65,000 Years: A Short History Of Australian Art
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65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art presents one of the world's oldest and most richly layered artistic traditions — from the ancient ochre markings of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to the cutting-edge expressions of contemporary Australian artists. Edited by distinguished scholars Marcia Langton AO and Judith Ryan AM, the volume chronicles an unbroken continuum of creative practice spanning millennia, situating Indigenous art not as a curio of the past but as a living, evolving force at the heart of Australia's cultural identity. It details the diversity of media, motif, and meaning across regions and communities, illuminating how art has functioned as law, ceremony, land claim, and storytelling across generations. Ambitious in scope yet precise in its scholarship, this landmark publication argues that no understanding of Australian art history is complete without centring its First Nations foundations. The editors bring together a remarkable array of voices — historians, curators, and artists — whose essays collectively reframe the Australian art canon with intellectual rigour and cultural sensitivity. A work that challenges, instructs, and ultimately transforms how we see the continent's creative heritage, it leaves the reader asking what else has been waiting, for 65,000 years, to be seen.
Author: Marcia Langton Ao, Judith Ryan Am
Format: Hardback
Published: 2024, Thames & Hudson
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Tight and secure.
65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art presents one of the world's oldest and most richly layered artistic traditions — from the ancient ochre markings of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to the cutting-edge expressions of contemporary Australian artists. Edited by distinguished scholars Marcia Langton AO and Judith Ryan AM, the volume chronicles an unbroken continuum of creative practice spanning millennia, situating Indigenous art not as a curio of the past but as a living, evolving force at the heart of Australia's cultural identity. It details the diversity of media, motif, and meaning across regions and communities, illuminating how art has functioned as law, ceremony, land claim, and storytelling across generations. Ambitious in scope yet precise in its scholarship, this landmark publication argues that no understanding of Australian art history is complete without centring its First Nations foundations. The editors bring together a remarkable array of voices — historians, curators, and artists — whose essays collectively reframe the Australian art canon with intellectual rigour and cultural sensitivity. A work that challenges, instructs, and ultimately transforms how we see the continent's creative heritage, it leaves the reader asking what else has been waiting, for 65,000 years, to be seen.