Kuninjku Modernism

Cover of Kuninjku Modernism
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Foreign returned: Between expatriate and repatriate in Mumbai
Feature
Balamohan Shingade

Published 01 September 2018
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Human flow in Melanesia: Taloi Havini's artefacts and habitats
Feature
Nicholas Thomas

Published 01 September 2018
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Living and dying under surveillance: Xu Bing's Dragonfly Eyes
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Sasha Grbich

Published 01 September 2018
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Inhuman flow: Censorship and art in the two Chinas
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Darren Jorgensen and Tami Xiang

Published 01 September 2018
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Sublime Plight: Richard Mosse, Ai Weiwei and the social turn
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Wes Hill

Published 01 September 2018
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YARN: The art of conversation
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Coby Edgar interviews Warren Roberts, CEO of YARN Australia

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Editorial: Kanarn Wangkiny/Wanggandi Karlto (Speaking from Inside)
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Clothilde Bullen with James Tylor

Published 01 June 2018
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Katie West: Living well
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Katie West

Published 01 June 2018

Kuninjku Modernism pays respect to the wellspring of the Indigenous art movement and the many artists of Western Arnhem Land, furthermore exploring the several countries or nations of this large civic nation.

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