ABORIGINAL ART australia - Lot 132

ABORIGINAL ART australia painting on canvas 74 x 50 cm The term Aboriginal art refers to the art of Australia's pre-colonial Aborigines, as well as that of contemporary Aboriginal artists still influenced by their traditional culture. This includes painting, woodcarving, sculpture, ceremonial costumes and decorations found on ancient tools and weapons. This includes painting, woodcarving, sculpture, ceremonial costumes, or decorations found on tools or ancient weapons.Art is a key element in Aboriginal culture. The Aborigines celebrate, sing, dance, mime and paint (what we call "art" but which for them is first and foremost spirituality) to actualize the ancestral creative spirit of the place (in the topographical sense) and to present and reactivate this creative energy. In this sense, celebrating, painting or singing a territory marks the ownership (in the sense of responsibility) of a clan or an individual. Aboriginal creativity is called upon in the face of disturbing historical events. New rituals - songs, dances, paintings - can then be communicated to the living through dreams by ancestral spirits. These new forms of artistic expression then join the enormous reservoir of inspiration that is the Dreamtime.