Oceanic Art Society

Promoting the understanding and appreciation of Oceanic art.

Travels of the Lily: from Lake Sentani to the National Gallery

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by Crispin Howarth Main image caption: Le Lys as currently displayed in the exhibition ‘Emotional Bodies’ next to works by artists including Miro, Epstein and Modigliani. Image courtesy National Gallery of Australia. One object that has been almost always on permanent display since its acquisition by the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in 1974 is the […]

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A Bird-Headed Kanak club in Norwich

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by Carolina Gallarini While objects from Oceania can be viewed in several museums in the United Kingdom including the British Museum in London, the National Museums of Scotland or the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, one of the most interesting English museums holding Oceanic art is the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts (SCVKasarA), located at the […]

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The Social Life of Aboriginal Breastplates: Encoded Objects of Colonisation

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By Angel Bottaro The preservation of Aboriginal breastplates, with a degree of empathetic imagination, evoke powerful stories of colonisation. The physical weight of the objects around one’s neck and the ascriptions given to them – gorgets, brass shields, but most commonly ‘King’ and ‘Queen’ plates – made them highly charged and politicised objects from the […]