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Burning issues: Value and contemporary Australian aboriginal art

Jane Raffan

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Abstract

The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) is the only contemporary public institution in the US to have a permanent gallery dedicated to the display of Aboriginal art, inaugurated in 2007 and built around early donations by local collectors Margaret Levi and Robert Kaplan. In May 2012, Levi and Kaplan presided over the opening of Ancestral Modern, a major exhibition showcasing over 120 Aboriginal works of art from their collection, all promised gifts to SAM. In conjunction with the exhibition, SAM organised a symposium to explore issues across three paradigms of influence on the acceptance and appreciation of Aboriginal contemporary art.

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The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) is the only contemporary public institution in the US to have a permanent gallery dedicated to the display of Aboriginal art, inaugurated in 2007 and built around early donations by local collectors Margaret Levi and Robert Kaplan. In May 2012, Levi and Kaplan presided over the opening of Ancestral Modern, a major exhibition showcasing over 120 Aboriginal works of art from their collection, all promised gifts to SAM. In conjunction with the exhibition, SAM organised a symposium to explore issues across three paradigms of influence on the acceptance and appreciation of Aboriginal contemporary art.

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The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) is the only contemporary public institution in the US to have a permanent gallery dedicated to the display of Aboriginal art, inaugurated in 2007 and built around early donations by local collectors Margaret Levi and Robert Kaplan. In May 2012, Levi and Kaplan presided over the opening of Ancestral Modern, a major exhibition showcasing over 120 Aboriginal works of art from their collection, all promised gifts to SAM. In conjunction with the exhibition, SAM organised a symposium to explore issues across three paradigms of influence on the acceptance and appreciation of Aboriginal contemporary art.

Key concepts: Exhibition, Contemporary art, Project commissioning, Value (mathematics), Art gallery, Publishing, Institution, Public art

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