Tiwi
Subtitle: art & artists
By: edited by Judith Ryan ; with contributors
Contributors: National Gallery of Victoria
Publisher: Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Melbourne, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9781925432800
Subjects: Aboriginal Australian Art; Exhibitions; Art, Tiwi (Australia); Tiwi (Australian people); History
Other titles: Tiwi :
Description: Tiwi visual and performative cultural practices have existed for many millennia, but it was only during the twentieth century that a wider public became aware of the magnificence of Tiwi painting and sculpture. This compelling publication celebrates this unique art of the Tiwi people of Melville and Bathurst Islands - the Tiwi Islands of the Northern Territory - and explores the dynamic trajectory of it across time and across media.

Edited by Judith Ryan AM, Senior Curator, Indigenous Art at the NGV, this exhibition publication is a scholarly, in-depth study of Tiwi art and culture and of many of its major artists. With contributions from Tina Baum, James Bennett, Kaye Brown, Johnathon World Peace Bush, Stephen Gilchrist, Will Heathcote, Jonathan Jones, Joy Murphy-Wandin AO, Joy Naden, Genevieve O'Callaghan, Cara Pinchbeck, Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri, Hannah Raisin, Una Rey, Myles Russell-Cook, Judith Ryan AM, Tobias Titz, Anne Virgo OAM, Pedro Wonaeaemirri and Michelle Pulutuwayu Woody Minnapinni, TIWI: Art & Artists provides an incisive view of a rich and complex art.
Notes: Published in association with the exhibition TIWI held at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Federation Square, Melbourne, November 23rd 2020 until March 8th, 2021.

Includes bibliographical references.