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Page 1: Why to Buy Australian Indigenous Art?

Why to Buy Australian Indigenous Art?

Page 2: Why to Buy Australian Indigenous Art?

Australian indigenous art is

collected across the world.

Those who buy indigenous art

comment on the influences of

style from art history found in

indigenous art. Yet indigenous

artists live in remote outback

Australia, without television,

movies, galleries or museums.

Here are three parallels to

popular art styles to assist you to

buy Australian indigenous art.

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Impressionism began in France

in the 1860’s. Famous

Impressionists are Monet,

Degas, Renoir and Pissarro.

Impressionists capture a feeling

or experience of moving light

and colour on surfaces and

depict the ephemeral quality of

life in the here and now. The

images and subjects had

modernity, especially the faster

pace and improvements of daily

life.

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Polly Ngale is a widely exhibited

Indigenous artist that intuitively

utilises impressionism in her art.

Polly is a senior custodian from

the Utopia region in the Northern

Territory and paints the Bush Plum

(Anwekety) Dreaming. The bush

plum is a sweet black berry with

yellow seeds that grows only a few

weeks of the year on a tangled,

spiny shrub. The bark from the

roots is medicinal for skin and eye

conditions. Her works also draw

from the knowledge of her

ancestral journey.

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Naïve Art is best known for a

childlike simplicity in subject and

technique, often produced by

self-taught artists with little formal

training. In French ‘naïve’ has

Latin roots meaning natural and

native. Naïve art is simple, fresh

and spontaneous, bursting with

colour, excitement and humour.

However the artist uses

painstaking detail to achieve a

uniquely literal perspective of a

tale, event, ritual, ceremony or

landscape.

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Famous naïve painters are Henri

Rousseau and Grandma Moses

(her work ‘The Pond’ shown

below), however naïve artists are

found all over the world - in

France, Africa, England, Eastern

Europe, Russia, Israel, North and

South America.

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And in Australia as seen in the

wonderful naïve artworks of

Dinny Kunoth Kemarre. Dinny is

renowned for his paintings of

bush football and horse racing, in

which he tells a story of modern

Indigenous life in outback

Australia. Bush football is popular

in the Utopia region of Northern

Territory where they emulate the

AFL’s teams. The annual Harts

Range Races is the subject for

his horse racing paintings as

seen in this engaging and

entertaining art work.

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Art Nouveau is a style of decorative

art that uses intricate linear designs,

curving lines and flowing organic

shapes based on natural forms

including plants and flowers. Art

Nouveau originated in Europe in the

late 19th century and literally means

‘new art’. Art Nouveau led to the Art

Deco phase popular in the 20th

Century. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

was famous for his Moulin Rouge,

Art Nouveau style and Gustav Klimt

for his detailed floral paintings, such

as ‘Farm Garden’ 1906 shown

below.

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Native Australian flowers shown with

an art nouveau undertone feature in

the works of Indigenous artists

Janice Clarke Kngwarreye and Lily

Lion Kngwarrey who both belong to

the traditional countries

Ngkwarlerlanem and Arnkawenyerr.

Janice’s Dreamtime stories are the

sweet honey grevillea and the

Alpeyt or acacia flower.

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Lily’s Indigenous art works have

been exhibited around the world

since 1977. She uses very fine dot

work and delicate brush strokes with

intricate shades of colour. Her

Dreaming tells stories of the acacia

flower, seeds and leaves. The seeds

are ground into paste for making

native bread.

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To buy Australian indigenous art visit

online gallery Art to Art and view a

wide selection of reputable

Australian indigenous art sold with

certificates of authenticity. The team

at Art to Art can assist you to buy

indigenous art for your art collection

and lasting enjoyment.

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