Dr Christiane Keller
Research interests
Dr Keller's research interests encompass Indigenous art, material culture and aesthetics with a focus on sculpture, fibre art and fashion. Her recent research projects investigate the history of Mount Margaret art and craft, the participation of Western Australian Indigenous people in the fashion industry, the engagement of Western and Central Desert people with basket making techniques and the sensory experiences of Aboriginal fibre artists as part of an Indigenous aesthetic.
Biography
Dr Christiane Keller is a curator, anthropologist, art historian, writer and filmmaker. She holds an MA from Freiburg University, Germany, and a PhD from ANU with a thesis on Creativity and Innovation in Contemporary Rembarrnga Sculpture in the Maningrida Region, Central Arnhem Land. Keller worked in academia and museums as Curator for Anthropology at the Western Australian Museum and as Senior Curator for Aboriginal Art and Material Culture at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
Publications
- Keller C. (2012) Tjanpi Nyawa! Look at the Grass! Melbourne: Contemporary Arts Media, 26 min. http://www.artfilms.com.au/Detail.aspx?ItemID=4613.
- Keller C. (2010) From Baskets to Full Bodies: Innovation Within Aboriginal Fibre Practice. Craft & Design Enquiry, 2.
- Keller C. (2010) From Practicality to Spirituality in Indigenous Fashion Design In: Farren A (ed) Beyond Garment. Perth, Western Australia: Western Australian Museum, 40-45.
- Keller C. (2009) ReCoil: a Celebration of Fibre Art in Australia. Art Monthly Australia March: 23-27.
- Keller C and Dinkler L. (2008) Brian Njinawanga Campion (c.1934 - 2008). Art monthly Australia August: 36-37.
- Keller C. (2008) Culture production Rembarrnga way: Innovation and tradition in Lena Yarinkura's and Bob Burruwal's metal sculptures. Australian Aboriginal Studies 1: 90-101.
- Keller C. (2008) Howard Morphy, Pip Deveson and Katie Haynes. 'The Art of Narritjin Maymuru'. TAPJA. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 2: 171-174.
- Keller C. (2008) Howard Morphy. 'Becoming Art'. Australian Aboriginal Studies 2.
- Keller C. (2007) Elizabeth Burns Coleman. 'Aboriginal Art, Identity and Appropriation'. Australian Aboriginal Studies 1: 153-155.
- Keller C. (2007) Lena Yarinkura in Conversation. In: Perkins H, West M and Art Gallery of New South Wales (eds) One sun one moon: Aboriginal art in Australia. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 280-283.
- Keller C and Coleman EB. (2006) What is authentic Aboriginal art now? The creation of tradition. Available at: http://www2.eur.nl/fw/hyper/IAA/.
- Keller C. (2004) Lena Yarinkura. In: Green C, National Gallery of Victoria and Australian Centre for the Moving Image (eds) 2004. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 208.
- Keller C. (2004) Lena Yarinkura's World. Gallery. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria., 28-29.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Milingimbi Cultural Heritage (Secondary Investigator)