A Curious Portrait Carving Attributed to the Kiwai Area
by David Ferguson This article introduces a curious 'in the round' portrait carving of a European gentleman with carving conventions consistent to that of the Kiwai area; this novel carving …
MELANESIA – Travels in Black Oceania
Hamish McDonald, 2025, 330 pages, Black Ink. Review by John Greenshields Quite by chance I sat next to Hamish McDonald at the OAS Forum in Brisbane in 2013. He was …
OAS Speaks – Anna-Karina Hermkens
"We are no longer Maisin": The impact of Climate Change on Art and Culture in Papua New Guinea.
Dr. Anna-Karina Hermkens.
OAS Speaks – Jerome Feldman
Consultations in Heaven - Symbolism of council houses in Nias and Samoa.
Professor Jerome Feldman
Art, Creativity and Future Directions
As always, a trip to the APT XI at QAGOMA in Brisbane didn’t disappoint. One highlight was the detailed carved sculptures in the renowned Ātiawa style by Māori sculptor Brett …
Art and Creativity from a Cross-Cultural Perspective
This article is an edited version of a talk Ross Bowden gave at the Oceanic Art Society Forum in Melbourne in 2023. The purpose is to raise, very briefly, some of the ‘big picture’ questions about art cross-culturally.
Pacific Art Association Europe 2024
The 2024 three day annual Pacific Art Association Europe conference took place in October at the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum in Berlin.
OAS Strategy Meeting Report
by Jim Elmslie On 26 March 2025, the OAS held an important Strategy Meeting at Chau Chak Wing Museum in Sydney University, attended by past and present committee members and …
“Mi pen, em tasol” — Requiem for an Artist
Obituary - Elisabet Kauage 1958 -2025. Papua New Guinea lost a national treasure on 5 February 2025 with the passing of renowned artist Elisabet Kauage.