Wirrimanu: Aboriginal Art from the Balgo Hills by James Cowan

Wirrimanu: Aboriginal Art from the Balgo Hills
by James Cowan
 
The art of the Balgo desert Aboriginal community, west of Halls Creek in the western desert. ("Balgo Hills, or Wirrimanu, is located on a myth-line belonging to the legendary kingfisher, Luurnpa, in far north-west Australia. The ancestral hero flew through this region on his world-creating journey during the time of Tjukurrpa, the Dreaming" Introduction, p. 9.) Profusely illustrated, with over 60 colour reproductions of paintings. The paintings reflect both a secular range of themes and a diversity of artistic approaches and experimentatio