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Page 1: Best Place to Buy Indigenous Art in Australia

Best Place to Buy Indigenous Art in Australia

Page 2: Best Place to Buy Indigenous Art in Australia

You can find and buy

indigenous art Australia wide

at accessible prices from an

online art gallery. The most

exciting area to buy indigenous

art is from the Utopian area of

central Australia, 250km north

east of Alice Springs. Utopia is

an Aboriginal freehold property,

handed back to the traditional

owners, the Anmatyerre and

Alyawaree people in 1975.

Page 3: Best Place to Buy Indigenous Art in Australia

Here aboriginal painters produce

their work outdoors, under a hot

sun, at one with the country

which they represent in their art.

Collections of works from

Utopian artists have been shown

in England, Europe, Asia, USA

and of course in every national

gallery across Australia.

Page 4: Best Place to Buy Indigenous Art in Australia

Each artist has a Dreamtime

custodianship which maps the

Australian continent, connecting

Aboriginal people to each other

and to the land. All Aboriginal

paintings have an underlying

narrative based on mythological

creation stories referred to as

Dreamings (or a Dreaming in the

singular). Yam Dreaming, Possum

Dreaming, Rain Dreaming, and

Fire Dreaming are all stories that

describe how things came to be as

they are today at specific places in

the landscape.

Page 5: Best Place to Buy Indigenous Art in Australia

There is a large array of the imagery

used in Indigenous paintings. These

include concentric circles to

represent people, or a campsite or

waterhole. U-shapes can be the

indentations left by a sitting figure.

Tracks marks represent the various

animals and also ancestral beings,

either in straight or meandering

lines. Boomerangs can be shown as

arcs and short lines can be digging

sticks or spears. Perhaps the most

well-known aspect of Aboriginal art

are dots which can show the

topography of the artists’ country or

homeland, as seen from above.

Page 6: Best Place to Buy Indigenous Art in Australia

The Utopian women, as well as

depicting their dreaming, also

explore the sacred body marks

used in dreamtime ceremonies in

abstraction form. Utopian women

artists include respected names

such as Minnie Pwerle, Evelyn

Pultara, Dorothy Napangardi,

Dolly Mills Petyarre and

Rosemary Bird Mpetyane.

Page 7: Best Place to Buy Indigenous Art in Australia

The Utopian men model their

canvas painting on the sacred

geometric ceremonial paintings

which were traditionally made on

the ground. Now they use canvas

to transfer the designs from the

ephemeral to the tangible.

Kudditji Kngwarreye, William King

Jungala, Tommy Jones

Kngwarrey, Walala Tjapaltjarri

and Louis Pwerle are established

and reputable male Utopian

artists.

Page 8: Best Place to Buy Indigenous Art in Australia

Utopian Aboriginal art is in great

demand in Australia and overseas.

You can find galleries in most capital

cities but the easiest and best place

to buy Indigenous art is from an

online gallery. Art to Art is an online

gallery that presents a range of

accessibly priced works from a

selection of reputable Utopian

artists.

Page 9: Best Place to Buy Indigenous Art in Australia

Here you will discover a diversity of

works all in one convenient online

store, shopping from the comfort of

your own home. You will find some

works for less than one thousand

dollars and a large offering for less

than five thousand dollars. Or if you

after investment pieces that will add

long term value to your collection

you will find a respected selection of

those as well.

Page 10: Best Place to Buy Indigenous Art in Australia

You receive a certificate of

authenticity with each painting and

Art to Art will safely ship your

purchase within Australian and

overseas. They even provide a

money back satisfaction guarantee.

If you really can’t decide you can

use their free Art Insitu service

which uses a photo of your room to

show you how a selection of works

will actually look.

Page 11: Best Place to Buy Indigenous Art in Australia

It is a wise decision to buy

indigenous art. Australia is

producing art that is captivating the

world, and Indigenous art is leading

the way. Art to Art really do

understand what an online art

enthusiast wants and make it very

easy for you to buy indigenous art.

Page 12: Best Place to Buy Indigenous Art in Australia

Contact us

130 Bulleen Road,

Balwyn North

VIC 3104 Australia

P. 03 9859 6040

M. 0413 945 249

[email protected]

http://arttoart.com.au/