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Iwantja : An Exuberant New Movement in Contemporary Indigenous Art

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SKU: THD-9781760762605
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Description

Located on a small ridge at the edge of the Indulkana Ranges, approximately 575 kilometres south of Alice Springs, Iwantja Arts art centre is home to some of Australia's most exciting Indigenous art, including award-winners like Vincent Namatjira, Betty Muffler and Kaylene Whiskey.

The art centre, a studio collective where the artists meet, socialise and make art, was founded in the 1980s when many Aboriginal communities were fighting for land rights. It was during this time that now senior artists campaigned to both establish an art centre in their community and for the 1981 APY Land Rights Act. Told through the artists' own words, this searing bilingual publication charts the history of Indulkana from being one of the first pastoral leases in the region to the culturally rich creative hub it is today. Iwantja is a showstopping monograph of the artists everyone needs to know.

Specifications

Hardcover book
25 x 29.3 cm
1.44kg
Published 26 September 2023 by Thames & Hudson

Description

Located on a small ridge at the edge of the Indulkana Ranges, approximately 575 kilometres south of Alice Springs, Iwantja Arts art centre is home to some of Australia's most exciting Indigenous art, including award-winners like Vincent Namatjira, Betty Muffler and Kaylene Whiskey.

The art centre, a studio collective where the artists meet, socialise and make art, was founded in the 1980s when many Aboriginal communities were fighting for land rights. It was during this time that now senior artists campaigned to both establish an art centre in their community and for the 1981 APY Land Rights Act. Told through the artists' own words, this searing bilingual publication charts the history of Indulkana from being one of the first pastoral leases in the region to the culturally rich creative hub it is today. Iwantja is a showstopping monograph of the artists everyone needs to know.

Specifications

Hardcover book
25 x 29.3 cm
1.44kg
Published 26 September 2023 by Thames & Hudson

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