{"title":"Vivien Johnson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVivien Johnson\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into Indigenous Australian art and culture, blending detailed research with compelling storytelling. Her works such as \u003cem\u003eOnce Upon a Time in Papunya\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWANGKA WAKANUTJA\u003c\/em\u003e delve into the rich histories and vibrant expressions of Aboriginal communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers interested in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e, Johnson’s books provide a thoughtful, respectful perspective on the intersections of creativity, tradition, and social change within Australia’s Indigenous landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"wangka-wakanutja-by-charlotte-phillipus-napurrula-9781922507754","title":"WANGKA WAKANUTJA","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Papunya Literature Production Centre (PLPC) was the centre of community life at Papunya in the 1980s. Fuelled by youthful energy and guided by the community's Elders  among them pioneers of the Western Desert Art movement  the centre produced more than 300 Pintupi-Luritja readers in a little over ten years. These books hold accounts of moments of first contact, Dreaming stories, life in the community, plants, animals and more. They were written and illustrated on Country and in language. After the program ended, these readers lay boxed in a padlocked dark room...until Dr Samantha Disbray unearthed the key.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Papunya readers are full of humour, as in \u003ci\u003eKata yurilpa\u003c\/i\u003e (Bald Head), which is about a man who uses special plants to grow his hair for a Midnight Oil concert and turns up looking like a long-haired rocker, only to find that the lead singer has a bald head. And they are full of drama, as in the many stories about the first plane ever sighted by the Papunya community, which some believed was a 'stumpy winged devil', or in \u003ci\u003eWalypalalitju Lurtjurinytjaku\u003c\/i\u003e (Me and a Whitefella Meeting), which is a unique document of one man's personal journey from first contact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Pintupi-Luritja, Wangka Wakanutja (pronounced WUN-ka WUK-a-noo-tja) means 'the story has been told'. Richly illustrated with photos of the artists, authors and students in action, as well as artwork from the readers themselves, this is the definitive story of a radical bilingual literature movement, powered by collective creativity and cultural pride.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47289241993452,"sku":"9781922507754","price":57.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ba4b49039d1b5d4543f87165f76b3243.jpg?v=1770601190"},{"product_id":"once-upon-a-time-in-papunya-by-vivien-johnson-9781742230078","title":"Once Upon a Time in Papunya","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAstronomical auction prices in the late 1990s first drew many people's attention to the phenomenon of the early Papunya boards, the thousand small painted panels created at the remote Northern Territory Aboriginal settlement of Papunya in 1971-72.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWestern Desert art expert Vivien Johnson looks at the controversies that surrounded the paintings at the time of their creation and what they mean now to the artists' descendants. The role of teacher Geoffrey Bardon, the depiction of sacred imagery, and the distant worlds of art auctions and international exhibitions are also explored in depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA gripping narrative work, \u003cem\u003eOnce Upon a Time in Papunya\u003c\/em\u003e is an important intervention in Australian art history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431771324652,"sku":"9781742230078","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781742230078.jpg?v=1774557209"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/vivien-johnson.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}