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They are Meditating - Bark Paintings from the MCA's Arnott's Collection
Oversize Paperback - Very Good condition. - 2008 This book is in exhibition showcasing over 200 significant Aboriginal bark paintings from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. The exhibition explored the richness of early bark paintings alongside more recent practices by subsequent generations of artists.
The exhibition celebrated the diversity of artistic expression across areas of northern Australia, and presented the unique and individual styles of major artists’ communities in the region including Arnhem Land, Groote Eylandt and Calendon Bay, Galiwin’ku (Elcho Island), The English Company Islands, Liverpool River, Milingimbi, Glyde River, Maningrida, East Alligator River, Gunbalanya (Oenpelli), Cadell River, Croker Island, the Tiwi Islands and Port Keats.