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OAC Journal Book Reviews

Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand The Maori Portraits

09/05/2017 By Oceanic Art Society

Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand The Maori Portraits

Edited by Ngahiraka Mason and Zara Stanhope. Auckland University Press in association with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, 20l6. Reviewed by Marina Garlick This splendid tome complements a fascinating exhibition of mainly Maori portraits by Gottfried Lindauer held at the Auckland Art Gallery, Toi … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Members Only, V22 Issue 2

Illustrated Catalogue of Ethnographical Specimens Photographic Reference

09/05/2017 By Oceanic Art Society

Illustrated Catalogue of Ethnographical Specimens Photographic Reference

By W. D. Webster. Review by Crispin Howarth William Downing Webster (1868 – 1913) began collecting and dealing in arms, armour and ethnographic material from the 1890s until his death. In this period of some twenty years he dealt in the flotsam and jetsam of the vast colonial trading networks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Members Only, V22 Issue 2

War trophies or curios?

01/11/2016 By Oceanic Art Society

War trophies or curios?

By Barry Craig, Ron Vanderwal and Christine Winter, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, 281 pp. Review by Peter McCabe “Me been talk with you now, now you give three good feller cheers belongina new feller master. NO MORE ‘UM KAISER – GOD SAVE ‘UM KING”.  And with that the locals of Rabaul found out they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Members Only, V21 Issue 5

La-Sisi – Malangan Canoe

01/09/2016 By Jim Elmslie

La-Sisi – Malangan Canoe

By Harold Gallasch and Neil McLeod. Melbourne Publishing Group, 2012. 60 pages with colour illustrations. Review by Jim Elmslie This lavishly illustrated book by OAS members, Harold Gallasch and Neil McLeod tells the story of one exceptional work of Oceanic art – the spectacular La-Sisi canoe. This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Members Only, V21 Issue 4, Volume 21

Myth & Magic: Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

01/11/2015 By Oceanic Art Society

Myth & Magic: Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Myth & Magic: Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, by Crispin Howarth Reviewed by Peter McCabe The National Gallery of Australia published this book in association with its Sepik exhibit held from August to November 2015. The book is largely written and edited by the Curator of the exhibit, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Members Only, V20 Issue 5

Bismarck Archipelago Art

01/02/2015 By Jim Elmslie

Kevin Conru (editor) with photography by Hughes Dubois. Published by 5 Continents, Milan, Italy, 2014. 327 pages. Reviewed by Jim Elmslie. This vast and gorgeous book is a work of art in itself. It is a thrilling pictorial survey of the material culture of the Bismarck region with each exquisite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All Journal Articles, Book Reviews, Members Only, V20 Issue 1, Volume 20

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A Successful Year – President’s Report on 2018

A Successful Year – President’s Report on 2018

New Guinea: What I Did and What I Saw

New Guinea: What I Did and What I Saw

A Short History of the Tribal Art Market

A Short History of the Tribal Art Market

Masterpieces of Oceanic Art from the Todd Barlin Collection during OAS Forum February 2019

Masterpieces of Oceanic Art from the Todd Barlin Collection during OAS Forum February 2019

Oceania: Royal Academy of Arts, London, 29 September to 10 December 2018

Oceania: Royal Academy of Arts, London, 29 September to 10 December 2018

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