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Stories from all OAS Journal Volumes

25 years of the OAS

30/11/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Photo Caption: The 2012 OAS Forum at the SA Museum. Photo by Michelle Haywood.  2020 is a very significant milestone in the history of the Oceanic Art Society. As is outlined in former OAS President Crispin Howarth’s detailed history in this special 25th Anniversary edition, this is a remarkable achievement for the group of Oceanic Art […]

Filed Under: Cover Story, V25 Issue 4

Creating change for a quarter of a century: The Oceanic Art Society

30/11/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

by Crispin Howarth The Australian-based international Oceanic Art Society (OAS) is celebrating its quarter of a century recognising and appreciating non-western arts of Australia and the Pacific. It began with a real desire to address the relative lack of recognition of non-western arts and more specifically for the start of the OAS in Sydney was […]

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Filed Under: Members Only, OAS 25 years, V25 Issue 4

Oh boy… 25 years already!

29/11/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

by Anthony Meyer I remember the inception of the Oceanic Art Society when Harry Beran first mentioned the idea in the early 1990s. We discussed it face to face during my trips, and over the phone, and by mail (the postal kind) and we took it quite seriously because there were two sides to the […]

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Filed Under: Members Only, OAS 25 years, V25 Issue 4

Comments on the Oceanic Art Society

29/11/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

by Michael Hamson I have been a part of the Oceanic Art Society for so long I cannot remember ever NOT being a member. In fact, I don’t even ever recall joining in the first place over 20 years ago.  It was as if the newsletters just started showing up in my mailbox. There must have […]

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Filed Under: Collectors, Members Only, V25 Issue 4

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

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