Art in Papua New Guinea
In his article in the Art & culture section of the Creative cowboy website, ROSS BOWDEN discusses the importance of the art of Papua New Guinea to the development of contemporary western art in the last hundred years. ROSS also discusses the transition of art practice from community and group ownership of ‘art’ to the transition of attribution to the individual artist.
PETER HYLANDS asked ROSS about terminology and classification and how we describe Oceanic art and its relationship with Australian Read more …