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Aboriginal Art

Aboriginal art is the probably the most recognizable form of Australian art, with a wide diversity of styles. It is the representation of one of the world’s oldest civilizations, with paintings in rock shelters 20,000 years old and rock engravings as far as 40,000 years old. Aboriginal art is the oldest art practice in the world, and even the most astute buyer is sure to find an amazing piece of art, either for investment or just enjoyment.

All Aboriginal arts are a representation of the Aboriginal dreaming or dreamtime stories communicated through symbols on canvas. This dreamtime is the creation period in the Aboriginal belief, when important ancestral beings shaped the land and produced the people, plants and animals. The dreaming is the underpinning of all Aboriginal cultures, from ritual to contemporary art. The vocabulary of modern Aboriginal painting is originated from these ritual models and traditions which are themselves derived from the dreaming.

Modern Aboriginal Art is a thrilling field, a developing art market which has truly emerged over the last decade. It is new enough that exceptional work is still affordable, yet proved enough that the reputations of many outstanding artists have already been firmly acquired through widespread exhibition histories and the continuing profitability of their work in the auction market. Something to keep in mind is that Aboriginal artists are not careerists overseeing the selling of their work with any long-term plan; virtually, everything they produce makes it into the marketplace. The Aboriginal art business has surpassed all expectations, with older paintings of historic importance and great visual appeal obtaining stunning auction results. Originally, the paintings were used in addition to the oral history of Aboriginal dreaming, and so they were made for cultural intentions and not the art market.

Aboriginal art is of the highest importance in native Australian culture. Our purpose is to publicize Aboriginal art and culture on an international basis. The importance of Aboriginal paintings is storytelling, which restores the Aboriginal world and supports the power of long established culture. Aboriginal culture outlasted for centuries without a written language and their paintings show the visual language which advanced over 40,000 years. Aboriginal paintings link an ancient culture to the 21st century complex world. This culture has no written language and depends on storytelling as the fundamental of a conventional education. It is important in many ways: as an representation of Aboriginal culture, as a origin of income for artists and communities and as a source of pleasure for viewers and investors.

We believe that Australian aboriginal art is just beginning to be known worldwide for its cultural importance, its artistic difference, its innate beauty, and its affordability. Aboriginal art is recognized as the oldest living art practice in the world. It’s with their encouragement that we are able to teach and share their rare culture, dreamtime, art and ideologies with the larger world. It is a representation of culture. It is made as acclaim to this belief and functions as a spiritual connection between the present and the past. A great amount of our aboriginal art is now online for you to enjoy.