Tiki Collecting: Production, Purpose and Scale
What is tiki? This exotic word conjures vivid and iconic images. In discussing tiki, questions of production, purpose and scale emerge.
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SEA Art: South East Asian Art
Ana and Antonio Casanovas have recently published this lavishly illustrated volume which is an indispensable reference companion for all those interested in the aesthetics of the material art of Southeast Asia and Oceania and in the evolution of the earliest known human cultures.
De ma peinture surgit et survit mon âme [From my painting, my soul emerges and lives on]
This exhibition’s title, which sounds as much like an urgent need for preservation as it does a victory against oblivion, has left its mark on the minds of all French lovers of contemporary art from Papua New Guinea (PNG).
BILONG PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Reflecting on 50 years of independence
BILONG PAPUA NEW GUINEA showcases the National Gallery of Australia’s impressive collection of Papua New Guinean art across diverse media – sculptures, prints, paintings, bark-cloth, and bilums.
Paradise Palette
The vibrancy, colour, cultural depth, diversity and life of Australia’s closest neighbour was on show in this exhibition of mostly self-taught artists from Papua New Guinea seen in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy in late 2024.
Crispin Howarth – Art of the Yuan River: The Biwat Project
Lecture 30 November 2024 | OAS AGM https://youtu.be/kkGT-jtAGs4 . . . This content is restricted to subscribers only. For access, become an Oceanic Art Society member or login to your …
Salote Tawale – OAS Forum 2024
Collaborations 2 August 2024 Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney https://youtu.be/vX4o7BWeu-c . . . This content is restricted to subscribers only. For access, become an Oceanic Art Society member …
Steven Gagau – OAS Forum 2024
Collaborations: Working with Collections 2 August 2024 Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney https://youtu.be/9UBjL89O36I . . . This content is restricted to subscribers only. For access, become an Oceanic …
Michael Mel, Susan Cochrane & Deveni Temu – OAS Forum 2024
Contemporary PNG Art 2 August 2024 Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney https://youtu.be/TKgfv_VQPXc . . . This content is restricted to subscribers only. For access, become an Oceanic Art …
Jude Philp – OAS Forum 2024
Thinking differently about historical objects (part lecture) 2 August 2024 Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney https://youtu.be/ejWFpOXy6iU . . . This content is restricted to subscribers only. For access, …
Tarisi Vunidilo – OAS Forum 2024
Tarisi Vunidilo - OAS Forum 2024 2 August 2024 Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney - Working with Pacific Collections across the Globe
Enzo Hamel – Lecture
Recovering Indigenous agencies in ethnographic visual archives: Gregory Bateson’s photographs in the Iatmul region. Wednesday 3 April 2024, Sydney.
Jean Philippe Beaulieu – Lecture
Jean Philippe Beaulieu - lecture 20 July 2022 Sydney - Uli Powerful Ancestors from the Pacific
Matt Poll – Lecture
Matt Poll - Lecture, 13 July 2022 Sydney, Australia - Shaped by the Sea: Australian Indigenous Maritime History
Lesley Wengembo – Lecture
Lesley Wengembo - lecture 6 November 2021 Sydney - Cultural Identity, Our Greatest Asset
Jeffrey Mellefont – Lecture
Lecture 11 March 2020 | OAS at National Art School - Noah's Art https://youtu.be/mY3LSX5YIlY
Brent Kerehona (Pukepuke Ahitapu) – Lecture
Brent Kerehona (Pukepuke Ahitapu) - lecture 16 November 2019 Sydney, Australia - Hongi Hika: Maori Warrior, Diplomat, Agricultural Pioneer and Artist and his Journey to England in 1820