Australian Aboriginal art and Aboriginal paintings represent one of the most vital art forms in Australia today. The contemporary Aboriginal paintings using acrylic on canvas are the latest adaptation of an artistic tradition that can be traced uninterrupted and continuous for over forty thousand years, making it the oldest living art movement in existence.
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Aboriginal rock paintings appear earthly and innate to their surroundings, yet often mysterious and supernatural. The naturalness is partly due to its unique ragged canvas. The rock or cave wall is from nature, formed from various stones, surfaces, consistencies, heights and lengths. Wet ochres and rocks as the painting tools also signal an attachment to the tangible world.
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Dot paintings today are recognised globally as unique and integral to Australian Aboriginal art. On the surface the dot is simply a style of Aboriginal painting, like the use of cross-hatching or stencil art. Exploring deeper into the history of the Aboriginal dot painting a world of camouflage, secrecy and ritual is discovered.
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'Which ever style we use it’s still the same Dreaming story' said Albert Namatjira. The first indigenous artist to paint with watercolour on paper was Albert Namatjira. Although he grasped the ‘European style’ of perspective, Namatjira depicted the Central Desert landscape as it had never been seen before. Six generations later, Peter Taylor Tjutatja remains one of a very few artist to paint in this tradition.
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‘If you take the time to learn what is behind the painting, you understand and appreciate the work so much more' Sabine Haider. All Australian Aboriginal art is educational by definition. As a purely oral tradition, Aboriginal history, geography, customs, law, religion, healing and food resources were painted, sung and danced in order to pass on this essential information to future generations.
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Awelye refers to women's ceremonies associated with women's business and also refers to the painting of designs on a women's body.
This spiritual, sensuous and meditative performance reflects the nurturing role of women in Aboriginal society.
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