Dreamings : a forecourt for a parliament : an exhibition of works by artists of the Western Desert
- Bib ID:
- 1427663
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Canberra : Parliament House Art Collection, 1997
- 20 p. : col. ill., map ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0642266859
- Summary:
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Exhibition catalogue of paintings by five artists commissioned to provide paintings as the basis for the mosaic on the Forecourt of Parliament House, Canberra; discusses the concept of the Forecourt mosaic and the brief to the artists; incudes symbols used in Papunya paintings and brief biographies of the five artists; relationship between dot painting, sand and body painting an Dreaming events; composition and fabrication of the mosaic and the granite used.
- Notes:
- "Parliament House, Canberra, 3 March to 30 April 1997."
- Subject:
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- Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Northern Territory -- Western Desert -- Exhibitions
- Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Northern Territory -- Papunya -- Exhibitions
- Art - Painting - Acrylic - Dot
- Religion - Dreaming - Creation / Cosmology
- Art - Body art
- Art - Mosaic
- History - Biographies - Indigenous
- Buildings - Construction
- Art - Art motifs - Dot
- Art - Sand and ground design
- Art - Exhibitions
- Art - Catalogues
- Art - Artists
- Papunya (South Central NT SF52-16)
- Parliamentary Triangle (Canberra ACT SI55-16)
- Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)
- Canberra (ACT SI55-16)
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2047 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1997
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