The Australian Collection of Outsider Art

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The five phases of Aboriginal art
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Djon Mundine

 

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palawa kani: Expressing the power of language in art and the museum context
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Zoe Rimmer and Theresa Sainty

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Reconnecting the Yaghan community to cultural belongings 90 years on
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Rebecca Carland

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Looking for murnong
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Lou Bennett and Romaine Moreton

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Kin‑dling and other radical relationalities
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Emily Johnson and Karyn Recollet

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Making Inuit art in the moment
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asinnajaq

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Notes from Kahoʻolawe, Ka Paeʻāina o Hawaiʻi, Moananuiākea
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Drew Kahuaina Broderick and Josh Tengan

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Weaving memory, living embodiment
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Freja Carmichael

Published 01 June 2020

Outsider Artists in Australia? Of course. The phenomenon is universal.

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