The stranger artist : a life at the edge of Kimberley painting /
Sprague, Quentin,
The stranger artist : a life at the edge of Kimberley painting / Quentin Sprague. - Richmond, Victoria : Hardie Grant Books, 2020. - 277 pages : illustrations, portraits, map ; 24 cm.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this book contains images and written depictions of people who have passed away.
Amid the striking landscapes of the East Kimberley, art adviser Tony Oliver find himself deeply immersed in the world of a group of senior Gija artists. The bonds he forms with renowned painters Paddy Bedford and Freddie Timms backdrop the establishment of the groundbreaking Jirrawun Arts, quickly to become one of the most successful and controversial centres of Australia's acclaimed Aboriginal art movement. As Oliver comes to share not only the artists' many successes but their tragedies too, his own life's trajectory will forever be altered. This book is an account of a decade in art, and life between cultures: a sensitive yet unflinching portrait of both darkness and light.
Winner 2021 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction.
9781743795989
Oliver, Tony, 1940-
Oliver, Tony, (Art consultant)
Oliver, Tony.
Art - Economic aspects.
Gigi people (N125) (NT SD53-07)
Aboriginal Australian painters--Western Australia--Kimberley (W.A.)
Painters, Aboriginal Australian--Australia--Kimberley (W.A.)
Art consultants--Australia--Kimberley (W.A.)--Biography.
Painting, Aboriginal Australian--Australia--Kimberley (W.A.)
Art, Aboriginal Australian--Australia--Kimberley (W.A.)
Painters, Aboriginal Australian--Western Australia--Kimberley.
Art consultants--Western Australia--Kimberley--Biography.
Painting, Aboriginal Australian--Western Australia--Kimberley.
Art, Aboriginal Australian--Western Australia--Kimberley.
East Kimberley area (WA SD52, SE52)
Kununurra (WA East Kimberley SD52-14)
Bedford Downs (WA East Kimberley SE52-05)
Australian
Biographies
Biographies.
759.994
The stranger artist : a life at the edge of Kimberley painting / Quentin Sprague. - Richmond, Victoria : Hardie Grant Books, 2020. - 277 pages : illustrations, portraits, map ; 24 cm.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this book contains images and written depictions of people who have passed away.
Amid the striking landscapes of the East Kimberley, art adviser Tony Oliver find himself deeply immersed in the world of a group of senior Gija artists. The bonds he forms with renowned painters Paddy Bedford and Freddie Timms backdrop the establishment of the groundbreaking Jirrawun Arts, quickly to become one of the most successful and controversial centres of Australia's acclaimed Aboriginal art movement. As Oliver comes to share not only the artists' many successes but their tragedies too, his own life's trajectory will forever be altered. This book is an account of a decade in art, and life between cultures: a sensitive yet unflinching portrait of both darkness and light.
Winner 2021 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction.
9781743795989
Oliver, Tony, 1940-
Oliver, Tony, (Art consultant)
Oliver, Tony.
Art - Economic aspects.
Gigi people (N125) (NT SD53-07)
Aboriginal Australian painters--Western Australia--Kimberley (W.A.)
Painters, Aboriginal Australian--Australia--Kimberley (W.A.)
Art consultants--Australia--Kimberley (W.A.)--Biography.
Painting, Aboriginal Australian--Australia--Kimberley (W.A.)
Art, Aboriginal Australian--Australia--Kimberley (W.A.)
Painters, Aboriginal Australian--Western Australia--Kimberley.
Art consultants--Western Australia--Kimberley--Biography.
Painting, Aboriginal Australian--Western Australia--Kimberley.
Art, Aboriginal Australian--Western Australia--Kimberley.
East Kimberley area (WA SD52, SE52)
Kununurra (WA East Kimberley SD52-14)
Bedford Downs (WA East Kimberley SE52-05)
Australian
Biographies
Biographies.
759.994