Australian Aboriginal Dot Painting

Attractive and unusual original art from Australia. This style of painting is called Dot Art and is signed Elena, but we could not identify the artist. Professionally matted and framed, this is in excellent condition.
13" x 13"
Info found online:
Dot paintings are now internationally recognized 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.
Dot painting originated over 50 years ago, back in 1971. Geoffrey Bardon was assigned as an art teacher for the children of the Aboriginal people in Papunya, a small community, 240km north west of Alice Springs. He noticed whilst the Aboriginal men were telling stories they would draw symbols in the sand.
Bardon encouraged his students to paint a mural based on traditional dreamings on the school walls. The murals sparked incredible interest in the community.
The first paintings to come from the Papunya Tula School of Painters were never intended to be sold. They were purely created by the Aboriginal people who were displaced, and living a long way from their original home country.
The works were visual reminders of their own being. They painted land that they belonged to and the stories that are associated with those sites. In essence they were painting their identity onto the boards, as a visual assertion of their identity and origins.

Excellent

Fine Art, Paintings

18%

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