12/03/2007
The Balgo Hills (Wirrimanu) region represents a melting pot of several different cultural groups. As a result, the art from this region is dynamic, daring and challenging in a variety of styles in a variety of styles of notable for the vibrant use of colour. Read More...
12/03/2007
Male and female ancestral figures played a major role in the Dreaming and were used as a guide to the partnerships between men and women. Aboriginal women shared an interdependent relationship with the men playing a dominant role in child rearing and food gathering and sharing the roles of healers, law makers, performers, painters and custodians of traditional ways. Women maintain their traditional knowledge through ceremony and more recently through their paintings. Read More...
01/02/2007
Aboriginal art regions in Central Australia are commonly classified as Central and Western desert art. Within this vast region there are numerous small communities with both established and emerging Aboriginal art movements. Style and content varies between the communities as artists are influenced by their own unique landscapes and the associated Dreaming stories and by external influences. Read More...
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