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Origin Stories: Creation Narratives In Australian Aboriginal Art, University Of Richmond Museums Jan 2001

Origin Stories: Creation Narratives In Australian Aboriginal Art, University Of Richmond Museums

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Origin Stories: Creation Narratives in Australian Aboriginal Art

September 26 to December 9, 2001

Marsh Art Gallery

Introduction

The Kluge-Ruhe Collection provides an incredibly valuable resource for people in Virginia and throughout the country to study and appreciate some of the most interesting and exciting work being created today - contemporary Australian Aboriginal art.

John Kluge of Virginia began collecting Aboriginal art in 1987, and in 1993 he purchased the collection of Professor Edward L. Ruhe of the University of Kansas, Lawrence. With a mission to educate the American public about Aboriginal art, the Kluge-Ruhe Collection was formed in 1997 …