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Origin Stories : Creation Narratives in Australian Aboriginal Art

From september 26 to december 9 2001
Primitive art
This selection of works by Australian Aboriginal artists focuses on the tales of the Dreamtime - a time when powerful ancestral beings created landscapes, animals, human beings, and established laws for aboriginal peoples. Through painting, the artists pass the knowledge of tales to the next generations.

Marsh Art Gallery

George M. Modlin Center for the Arts
3 Chopt Road
Westhampton College of the University of Richmond,
23173 Richmond - États-Unis

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Hours :
Horaire(s) d'ouverturefrom 1 pm to 5 pm
Monday
Bank holidays
Admission :
Free :
William Sandy, (born 1944), Bush Tucker Dreaming, circa 1986-1988 acrylic on canvas, 66 x 65 3/4 inches, Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art, Collection, University of Virginia, © William Sandy