-3-7774-3916-7
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