Across the Desert: Aboriginal Batik from Central Australia by Ryan, Judith - 2009

National Gallery Of Victoria, 2009. Book. Good. Soft cover. 235mm x 285mm. Covers have light general wear plus a 2cm band of sunning to front adjacent to spine. Spine not creased. A small area of eraser rubbing to top corner of half-tile page, otherwise internally clean. 168pp Across the Desert: Aboriginal batik from Central Australia celebrates the emergence of a dynamic art form and the genesis of Aboriginal women's art practice in five distinct desert communities - Ernabella (Pukatja), Fregon (Kaltjiti), Utopia, Yuendumu and Kintore (Walungurru). Each of these communities has a different story to tell in relation to the adoption and adaptation of batik, a wax-resist process developed in Indonesia that Aboriginal women have made their own from 1971 until now..