02451nam 2200505 450 991081160070332120230803215525.01-907774-76-9(CKB)4100000000460839(MiAaPQ)EBC4940605(Au-PeEL)EBL4940605(CaPaEBR)ebr11421901(OCoLC)1000451476(EXLCZ)99410000000046083920170830h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierRepositioning Pacific arts artists, objects, histories : proceedings of the VII International Symposium of the Pacific Arts Association, Christchurch, New Zealand /edited by Anne E. Allen, with Deborah B. WaiteCanon Pyon, [England] :Sean Kingston Publishing,2014.©20141 online resource (178 pages) illustrations (some color), maps1-907774-23-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.In investigating both customary and Modern Pacific art, these collected essays present a wide-ranging view across time and space, taking the reader from antiquities to contemporary art an travelling across the region from Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Island, New Zealand to Samoa. Studies of artefacts and traditions, such as self-portraiture, wood carvings, shields, tapa, dance and masks, use a variety of approaches, some deriving from museum studies while others are based on field investigation. Together they reveal the oppositional tensions between tradition and innovation, and the inspiration this provides for contemporary artistic practice, either through conscious implementation or through rejection of past definitions --Source other than Library of Congress.ArtOceaniaCongressesArt, Pacific IslandCongressesArtCollectors and collectingOceaniaCongressesMaterial cultureOceaniaCongressesArtArt, Pacific IslandArtCollectors and collectingMaterial culture301Allen Anne E.Waite Deborah B.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811600703321Repositioning Pacific arts3991790UNINA