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Aboriginal presentation
- 1. Aboriginal Australian Aesthetics Colin Ducharme & Courtney Self
- 3. Limited Materials Why do Aborigines make art?“[Art] is the voice through which the human soul speaks to the spirit of nature.” (Anderson)Eternal DreamtimeSpiritual world Ritual & Performance
- 4. Scarification Mobile art mediums: the human body
- 5. Techniques
- 6. Purpose: - mourning - initiation rituals - social status - enhancement of beauty
- 7. Body Art Techniques - greased/ochers - blood/ kapok plant - paint Enhanced appearance
- 9. Painted designs were owned by the individuals who wore them
- 10. Clothing to decorate not to cover Do you think body modification qualifies as art?
- 11. Cave Art
- 12. Bark PaintingTjurungas- flat, oval, or circular slabs of wood or stone, often bearing complex paintings and incised patterns Art makers used subjective vision- representing things not as they appear to the eye, but as the mind knows them eternally to be Paint and bloodUsed to educate future generations Art making
- 13. Initiation Ceremonies Ceremonies were performed to sustain the realm of human Initiates were altered in appearance: - Pulling out teeth/ hair Scarification
- 14. Genital Mutilation Aboriginal Religion continued… Fertility Mother: Kunapipi (Gunabibi) focus on increased magic - perpetuate natural order of the Eternal Dreamtime Ritual & dance
- 15. Aboriginal and the Contemporary World In recent decades, the aborigines had two options: Reproduce traditional paintings (bark, paper, or canvas)
- 16. Or the Western easel-painting styles of the non-Aboriginal world Scholars have interpreted the art to be valuable and influential in Australia’s cultural heritage