The "cultural design" of Indigenous Australian art
Subtitle: a cross-cultural perspective
By: Eleonore Wildburger
Publisher: Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leipzig
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9783838120867
Subjects: Culture; Art and society; Aboriginal Australian Art; Art - Theory and criticism; Culture - Theory and criticism; Art - Galleries
Notes: Bibliography : p. 262-283.
Table of contents: title: The research agenda : participatory research in intercultural studies; Intercultural communication; Qualitative research: a methodological discussion; Decolonising research in intercultural contact zones; Discussion; title: Cultures in dialoge - key issues of cultural theory : Concepts of "culture"; Concepts of cultural politics: cultural diversity; Dialogue in intercultural research; Cultural texts in theory: the "human"; the "self"; the "Other" - concepts of difference; ethics; aesthetics; the "real;" - values of representation and reception; Discussion; title: Art in theory - an interdisciplinary perspective : "Is it reasonable to attempt to define art?; Artworks as cultural texts - sources of social knowledge: social theory and concepts of aesthetics; Creating meaning in cultural texts; Cultural texts in visual art; Art history and "other" art - an anti-colonial perspective; "Other" artworks in exhibitions; Discussion; title: Indigenous Australian art in theory and practice: Indigenous art and the Indigenous law; Indigenous art and mainstream society - a cognitive interrelation; Indigenous art and "western" art discourse; Indigenous art beyond theory; Discussion; title: Paintings from Utopia (NT) - three case studies: Utopia - an artists' community; Artists and paintings from Utopia - an introduction; Painting (1) Lucy Ngwarai Kunoth, Bush Tomato Dreaming (1998) : the painting as cultural text; the "cultural design" of the artwork; Painting (2) Helen Kunoth Ngawarai, Bush Honey Dreaming (1998) : the painting as cultural text; the "cultural design" of the artwork; Painting (3): Cindy Morton Petyarre, Bush Plum Dreaming (1998) : the painting as cultural text; the "cultural design" of the artwork; Discussion; title: Other "art" in (European) museums: the curators' dilemma: Art and culture - genres of display; Indigenous Australian art on display: Musée de Quai Branly (Paris); The Essl Collection (Klosterneuburg/Wien); Museum Albertina (Wien); Discussion; title: Conclusion: Indigenous art on display.