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All published stories from the OAS Journal

A Bird-Headed Kanak club in Norwich

29/11/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

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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Filed Under: Members Only, Objects, V25 Issue 4

Profile: Todd Barlin

29/11/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

by Margaret Cassidy Photo caption: Todd Barlin with his shields – Oceanic Arts Pacifica Casula Powerhouse, 2014. Down a quiet tree-lined street in inner-city Paddington sits the last remaining physical gallery in New South Wales devoted solely to the art of Australia’s Pacific Island neighbours. Long time resident and foundation member of the Oceanic Art Society Todd […]

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Filed Under: Collectors, Members Only, V25 Issue 4

Jutta Malnic (1924 – 20 October 2020)

29/11/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

by Chris Boylan Photographer and author; above all, a person of great learning, wisdom and generosity. Jutta was educated in Switzerland where her father was the German Consul-General, but after his death in 1934, she and her mother returned to their home in Berlin, and lived there throughout the Second World War. Jutta studied philosophy and art […]

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Filed Under: In Memoriam, Members Only, V25 Issue 4

Oceanic art market in the time of COVID

10/09/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

This edition of the Journal features Barry Craig’s account of the Pacific collection at the new Wantok Place Museum in North Adelaide as well as Jim Elmslie’s story behind the recent sales with remarkable provenance of works from the Hermannsburg school in Central Australia. We’ve introduced a new feature, the President’s Corner, where Bill Rathmell interviewed Nick Mitzevich, Director of the National Gallery of Australia, following news reports of the deaccession of Pacific pieces from the collection.

Filed Under: Cover Story, V25 Issue 3

A New Museum in Adelaide

10/09/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Read Barry Craig’s account of the Pacific collection at the new Wantok Place Museum in North Adelaide.

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Filed Under: Members Only, Museums, V25 Issue 3

Albert Namatjira, Rex Battarbee and the Birth of the Hermannsburg School

10/09/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

By Jim Elmslie | Water colour paintings of the Hermannsburg School are instantly recognizable by their subject matter, form and the delicate hues employed. These landscape paintings of the ranges of central Australia, many near the eponymous Hermannsburg Mission, are distinctively unique.

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Filed Under: Artists, Members Only, V25 Issue 3

Nick Mitzevich, Director of the National Gallery of Australia

10/09/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Bill Rathmell Interviews Nick Mitzevich, Director of the National Gallery of Australia, following news reports of the deaccession of Pacific pieces from the collection.

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Filed Under: Interviews, Members Only, V25 Issue 3

The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist

10/09/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Margaret Cassidy reviews ‘The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist’ – Three Lives in an Age of Empire by Kate Fullagar, Yale University Press, New Haven and London.

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Members Only, V25 Issue 3

OAS responds with flexibility during COVID-19

07/06/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

The worldwide virus lockdown has hit all aspects of art and culture particularly hard. Cultural spaces and gatherings are often run on a low budget and it is hard to see some of them recovering. As well, the Oceanic and Aboriginal communities that are the custodians of the art and culture that we revere are […]

Filed Under: Cover Story, V25 Issue 2

Navigating for a Place in the Museum: Stories of Encounter and Engagement between the Old and the New from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea

07/06/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

A paper by Dr Michael Mel, Australian Museum. Reviewed by Bill Rathmell Dr Michael Mel. Image courtesy of the Australian Museum, Sydney. Michael Mel, the Manager of Pacific and International Collections at the Australian Museum in Sydney, is well known in Oceanic art circles. In an interview in the OAS Journal Vol 23 (2018, #2) […]

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Filed Under: Lectures, Members Only, V25 Issue 2

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