Table of Contents

Foreword; Introduction; Painted Energy: John Mawurndjul & the Negotiation of Aesthetics in Kuninjku Bark Painting; An Arts Adviser Perspective on Producing Art for Balanda; Brokering Kuninjku Art: A Critical Perspective on the Complex Processes of Mediating with the Market; Rarrk on Bark: John Mawurndjul's Medium of Power & Beauty; Art Theory & Art Discourse Across Cultures: The Yolngu & Kunwinjku Compared; Why We Need an Intercultural Art History; Intercultural Perspective as Context: Beyond Othering & Appropriation? The Case of John Mawurndjul; Dilemmata of Otherness; From Bark to Art: Karel Kupka Between Arnhem Land & Basel; Translating the Spectacle: John Mawurndjul's Intercultural Aesthetic; Art of the Aborigines Between New-Age Mysticism & Politics; What is Local About Local Art? Contemporary African Artists Between International Art World & Local Life-World; 30,000 Years of Australian Art -- A Neuropsychological Approach; The Creativity Centre: Where Science Meets Art; Rendering Visible -- New Practices for Old Institutions; Recognising Indigenous Australians: A New Context for Art; Index.

Reviews

"This book makes a valuable contribution to Australian art on a number of fronts. The authors each bring their highly respected expertise to the book, which sets Mawurndjul's work, as well as the work of many others, in an international context. A very valuable resource." -- Hetti Perkins, Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales