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Theme: Encounters Artist: Marina SHAW Birth/Death: 1903–1996 Title: Cup and saucer Credit Line: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. The visual language of Aboriginal art began to interest potters and textile designers from the 1930s. Symbols and ornamentation were borrowed freely and reinterpreted in the fashionable modern geometric style of the period. Marina Shaw’s cup and saucer shows how the genteel art of china painting could introduce the notion of indigenous art to the suburban interior. More details Click image to enlarge