Sacred exchanges : images in global context
by
 
Ferrell, Robyn, 1960-

Title
Sacred exchanges : images in global context

Author
Ferrell, Robyn, 1960-

ISBN
9780231504423

Publication Information
New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012.

Physical Description
1 online resource (193 pages).

Series
Columbia themes in philosophy, social criticism, and the arts
 
Columbia themes in philosophy, social criticism, and the arts.

Abstract
The term?title" has multiple senses--as a claim to identity or social status, as an assertion of rights, as proof of ownership, as a designation of a work of art. In Untitled Robyn Ferrell contrasts these associations so characteristic of the first world with the status of indigenous peoples. She uses as an example a school of Aboriginal Australian women's art that has achieved significant international success in the contemporary art world. The work bears a strong superficial resemblance to Abstract Expressionism, yet, as Ferrell shows so beautifully, to see it in the guise of comparati.

Subject Term
Art -- Political aspects.
 
Art -- Economic aspects.
 
Art and society.
 
Painting, Aboriginal Australian.

Electronic Access
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/ferr14880


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