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How Aborigines invented the idea of contemporary art

by Ian McLean

This anthology chronicles the global critical reception of Aboriginal art since the early 1980s, when it first emerged as contemporary art. Featuring 96 diverse contributors, the volume explores how Indigenous art has influenced the contemporary art world.

Accession 8862 ISBN 9780909952372 Publisher Institute of Modern Art and Power Publications
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