{"product_id":"six-paintings-from-papunya-fred-r-myers-9781478030782","title":"Six Paintings from Papunya: A Conversation","description":"In the early 1970s at Papunya, a remote settlement in the Central Australian desert, a group of Indigenous artists decided to communicate the sacred power of their traditional knowledge to the wider worlds beyond their own. Their exceptional, innovative efforts led to an outburst of creative energy across the continent that gave rise to the Contemporary Aboriginal Art movement that continues to this day. In their new book, anthropologist Fred Myers and art critic Terry Smith discuss six Papunya paintings featured in a 2022 exhibition in New York. They draw on several discourses that have developed around First Nations art--notably anthropology, art history, and curating as practiced by Indigenous and non-Indigenous interpreters. Their focus on six key paintings enables unusually close and intense insight into the works' content and extraordinary innovation. \u003ci\u003eSix Paintings from Papunya\u003c\/i\u003e also includes an afterword by Indigenous curator and scholar Stephen Gilchrist, who reflects on the nature and significance of this rare transcultural conversation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fred R. Myers, Terry Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147803078X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478030782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs","brand":"Fred R. Myers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45265236623615,"sku":"9781478030782","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a1de0ca-91ab-4390-bac3-e04746ee6872.jpg?v=1713420518","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/six-paintings-from-papunya-fred-r-myers-9781478030782","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}