best place to buy indigenous art in australia
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Contact us
130 Bulleen Road,
Balwyn North
VIC 3104 Australia
P. 03 9859 6040
M. 0413 945 249
http://arttoart.com.au/