Indigenous

This major catalogue offers in-depth essays on the collecting and significance of the rich collections of indigenous art at the Australian National U. (ANU). Published in an oversized format (10x12.75") and filled with full-page color plates of excellent quality, the volume surveys bark painting; Tiwi art; art from Yirrkala; prints; Port Keats and the earliest major collector, W.E.H. Stanner; and the cultural context of art from the desert, among other topics. The contributors are art historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, and artists at the ANU. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)