Australian Indigenous Art: Local Dreamings, Global Consumption

Indigenous Australian visual art is an outstanding case of the dynamics of globalisation and its intersection with the hyper-local wellsprings of cultural expression, and of the strengths and weaknesses of state, philanthropic and commercial backing for cultural production and dissemination. The cha...

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Main Authors: Ryan, M., Keane, Michael, Cunningham, S.
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Sage Publications 2008
Online Access:http://eprints.qut.edu.au/11315/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8372
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description Indigenous Australian visual art is an outstanding case of the dynamics of globalisation and its intersection with the hyper-local wellsprings of cultural expression, and of the strengths and weaknesses of state, philanthropic and commercial backing for cultural production and dissemination. The chapter traces the development of the international profile of Indigenous ’dot’ art – a traditional symbolic art form from the Western Desert – as ’high-end’ visual art, and its positioning within elite markets and finance supported by key international brokers, collectors and philanthropists.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-83722017-01-30T11:06:19Z Australian Indigenous Art: Local Dreamings, Global Consumption Ryan, M. Keane, Michael Cunningham, S. Indigenous Australian visual art is an outstanding case of the dynamics of globalisation and its intersection with the hyper-local wellsprings of cultural expression, and of the strengths and weaknesses of state, philanthropic and commercial backing for cultural production and dissemination. The chapter traces the development of the international profile of Indigenous ’dot’ art – a traditional symbolic art form from the Western Desert – as ’high-end’ visual art, and its positioning within elite markets and finance supported by key international brokers, collectors and philanthropists. 2008 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8372 http://eprints.qut.edu.au/11315/ Sage Publications restricted
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Keane, Michael
Cunningham, S.
Australian Indigenous Art: Local Dreamings, Global Consumption
title Australian Indigenous Art: Local Dreamings, Global Consumption
title_full Australian Indigenous Art: Local Dreamings, Global Consumption
title_fullStr Australian Indigenous Art: Local Dreamings, Global Consumption
title_full_unstemmed Australian Indigenous Art: Local Dreamings, Global Consumption
title_short Australian Indigenous Art: Local Dreamings, Global Consumption
title_sort australian indigenous art: local dreamings, global consumption
url http://eprints.qut.edu.au/11315/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8372