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Different Ways of Seeing

11/06/2018 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

by Jim Elmslie Oceanic art creates fascination on many levels. In this edition of the OAS Journal we look at two quite different ways of seeing traditional artefacts. To Dr. […]

Filed Under: Cover Story, V23 Issue 2

The Social Life of Aboriginal Breastplates: Encoded Objects of Colonisation

11/06/2018 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

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 […]

Filed Under: Artefacts, Objects, V23 Issue 2

SAWIYANO: Life in the East Sepik Province

11/06/2018 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Betni Kalk is a professor of Design at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.  As the daughter of missionaries, Betni grew up in the East Sepik Province in Sawiyano territory. She […]

Filed Under: Next Lecture, V23 Issue 2

Aesthetics of New Guinea Art

11/06/2018 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Lecture by Michael Hamson, Savage Club, Melbourne, 21 October 2017 Introduction Aesthetics by definition are subjective — being one’s response to and appreciation of beauty. That subjective dimension becomes even […]

Filed Under: Lectures, V23 Issue 2

Interview: Dr. Michael Mel

11/06/2018 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Jim Elmslie talks with the West Pacific Collection Manager from the Australian Museum about his life and the concept he has developed of museums being a Ples Namel– or middle […]

Filed Under: Interviews, V23 Issue 2

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Sydney Oceanic Art Fair - SAOF 2021

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