What do the dots on Aboriginal art mean?
What do the dots on Aboriginal art mean?
Dots symbolise stars, sparks, burnt ground etc. as the base of an Aboriginal painting is the organisation of the earth and the ancestral connection with it. In the last 30 years of the Western Desert movement, Johnny Warangkula was the first to use dotting in his paintings as a background.
Why do Aboriginal paintings have dots?
Dots were used to in-fill designs. Dots were also useful to obscure certain information and associations that lay underneath the dotting. At this time, the Aboriginal artists were negotiating what aspects of stories were secret or sacred, and what aspect were in the public domain.
What do Aboriginals use to dot paint?
The materials usually used in Aboriginal dot paintings are ochre and acrylic paints, with the latter being more popular amongst modern artworks. The paint can be either textured or flat. The colours used can also represent certain communities.
What is the meaning of Aboriginal dot paintings?
Traditional aboriginal dot paintings represent a story , generally regarding hunting or food gathering and usually have traditional aboriginal symbols imbedded throughout the painting. These symbols, when explained, give a completely whole new meaning to the painting.
What do the symbols in Aboriginal art mean?
Aboriginal Art consists of symbols. These symbols were used as a means of communication; communication of their lives on earth, their rituals, food, customs and also to show constellations and for ritual decorations. These works were almost always ceremonial or religious.
What do the colours in Aboriginal art represent?
Aboriginal Art Aboriginal Colours Black Black stands for the colour of the Aborigine people and night. Yellow Yellow is the sacred colour. The colour of the sun. Red Is for the colour of the land and for blood. ‘We are all of one blood, from the land we come and to it we will all return.’
