File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postcolonial_2001/postcolonial.0105, message 93


Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 08:32:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: mohammad tavallaei <mtavallaei-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Australian Orientalism


Hello 
I would like to express my heartfelt thanks for your
letter and reminding me of the exhibition held in
Sydney. 
Mohamamd 
--- Leong Yew <leong.yew-AT-adelaide.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> They had an exhibition called "Orientalism" a couple
> of years ago at the NSW
> Art Gallery. I just had a quick flip through the
> exhibition book and few
> references to AUstralian artists came up. Hilda Rix
> Nicholas, Tom Roberts,
> and Arthur Streeton. I'm not sure if any of these
> had depictions of Persian
> culture and lit. Roberts did have a painting called
> "A Rose of Persia".
> Incidentally Roberts was very much influenced by J-L
> Gerome.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> 
> Leong
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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>
[mailto:owner-postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu]On
> Behalf Of
> mohammad tavallaei
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 11:09 PM
> To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> Subject: Australian Orientalism
> 
> 
> Dear Friends:
> Could anyone please provide me with some information
> regarding the escapist fantasy that Western
> Orientalism has created in Australian imagination?
> I am especially interested in the Australians'
> representation of Persian culture and literature.
> 
> DR Mohammad Tavallaei
> Faculty of Letters and Literature
> The University of Urmia
> Urmia, IRAN
> 
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