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Australian Aboriginal Art (The Land (ALL artwork is created related to the…
Australian Aboriginal Art
Authentic?
Definition of authenticity?
Stories of dreamtime= authentic
materials not authentic
Activity of painting is authentic
Commercial?
Definition of commercial?
Aboriginal art creates the past
Ethnographic?
Mixed cultural background
Traditional context reflects western ideas
most located in ethnographic museums
Contemporary?
Yes contemporary
Work would not be painted that way if there was no income
Market driven = adapted taste
The Land
ALL artwork is created related to the land
land reflects tjukurrpa
man is part of the land
land is seen as life
White people came and replaces aboriginal people to other land BUT their ideas/beliefs connected to certain land = then cut from their religious belief system
Dream time
How the world was created
ancestral beings (dreamtime)