Dreamings of the desert
Subtitle: aboriginal dot paintings of the Western Desert
By: Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide ; [exhibition co-ordinated by Jane Hylton ; photography by Clayton Glen ; essay by Vivien Johnson].
Contributors: Johnson, Vivien.; Hylton, Jane, 1950-; Art Gallery of South Australia.
Publisher: The Gallery
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Adelaide
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Art Gallery of South Australia -- Exhibitions.; Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Western Desert (W.A.) -- Exhibitions.; Painting -- Australia -- Adelaide (S. Aust.) -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: Aboriginal dot paintings of the Western Desert
Notes: "Drawings of the desert: aboriginal dot paintings of the Western Desert is published to accompany the exhibition of the same title, featuring the Art Gallery of South Australia's entire collection of Western Desert art ..."--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Ron Radford; title: Dreamings of the desert: recognition of a movement / Jane Hylton; title: Map of current distribution of Central Australian languages; title: A history of Western Desert art 1971-1996 / Vivien Johnson; title: Origins 1971-1975; title: Papunya Tula artists 1978-1988; title: The spread of the Western Desert art 1985-1989; title: Into the nineties; title: Conclusion; title: Notes; title: Artists' biographies; title: Abbreviations; title: Western desert dot painting: development of a movement / collated by Jane Hylton; title: Bibliography.