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Oceanic Art
The Australian Journal of Anthropology; 1/1/1999; Beran, Harry; 787 words
; Nicholas Thomas. Oceanic Art. Melbourne: Thames and Hudson. 1995 ... Thames and Hudson's decision to add Oceanic Art to their World of Art series acknowledges ... superficial. As Thomas believes that Oceanic art can be understood only in its local ...
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Oceanic Art.
The Contemporary Pacific; 3/22/1998; Rubinstein, Donald H.; 787 words
; Oceanic Art--Ozeanisch Kunst--Art Oceanien, by Anthony J P Meyer ... 640 pages (in 2 volumes), figures, maps, drawings, color plates, photographs ... general conceptual issues in relating art and culture, and the problems of ... trouble our understanding of the art of other cultural worlds ... .
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Oceanic Art - Ozeanisch Kunst - Art Oceanien.
The Contemporary Pacific; 3/22/1998; Rubinstein, Donald H.; 787 words
; Oceanic Art, by Nicholas Thomas. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. ISBN 0-500-20281-8, 216 pages, figures, maps, color plates, photographs, index, references. Paper, 6.95 [pounds sterling]; US$14.95; NZ$29.95. The publication of two books ... title, in the same year, that are poles apart in their ...
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Picasso's Collection of African and Oceanic Art: Masters of Metamorphosis
African Studies Review; 9/1/2007; Kart, Susan; 787 words
; ... Collection of African and Oceanic Art: Masters of Metamorphosis ... Picasso's collection of Oceanic and African art includes a detailed chronology ... catalog of the African and Oceanic objects. The Anglophone ... collection of African and Oceanic materials
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A SPACE CASE ART MUSEUM STRUGGLES TO MAKE ROOM FOR AFRICAN, OCEANIC COLLECTIONS IN STORAGE.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 9/16/1999; Chandler, Mary Voelz; 787 words
; Byline: Mary Voelz Chandler News Staff Writer It was no surprise ... past spring when the Denver Art Museum hired two curators for ... of pre-Columbian and Spanish art. For years, pre-Columbian work ... for a curator for African and Oceanic art - collections long in storage ... new curator for African ...
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Tribal staff attracts huge interest at city auction ; A rare piece of Oceanic tribal art attracted bids from Australia and New Zealand when it went up for auction in Plymouth.
Plymouth Evening Herald, The; 8/21/2008; TRISTAN NICHOLS Herald Reporter; 193 words
; A rare piece of Oceanic tribal art attracted bids from Australia and New Zealand when it went up for ... Plymouth Auction Rooms in Cattedown. Specialist collectors of tribal art considered this an important piece and the guide price was well eclipsed ...
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Art that scared Picasso: Corinna Lotz applauds a catalogue of Picasso's collection of African and Oceanic art, which throws much light on the complex, puzzling impact that 'primitive' art had on him.(Picasso's Collection of African and Oceanic Art: Masters of Metamorphosis)(Book review)
Apollo; 12/1/2007; Lotz, Corinna; 787 words
; ... inspiration. Stepan is an expert on African art and has researched the collections ... extensive knowledge of the African art prized by European artists. Picasso ... came into contact with African and Oceanic culture when the horrors of colonialism ... the Belgian Congo were hitting the news. Fellow ...
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"I MEET terrifically interesting people all day long," says Maureen Clarke, a droll grandmother of four who has worked part-time at Oceanic Arts si...
The Herald on Sunday (Auckland, New Zealand); 11/4/2007; 319 words
; ... grandmother of four who has worked part-time at Oceanic Arts since 2002. Some world-famous-in-New-Zealand ... Greek monastery on the island of Ithaca. But Oceanic Art's emphasis is on Pasifika objets d'art. A great mask from Papua New Guinea that goes ...
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Island Ancestors: Oceanic Art from the Masco Collection.
Oceania; 3/1/1997; Losche, Diane; 787 words
; ... over the fate of non western art traditions. The second, Island ... masterpieces' of primitive art. These books seem to have changed ... be meant for those trading in Oceanic art. As such it has the usual lamentation ... collection. To wit: 'The once great art traditions of the Sepik ...
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A Rolls-Royce collection of oceanic art: Mark Blackburn's collection of Pacific island art is one of the finest in the world. At home in Hawaii, he talks to Louise Nicholson about his 'manic' hunt for the best.(Interview)
Apollo; 10/1/2007; Nicholson, Louise; 787 words
; ... perfectly preserved piece of Polynesian art at Sotheby's in New York in 2005. [FIGURE ... inch is filled with books, articles and art. Opening drawers and glass cases, one after ... human face and a phallus. Much Polynesian art was first collected by explorers, whalers ...
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