Promoting the understanding and appreciation of Oceanic art.
by Todd Barlin A passion for collecting over 40 years will showcase not only Oceanic Art but also Artworks from SE Asia, Tibet and Japan. The small group tours will be on the day before the OAS Forum on 31 January 2019. I will give two small group private tours of my collection at 2pm […]
by Michael Martin The Royal Academy in London is holding a major exhibition of the art of the Pacific from the 29th September to the 10th December 2018. Entitled “Oceania”, it is the first major exhibition of its type to ever be held in London and marks the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the […]
Elizabeth (Beth) Pryce is well known to Oceanic art lovers throughout Australia and around the world. A founding member of the OAS and inaugural Secretary, Elizabeth is one of the select few to have received the distinction of being made an Honorary Life Member of the OAS in return for her many years of service […]
Lecture by Michael Hamson, Savage Club, Melbourne, 21 October 2017 This article continues on from Part One which appeared in the last edition of the OAS Journal where Mr. Hamson looked at the criteria of Age; Technical Virtuosity, and Clarity in assessing New Guinea art. Colour It is hard to over-emphasize the importance of colour […]
Based on a presentation by Sam Singer at the OAS Savage Club Forum, 2017 I want to thank OAS for bringing all of us, scholars, collectors, museums, dealers, and auction houses together for this auspicious and exciting symposium. My father, J.R. Singer, was a navigator on the ships of U.S. Army Transport Service in World […]
Dawn of a new era. The Tribal Art Fair Sydney-2018 was held on Saturday 21 July at a fabulous new venue: the heritage National Art School “Cell Block” building in Darlinghurst. A great success. This could be the start of an ever-expanding oceanic art fair in the antipodes. The new banner designed by Warwick Majcher […]
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 ascriptions given to them – gorgets, brass shields, but most commonly ‘King’ and ‘Queen’ plates – made them highly charged and politicised objects from the […]
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 more pronounced when discussing artifacts made by another culture where beauty may not have been a facture when producing the object or a facture important […]
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 place, between different peoples, cultures and objects. JE Michael you have had a long and interesting journey from the highlands of Papua New Guinea to […]
by Crispin Howarth The Prince Alexander Ranges in northern Papua New Guinea are home to a number of cultures. The largest group are the Abelam with a population of some 50,000 whose arts have heavily influenced their neighbours – the Arapesh and the Yangoru-Boiken people. These communities share artistic and cultural overlaps with the Abelam […]
