Yes, it certainly is an Australian Aboriginal work. This is a contemporary work I believe. When this country was first invaded the cave and rock art was never considered interesting or valuable in any way. I'm sure that doesn't surprise anyone.
And yet Aborigines had survived for many thousands of years in the centre of the driest continent on the planet. The art held their survival. Parts directed others to water sources. In times of drought the art represented distance to travel for food and water.
Each dot and line represented something significant. Something life sustaining.
Now Aboriginal artists use regular paints and their work, while still often maintaining the style of traditional Aboriginal art, is more colorful.
Aborigines celebrate the earth and are custodians of the earth (their country) for their lifetimes. That is why the earth is honored and never violated. How many hearts were broken when we came along and just ripped it up like we did? Plundered in 200 years, what had nourished them for thousands?
Originally paints too came from the earth - ochre of various colors. Since the earth sustains life, it seems logical that the earth's colors would represent life.
Their art of living things was like xrays of animals and reptiles and fish. And in those new discoveries - an xray view of the boats that used to come ashore.
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Yes, it certainly is an Australian Aboriginal work. This is a contemporary work I believe. When this country was first invaded the cave and rock art was never considered interesting or valuable in any way. I'm sure that doesn't surprise anyone.
And yet Aborigines had survived for many thousands of years in the centre of the driest continent on the planet. The art held their survival. Parts directed others to water sources. In times of drought the art represented distance to travel for food and water.
Each dot and line represented something significant. Something life sustaining.
Do tell us more...?
Are the colors symbolic?
That would make sense that they used art as...road signs... for lack of a better term. Very interesting.
So thier art was actually MAPS?
Hmmm. What a neat concept and perfectly understandable too that it evolved to be that way.
Now Aboriginal artists use regular paints and their work, while still often maintaining the style of traditional Aboriginal art, is more colorful.
Aborigines celebrate the earth and are custodians of the earth (their country) for their lifetimes. That is why the earth is honored and never violated. How many hearts were broken when we came along and just ripped it up like we did? Plundered in 200 years, what had nourished them for thousands?
Originally paints too came from the earth - ochre of various colors. Since the earth sustains life, it seems logical that the earth's colors would represent life.
Their art of living things was like xrays of animals and reptiles and fish. And in those new discoveries - an xray view of the boats that used to come ashore.
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