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Aboriginal paintings and other works of art have been produced by Aborigines for thousands of years. Aboriginal art may in fact well be the world's oldest artworks as the word aboriginal means the first or earliest known.
Aboriginal art' or writings started not as a form of art but as a way for the Aborigines to communicate or hand down their tribes' culture, history, and perhaps its secrets. Aboriginal artwork includes ancient engravings mostly found on rock, cave paintings, designs and symbols in sand and on the body, fiber craft and wooden sculptures.
In a way, the purpose of Aboriginal art still holds the same today as an Aboriginal painting conveys to all of us how this old civilization lived, the ceremonies that they had, how they went through daily life, and in an indirect way, provides us a glimpse of Australian landscape at the time.
When dealing with Aboriginal art, you will come across the term Dreaming or Dreamtime. This is the concept that Aborigines hold and practice to relate stories about religious or spiritual beliefs during the Creation Period in Aboriginal belief. Fortunately, contemporary Aboriginal art has grown rapidly and it's common to view them in museums and galleries the world over.
Following is a list of contemporary paintings by Australian Aboriginal artists.
Gloria Petyarre Her paintings convey the Aborigines' natural affinity with the land. Throughout the 1990's her paintings were part of numerous exhibitions in Australia and abroad.
Minnie Pwerle Concentrating on the Aborigines' love and respect for the land and the food it bears, Pwerle's most popular artworks include Awelye-Atnwengerrp, Bush Medicine and Bush Melon Seed.
Barney Daniels Tjungurrayi - Known for his style of stippled brushwork backgrounds, popular artwork subjects for this artist include snake, blue tongue lizard, water, bushfires, and more.
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