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Hongi Hika: The Legacy Continues

08/03/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Modern research continues to reveal secrets long held in uncatalogued documents and artefacts in rich archives. The centrepiece of this edition is the story of current research to identify which […]

Filed Under: Cover Story, V25 Issue 1, Volume 25

Three busts and a cape – the adventurous life of Hongi Hika

08/03/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Story by Brent Kerehona | Image Caption: Bust of Hongi Hika, possibly self-portrait, carved 1814 in Parramatta, NSW Australia. Brighton Hove Museum, United Kingdom, photo © Brent Kerehona. Ki te whei ao, ki te ao maarama, Ki te whei ao, ki te ao maarama,Tihei Mauri Ora! (From out of the darkness, into the light,From out […]

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Filed Under: Lectures, Members Only, V25 Issue 1

Easter Island at the NGA

08/03/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Story By Crispin Howarth | Photo Caption: Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Moai Kavakava, 18th-mid 19th century. Wood, bone, obsidian. Private Australian collection. There is perhaps nowhere in the world as isolated and remote as Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Known primarily for the enigmatic stone monolith giants, moai, found across its plains and coastlines, it is in wood […]

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Filed Under: Exhibitions, Exhibitions, Members Only, V25 Issue 1

Warren Campbell of Bubble Artefacts

08/03/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Interview by Jim Elmsie | Photo Caption: Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Moai Kavakava, 18th-mid 19th century. Wood, bone, obsidian. Private Australian collection. Jim Elmsie: Warren Campbell, can you explain what Bubble Art is and how it operates? WC: For me, the name ‘Bubble’ captures the diversity of tribal cultures, and the fragility of those cultures in the technological […]

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Filed Under: Interviews, Members Only, V25 Issue 1

War Art & Ritual Shields from the Pacific

08/03/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

2019, 2 vols boxed, 484 pages, Bill Evans (ed), private press Bill Evans, Sydney, 750 copies. Reviewed by Crispin Howarth This is an ambitious work, signalling the culmination of a lifetime’s passion upon one single form of material culture by Bill Evans, a Sydney based art dealer. Volume one has firm focus on shields from […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Members Only, V25 Issue 1

Leonard French – An Australian Artist Inspired by Melanesia

08/03/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Story by Reg MacDonald | Photo Caption: The late Leonard French in his home cum studio, a 19th century mill at Heathcote, Central Victoria. In the shadow box above his head is an ancient and rare Boiken figure.  Melanesian artefacts played a big hand in the creative life of Leonard French, the  Australian artist who designed […]

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Filed Under: Collectors, Members Only, V25 Issue 1

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