Auction Ends: Jul 23, 2017 07:00 PM HST

Art

Australian Aboriginal Art

Item Number: 346

Estimated Value: 125 USD
Sold: 25 USD to cw5fefd51

Number of Bids: 1 - Bid History

Item Description

This stunning example of abstract Aboriginal art includes a combination of Dot Painting, X-Ray Art and Bradshaw Art. It is printed on fabric and double matted with a 19"x21" solid wood frame.

Dot paintings are now internationally recognised as unique and integral to Australian Aboriginal Art. The simple dot style as well as cross hatching may be beautifully aesthetic to the eye but has a far more hidden meaning and deeper purpose; to disguise the sacred meanings behind the stories in the paintings. Before Indigenous Australian art was ever put onto canvas the Aboriginal people would smooth over the soil to draw sacred designs which belonged to that particular ceremony. Body paint was also applied which held meanings connected to sacred rituals. These designs were outlined with circles and encircled with dots. Uninitiated people never got to see these sacred designs since the soil would be smoothed over again and painted bodies would be washed. This was not possible with paintings. Aboriginal artists abstracted their paintings to disguise the sacred designs so the real meanings could not be understood by Westerners. ~aboriginal-art-australia.com

Item Special Note

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