Living Art - 9781922779403

Name: Living Art - 9781922779403
Brand: Melbourne Books

Melbourne Books

Living ArtPapua New Guinea\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Melbourne Books, Australia\nImprint: Melbourne Books\nISBN-13: 9781922779403, 978-1922779403\nSynopsis\nLavishly illustrated and exceptionally researched, Dr Susan Cochrane's Living Art in Papua New Guinea brings alive the multiple contemporary realities of the country and its people through a celebration of arts and culture.\n\nLiving Art in Papua New Guinea brings alive the multiple contemporary realities of the country and its people. This full-colour art book - lavishly illustrated with over 100 photos - presents artworks and cultural performances that are astonishing for their dramatic visual effect and virtuosity. It is a highly visual experience of Papua New Guinea's spectacular cultures and aesthetic wealth in their own context.\n\nCulture, politics, history, and identity are interlinking themes through which the book presents ideas about artists, creative processes and aesthetics; revealing Papua New Guinea's diversity.