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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]
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (2001) [1] Johnny Bulunbulun (1946–2010) was a Ganalbingu Aboriginal artist. He had a posthumous [ 2 ] joint exhibition with Zhou Xiaoping in Beijing [ 3 ] and Melbourne, [ 4 ] called " Trepang : China & the Story of Macassan - Aboriginal Trade ".
The Mudgegonga rock shelter is a large rock overhang which contains over 400 Aboriginal wall paintings and stencils and evidence of prehistoric Aboriginal occupation. The site is located in north eastern Victoria near the town of Mudgegonga, and is associated with rich artefact deposits that shows occupation of the region by 3,500 years ago and may have been used several thousand years before ...
Coloured pigmentation was created with ochre (giving a red/orange colour), charcoal (for a black pigmentation) and ash (for grey pigmentation). One good example is the rock shelter known as Baiame Cave , at Milbrodale , with paintings depicting a large figure that may be Baiame , the Sky Father.
Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (c.1936 – 1 September 2002) was an Aboriginal Australian contemporary artist. He was born in South East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia in the Limmen Bight area, 45 kilometers inland from the Gulf of Carpentaria coast. [4]
In modern art, red ochre is a primary material for many Aboriginal artists through its distinctive red colour and sheen quality. [4] The ochre from Adnoartina’s story is especially valued through the spiritual link to Aboriginal mythology. [4] This particular red ochre is called 'yamparnu' in the Aboriginal language. [4]