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Reconciliation: Indigenous art for the 21st Century

Reconciliation: Indigenous art for the 21st Century

Vol 20 no 1


A major survey of Australian Indigenous art, overviews and polemic, tributes to major artists, social issues, 'scandals ', the Stolen Generation, health and art, diverse practices, exhibitions and commissions, new museum displays, industry matters, labels of authenticity, copyright and moral rights, new media art with maps of areas of activity. 128 pages in full colour


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Looking at the Stolen Generation

Author: Ms Christine Nicholls, feature

The government policy of separating Indigenous children from their parents was still in force until the 1970s in some states. Indigenous artists who have recently begun depicting these events include Julie Dowling, Gordon Syron, John Packham, Rea and Brenda Croft. Their work has been part of the uncovering of the hidden history of these children of which many non-indigenous Australians were quite ignorant until the mid 1990s.



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