Pottery as vessel or surface: a commentary on three Australian Indigenous pottery workshops

Ceramics as functional vessel, introduced into Australian Aboriginal communities in the second half of the twentieth century, has not endured in the examples of potteries provided here. In two of the examples, while the Indigenous potters commenced making ‘vessels’, the emphasis for these artists so...

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Main Author: Penelope Collet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès 2012-12-01
Series:Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/4363
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description Ceramics as functional vessel, introduced into Australian Aboriginal communities in the second half of the twentieth century, has not endured in the examples of potteries provided here. In two of the examples, while the Indigenous potters commenced making ‘vessels’, the emphasis for these artists soon became the surface, an extension of the earth, on which and through which traditional stories could be told. In the third example the pottery unfortunately failed, as paternalist management dictated a Western view of what the potters should produce.
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spelling doaj.art-238c54ecc70541aea2f9017085e029a12022-12-22T00:03:32ZengUniversité Toulouse - Jean JaurèsMiranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone2108-65592012-12-01710.4000/miranda.4363Pottery as vessel or surface: a commentary on three Australian Indigenous pottery workshopsPenelope ColletCeramics as functional vessel, introduced into Australian Aboriginal communities in the second half of the twentieth century, has not endured in the examples of potteries provided here. In two of the examples, while the Indigenous potters commenced making ‘vessels’, the emphasis for these artists soon became the surface, an extension of the earth, on which and through which traditional stories could be told. In the third example the pottery unfortunately failed, as paternalist management dictated a Western view of what the potters should produce.http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/4363Australian aboriginal artcontemporary ceramicsdreamingHermannsburgTiwi islandsBarambah pottery
spellingShingle Penelope Collet
Pottery as vessel or surface: a commentary on three Australian Indigenous pottery workshops
Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone
Australian aboriginal art
contemporary ceramics
dreaming
Hermannsburg
Tiwi islands
Barambah pottery
title Pottery as vessel or surface: a commentary on three Australian Indigenous pottery workshops
title_full Pottery as vessel or surface: a commentary on three Australian Indigenous pottery workshops
title_fullStr Pottery as vessel or surface: a commentary on three Australian Indigenous pottery workshops
title_full_unstemmed Pottery as vessel or surface: a commentary on three Australian Indigenous pottery workshops
title_short Pottery as vessel or surface: a commentary on three Australian Indigenous pottery workshops
title_sort pottery as vessel or surface a commentary on three australian indigenous pottery workshops
topic Australian aboriginal art
contemporary ceramics
dreaming
Hermannsburg
Tiwi islands
Barambah pottery
url http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/4363
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