Henry F. Skerritt is Curator of the Indigenous Arts of Australia and editor of Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia. Fred Myers is Silver Professor of Anthropology at NYU and author of Painting Culture: The Making of an Aboriginal High Art.
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Irrititja Kuwarri Tjungu (Past Present Together): Fifty Years of Papunya Tula Artists is indeed more than a beautiful catalogue - although the high production values make it a pleasure to page through. The book, which ties in loosely with two exhibitions at the Kluge-Ruhe [Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia], also contains scholarly insights gleaned during two years of research in Central Australia and from a deep dive into the archives of co-editor Fred Myers, who has been documenting Papunya Tula since its inception. Paintings by well-known names such as Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri and Ronnie Tjampitjinpa share space with obscure treasures that have never before been reproduced, while essays by esteemed curator Hetti Perkins and US actor Steve Martin (a noted collector of Australian Indigenous art), among others, provide diverse perspectives.