All Aboriginal art is ethically sourced from the community based art centres, which Helen regularly visits and meets the artists. Aboriginal Art provides benefits to the artists and their communities, and also provides a window from which to appreciate the diversity and depth of one of the oldest living cultures in the world.
You will soon realise that Aboriginal art consists of an exquisite palette of works comprising the rich hues and colours of the desert or the ocean, depending upon the homeland of the Aboriginal Artists. Aboriginal Art from the Central and Western Desert areas is popular with collectors and art lovers alike . Each painting shows a joyful love of pattern and colour. There is an understandable lexicon of designs and contexts depending on the particular region of the artist.
Emu Apple specialises in Aboriginal fine art from the Central and Western Desert showing works of the current most sought after artists.These Desert paintings are sourced directly from artists through the Aboriginal Art Centres in Central Australia where the aboriginal art movement started in 1972, when the Pintupi tribe was taken from the land to Papuna settlement, to learn living in one place. An ancient tradition gave the world its most exciting form of contemporary art. The works are highly recognized and sought after and continue to grow in richness and variety. Visit the Gallery now.
Aboriginal art has evolved from sand and body decoration to the highly prized canvasses on gallery walls. The main forms of traditional visual representations by desert people were the sand and body paintings made as part of ceremony. Weapons such as spears and clubs, utiltarian objects like coolamons and sacred wood or stone men’s message boards were also engraved for either decorative or ceremonial purposes. Body decorations are an important component of ceremonial design and are made from ochres ground to a paste with water then applied in striped or circular designs to the face and torso. Leading Utopia painters, Kathleen Petyarre, Gloria Petyarre, Janet Golder Kngwarreye along with other Utopian artists have some stunning canvasses showing ceremonial body designs.
The emu apple bush, after which the Gallery is named, produces the desert plum, a food source so integral to survival in the desert. Growing in the desert, this weeping emubush most certainly loves lonely places, although it hardly ever is completely on its own and often can be found in what could be called a “family-retreat”. It is not unusual for the plant to grow in small clusters where one taller parent-tree is surrounded by a number of juvenile trees which have grown either from seed or from root suckers. Aboriginal Food plays a significant role in indigenous art. The seasonal knowledge of where to locate food essential for survival in the Central Desert. It is enshrined in Dreaming Stories and passed from generation to generation in the ceremonial rituals.The desert plum is a popular source of food and is sometimes called the native nectarine or sour plum.
Aboriginal Art from Cape York and the Rainforest of North Queensland brings into public view the ageless art of the Cape and Torres Strait communities. This art makes a significant statement about the regenerative spirit of Aboriginal culture which gives testament to the resilience of the Aboriginal people.
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