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V27 Issue 4

Curiosity about the Pacific

26/11/2022 All Journal Articles, Cover Story, V27 Issue 4, Volume 27

Oceanic art and objects have travelled the world from the “Blue Continent”. Along the way they have been traded and stories about them have embellished their reputations and attracted new …

Stolen God in Museum

26/11/2022 All Journal Articles, Members Only, Objects, V27 Issue 4, Volume 27

Page five of the News (Adelaide, SA) on Saturday 3rd March 1934 featured the headline 'Stolen God in Museum' and this account of how and when the carved figure arrived at the South Australian Museum.

David Said (1945 – 2022)

26/11/2022 All Journal Articles, In Memoriam, Members Only, V27 Issue 4, Volume 27

Founding Newsletter editor for the Oceanic Art Society, David Said was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1945, the start of a long and interesting life enriched by his love of tribal people, their cultures and their artworks

Pacific Arts Association 2022 Conference ‘Gendered objects in Oceania’ – Paris, France

26/11/2022 All Journal Articles, Conferences, Members Only, V27 Issue 4, Volume 27

By Krisztina Turza. Gender was central to this conference commencing with Yuki Kihara’s 'Paradise Camp', New Zealand’s offering at the 59th Venice Biennale. This focuses on Fa’afafine (Sāmoa’s third gender) utopia – …

Oceans, Reflections, Collections

26/11/2022 All Journal Articles, Conferences, Members Only, V27 Issue 4, Volume 27

George Nuku’s presentation at the Pacific Arts Association 2022 Conference Review by Pierre Laffont George Nuku has become one of the best-known Māori artists due to his creation of a …

Magic Masks and Figures from Oceania

26/11/2022 All Journal Articles, Book Reviews, Members Only, V27 Issue 4, Volume 27

Leif Birger Holmstedt, Torso Publishing, 2021, 158 pages. Review by Jim Elmslie The strength of this book is in its excellent images, many previously unpublished. The images are mostly of …

OAS Tour 8 – 9 September 2022 – The museums in Rochefort and La Rochelle

26/11/2022 All Journal Articles, Members Only, V27 Issue 4, Volume 27

By Pierre Laffont & Bill Rathmell. It is easy to fall for the peaceful charm of Rochefort and La Rochelle, two ports on the Atlantic Coast of France only a …

Segar Passi, meriba ged a gur (our land and sea)

26/11/2022 All Journal Articles, Exhibitions, Members Only, V27 Issue 4, Volume 27

Cairns Art Gallery, 8 October-11 December 2022. Review by Margaret Cassidy This comprehensive retrospective of Torres Strait Islander artist Segar Passi was an unexpected discovery on a recent visit to the …

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