Year
1995
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Cochrane, Susan, Becoming art: some relationships between Pacific art and Western culture, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, , University of Wollongong, 1995. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/2088
Abstract
This thesis is concerned with the art forms of the indigenous people of the South Pacific region and their reception In the Western art-culture system. Its particular concentration is on visual art forms produced by Papua New Guinea and Australian Aboriginal artists from the 1960s to the 1990s.
It emerges that the arts of indigenous peoples of the South Pacific region have accrued a history and place in the Western art-culture system in addition to the role they continue to play within their own societies. As well, while some art forms have maintained indigenous traditions, in many instances artists have changed their methods of production and introduced new types of art into their repertoire.
During the second half of the twentieth century there has been a profound change in Western attitudes towards the visual arts created by indigenous people of the South Pacific region. Significant shifts have occurred in the Western conceptualisation and categorisation of indigenous art. The thesis aims to explain, as far as possible, why changes have occurred in the indigenous arts of the South Pacific region and to make a contribution to the improved conceptualisation of this art.
02Vol.1 ch.1-3.pdf (8871 kB)
03Vol1 ch.4-7pdf.pdf (9267 kB)
04Vol.2 ch.8-12.pdf (10141 kB)
05Vol.2 Bibliography.pdf (2269 kB)
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.