Australian Aboriginal Art: A Souvenir Book Of Aboriginal Art In The Australian National Gallery (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Slight creasing to corners.
Few artistic traditions carry the weight of sixty thousand years of continuous culture, yet Australian Aboriginal Art presents one of the world's oldest living art forms with the authority and reverence it commands. Wally Caruana, a leading scholar and curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, guides the reader through the Australian National Gallery's landmark collection, illuminating the rich visual languages of dot paintings, bark works, and ceremonial objects that connect Country, Dreaming, and community across the vast Australian continent. Caruana's prose is precise yet deeply respectful, situating each work within its cultural and spiritual context rather than reducing it to mere aesthetic spectacle. The volume argues powerfully that Aboriginal art is not a relic of a vanished past but a vibrant, evolving tradition that continues to assert Indigenous sovereignty and identity. Notably, this copy bears a personal inscription — Grazie, with love, Wally — suggesting it was gifted by the author himself, making it a rare and intimate artefact. For collectors, scholars, and anyone captivated by the intersection of art and ancient human experience, this souvenir publication leaves one question unanswered: how much of this world have we yet to see?
Author: Wally Caruana
Format: Paperback
Published: 1987, Australian National Gallery
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Slight creasing to corners.
Few artistic traditions carry the weight of sixty thousand years of continuous culture, yet Australian Aboriginal Art presents one of the world's oldest living art forms with the authority and reverence it commands. Wally Caruana, a leading scholar and curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, guides the reader through the Australian National Gallery's landmark collection, illuminating the rich visual languages of dot paintings, bark works, and ceremonial objects that connect Country, Dreaming, and community across the vast Australian continent. Caruana's prose is precise yet deeply respectful, situating each work within its cultural and spiritual context rather than reducing it to mere aesthetic spectacle. The volume argues powerfully that Aboriginal art is not a relic of a vanished past but a vibrant, evolving tradition that continues to assert Indigenous sovereignty and identity. Notably, this copy bears a personal inscription — Grazie, with love, Wally — suggesting it was gifted by the author himself, making it a rare and intimate artefact. For collectors, scholars, and anyone captivated by the intersection of art and ancient human experience, this souvenir publication leaves one question unanswered: how much of this world have we yet to see?