Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Different Regions of Indigenous Art


I found it interesting that there are distinctive differences in the art from region to region throughout indigenous culture. There are distinctive styles of painting and to understand these styles means that it is possible to distinguish what region the art is from. On first guess i believed the painting from the Kimberley region depicted more of a desert feel with the open large shapes spilt by fine white lines almost as if they were foot prints through the desert. 


The Desert Region
Generalised description of the style: acrylic on canvas, wide palette, dots and circles (joined by lines), grout paintings in sand.




The Kimberley Region
Generalised description of the style: predominantly rich, earthy ochre tones, blocks of colour, restricted palette, shapes outlined with white dots.


The Arnhem Land Reigon
Generalised description of the style: crosshatching (rarrk), natural pigments on bark, restricted palette.

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