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Living Art: Papua New Guinea

Susan Cochrane

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Preface by Honorable James Marape, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea

Foreword by Steven Enomb Kilanda, MBE

Introduction by Michael A Mel

ISBN: 9781922779403

200 PGK $74.99
PNG: Port Moresby Pick-Up Only $74.99

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Thank you for contributing to the 80 Books for 80 Artists initiative: Adam Sime – Alexandra McCallum – Jessica Cassell

Living 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.

 Culture, 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 of cultures and environments. It locates innovative artists in their villages, in downtown Port Moresby, and on to the international stage. Through this panorama, readers' ideas about what art is may be challenged. 

Released in the month of Papua New Guinea’s 50th Anniversary of Independence, this book explains and showcases the contemporary arts and culture of Papua New Guinea and its people.