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There are many types of and methods used in making Aboriginal art, including rock painting, dot painting, rock engravings, bark painting, carvings, sculptures, weaving, and string art. Australian Aboriginal art is the oldest unbroken tradition of art in the world. [1] [2] [3]
Papunya Tula, registered as Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, is an artist cooperative formed in 1972 in Papunya, Northern Territory, owned and operated by Aboriginal people from the Western Desert of Australia. The group is known for its innovative work with the Western Desert Art Movement, popularly referred to as dot painting.
She began by painting ancestral designs on acrylic canvas in a style that has become known as Aboriginal ‘dot’ painting. [3] [6] Her paintings adhere very strongly to traditional templates for painting, but creativity can be seen in the handling of the painting, arrangement of the motifs and size and placement of the dots. [7]
The sacred images in the paintings were obscured, though, and encrypted (hidden) by dots and lines. When the art style became popular, more and more Pitjantjatjara men began to paint. [1] [13] Baker began painting as a way to preserve his stories and culture.
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Papunya Tjupi Arts, a community-based, 100% Aboriginal-owned arts organisation, commenced in 2007, [9] and as of March 2021 hosts around 150 artists, many of whose works are featured in exhibitions and galleries around the world. [10]
Several dots of paint in various colors cover the painting. The painting depicts a large number of women, represented by semicircles, sitting around ceremonial sticks, represented by the long rods. The central wavy lines depict flowing water and the concentric circles in which they converge represent a waterhole.
Contemporary Indigenous Australian art is a national movement of international significance with work by Indigenous artists, including paintings by those from the Western Desert, achieving widespread critical acclaim. Because naming conventions for Indigenous Australians vary widely, this list is ordered by first name rather than surname.