luke scholes (5 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 01 edition. 144 pages. 10.50x9.00x0.57 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Book condition is near fine. Hard cover. No dust jacket. Book boards clean front and back of the book. Book block is clean & unmarked all side of the book. Text body is clean & unmarked throughout the book. Spine intact. Over-all a great and neat copy of the book. Extra charges for over-sea shipping as the book weight exceed 500grams. Actual weigh of the book is 1.942.Sun & Shadow: Art of the Spinifex People is a landmark 2023 book and art movement chronicle edited by John Carty and Luke Scholes. It documents the vibrant, politically charged acrylic painting tradition of the Pila Nguru (Spinifex people) from Western Australia's Great Victoria Desert. The Movement's History Ancestral Lands: The Spinifex people have held an unbroken connection to their homelands for millennia. Maralinga Disruption: Mid-20th-century British atomic testing forced them from their sacred desert country. Native Title Revolution: Returning in the 1990s, they used collaborative paintings as legal evidence of land ownership .Art as Evidence: These paintings served as the first successful Native Title evidence in Western Australia. Spinifex Arts Project: This initiative allowed men and women to map their separate religious iconographies and boundaries. Comprehensive Survey: Spanning 320-384 pages, the book features stunning masterwork reproductions and essays. Visual Style & Psychedelic Palette Spinifex art is easily distinguished from other Western Desert art styles by its bold, incandescent, and sometimes psychedelic palettes. Dynamic Mapping: The paintings depict interconnected sacred sites, waterholes (kapi), and traveling routes (songlines).Intricate Linework: They utilize thick, highly structured dotting and sweeping lines that mirror the ripples of sand dunes and the harsh glare of the desert sun. Gender Separation: Men and women typically paint separate canvases to maintain the strict division of sacred, gender-restricted ceremonial knowledge. No Sleeve Jacket: edition is a dark-blue linen-bound hardcover. It features an embossed cover designed to look like a historic university text, intentionally skipping a traditional glossy paper jacket.

Hardcover. First Edition. No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting, 1st edition published by Prestel.Clean pages, tight binding, clean boards, original dust jacket, illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boardsThis exceptionally illustrated book presents the work of nine contemporary Aboriginal abstract painters, and includes a series of essays which bring together art history, anthropology, and new interpretations of one of the most dynamic painting movements of recent times. Towards the turn of the 20th century, Australian Aboriginal art went through a moment of extraordinary experimentation and innovation. Across Australia, Aboriginal artists moved away from traditional figurative imagery towards dynamic and individual abstract styles. This book examines the work of nine artists who were at the forefront of this movement. These artists transformed their traditional practices and lore into dynamic contemporary artworks. Each of these artists is represented in depth, with stunning reproductions and thoughtful analysis by art historians, curators, critics, and anthropologists. These writings and illustrations introduce readers to the ways contemporary Aboriginal artists are forging a distinctive new path, creating some of the finest abstract paintings of our time. Clean pages, tight binding, clea illustrated dust jacket over red.

Hardcover. Condizione: New.

Condizione: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Französisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.