August 2010 Issue 232

1 Artful Dodger: The ‘Big Island’ in the Pacific: PAMELA ZEPLIN 2 Asia-Pacific or Asia-Specific?: TIMOTHY MORRELL 3 The Curator in a Sea of Islands: Giles Peterson’s Niu Pasifik: BILLIE LYTHBERG 4 Making Waves in the Torres Strait: SIMON WRIGHT … — **1 Artful Dodger: The ‘Big Island’ in the Pacific: PAMELA ZEPLIN**
**2 Asia-Pacific or Asia-Specific?: TIMOTHY MORRELL**
**3 The Curator in a Sea of Islands: Giles Peterson’s Niu Pasifik: BILLIE LYTHBERG**
**4 Making Waves in the Torres Strait: SIMON WRIGHT**
**5 ‘Living Art’ – a work in progress: SUSAN COCHRANE**
**6 Cook Islands Art NOW: JACQUI DURRANT**
**7 Wherever it is that we want to go: John Pule’s painting, 1990–2010: NICHOLAS THOMAS**
**8 Navigating ‘Austronesia’: Contemporary indigenous art from Taiwan and the Pacific: SOPHIE McINTYRE**
**9 Arts Dock 4th Melanesian Arts Festival, Nouméa: HENRI GAMA (translation by Regis Martin)**
**10 The Crux of the Matter: Manipulating Cultural Property in Aboriginal Rights Debates: JANE RAFFAN**
**11 Pacific Storms: beyond sunsets and leis: PRISCA CHANT**
**12 Just Like Home: Suburban Realities and the Art of Lisa Hilli: TORIKA BOLATAGICI**
**13 The Culture of Adornment: Materiality in the work of Chantal Fraser and Maryann Talia: Pau KELLEE UHR**
**14 Eric Bridgeman: BALA STARR**
**15 Sam Tupou: the tapa treatment: DAVID BROKER**
**16 Torika Bolatagici and the Big Picture: MAURICE O’RIORDAN**
**17 Krishna Nahow-Ryall: Blakbird: IMELDA MILLER**
**18 Putting the pieces together: Pacific Arts at the National Gallery of Australia: Maurice O'Riordan with Crispin Howarth**
**19 Pallingjang Saltwater: Genevieve O'Callaghan**
**20 Just an Ordinary Boy: Gary Lee’s On the Verge: JACQUI DURRANT**
**21 Mari Funaki 1950–2010: MARIAN HOSKING**
**22 Artnotes**
**23 Letter from Art Basel: GENEVIEVE O'CALLAGHAN**
**22 Opportunity Knocks + Stop Press**

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