Kuninjku Modernism

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Amala Groom: Cosmic Body of remembrance
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Jonathan Jones

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Kirsten Thorpe

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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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