Document Type
Book Chapter
Abstract
Until recently the discourse o f contemporary art has been the exclusive domain o f European art, taken its measure from European modernity, and prided itself on its autonomy and sophistication.1 This is why, in the late 1990s, the organizers o f the Cologne and Basel art fairs excluded Aboriginal art. They said it was ethnic or ‘folk art'. On what grounds, then, can such art be considered part o f contemporary artworld discourse?
RIS ID
68373
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Publication Details
McLean, I. A. "The authenticity of Australian Aboriginal painting in the age of globalisation." Remembering Forward: Australian Aboriginal painting since 1960. Ed.E. Evans, K. Konig & F. Wolf. London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2010, 162-170.