They are meditating : bark paintings from the MCA’s Arnott’s Collection

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Sydney : Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008. Quarto, illustrated gatefold wrappers, pp. 272, illustrated.. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney: 14 February 3 August 2008. They are Meditating: Bark paintings from the MCA’s Arnott’s Collection showcased over 200 rare and significant Aboriginal bark paintings from the late 1960s to the early 1980s held in the MCA Collection. Co-curated by Keith Munro and Djon Mundine, the exhibition explored the richness of early bark paintings alongside more recent practices by subsequent generations of artists. The exhibition celebrated the diversity of artistic expression across areas of northern Australia, and presented the unique and individual styles of major artists’ communities in the region including Arnhem Land, Groote Eylandt and Calendon Bay, Galiwin’ku (Elcho Island), The English Company Islands, Liverpool River, Milingimbi, Glyde River, Maningrida, East Alligator River, Gunbalanya (Oenpelli), Cadell River, Croker Island, the Tiwi Islands and Port Keats. The Arnott’s Collection was donated to the MCA in 1993 by Arnott’s Biscuits Limited. The collection comprises 273 barks and includes 42 works by Yirawala (circa 1903–1976), the largest representation of work by this internationally renowned Aboriginal artist. This impressive collection was assembled by American graphic designer Jerome Gould, who was attracted to the fine design and compositional qualities of the paintings and purchased the barks d

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