Aboriginal Rock Art Analysis
There are approximately 500 various aboriginal people in Australia with their unique languages and separated territories whose existence is prior to European colonization. Undoubtedly the culture and identity has profound influence on contemporary Australia. They keep trying to establish a crucial impression to nowadays people via paintings, songs, dance and movies.
To begin with, aboriginal people have their own artistic expression. Aboriginal paintings are the oldest unbroken tradition of art which is well known to art-lovers worldwide like rock paintings and dot paintings. The oldest firmly dated rock is art painting is a charcoal drawing found south-western Arnhem Land in the northern territory. “Rock paintings appear on caves in the Kimberley …show more content…
Changes in the climate like carbon dioxide levels, humidity and temperature can affect rock art as well due to the growth of micro organism and algae that can cause irreparable damage. “Aboriginal sites are allowed to be ‘disturbed’ or destroyed by state governments. Between 2005 and 2009 the NSW government approved 541 permits to destroy or disturb Aboriginal heritage sites” (Why Australia’s Aboriginal rock art will disappear, 2015). Luckily, “When the National Parks and Wildlife Act was enacted in 2001, last-minute lobbying by mining and agriculture interests prevented amendments that would have created a stricter protection regime for Aboriginal sites” (Why Australia’s Aboriginal rock art will disappear, 2015). Government tried to protect art work as much as possible. Crude graffiti scratched into rocks, vandals chiselling away the rock destroy them severely. Other sites which were damaged by vandals include Red Hand Cave in the Blue Mountains , rock art at Mutitjulu waterhole at Uluru (Ayers Rock), and Blackfellows Hands On the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia. Theft is also an inevitable problem. For instance, “vandals removed at least one rock face with power tools …show more content…
The law wasn’t enacted due to “certain lobby groups” intervening but eventually the National Parks and Wildlife Amendment Bill 2010 passed through the NSW government”(Why Australia’s Aboriginal rock art will disappear, 2015). This is definitely working and a person or company is responsible for the damages caused. As a matter of fact, dot paintings can be painted on anything and at aboriginal times they were mostly being painted on rocks and in caves. The majority of paintings are about animals, lakes and dreamtime. Artist’s religion and beliefs are illustrated on rocks and caves by specific stories and legends. On modern society, dot paintings are basically presented by two major instruments: bamboo satay sticks and ink bottles. The larger flat end of bamboo satay sticks are used for single application of dots but the sharp pointier end is for creating fine dots. In order to create superimposed dotting, artists can take a bunch of satay sticks, dip the pointy ends into the paint and then transfer it onto the canvas in quick successions of dotting. Moreover, stone arrangement in Australia are from the 50m-diameter circles of Victoria, with 1m-high stones
To begin with, aboriginal people have their own artistic expression. Aboriginal paintings are the oldest unbroken tradition of art which is well known to art-lovers worldwide like rock paintings and dot paintings. The oldest firmly dated rock is art painting is a charcoal drawing found south-western Arnhem Land in the northern territory. “Rock paintings appear on caves in the Kimberley …show more content…
Changes in the climate like carbon dioxide levels, humidity and temperature can affect rock art as well due to the growth of micro organism and algae that can cause irreparable damage. “Aboriginal sites are allowed to be ‘disturbed’ or destroyed by state governments. Between 2005 and 2009 the NSW government approved 541 permits to destroy or disturb Aboriginal heritage sites” (Why Australia’s Aboriginal rock art will disappear, 2015). Luckily, “When the National Parks and Wildlife Act was enacted in 2001, last-minute lobbying by mining and agriculture interests prevented amendments that would have created a stricter protection regime for Aboriginal sites” (Why Australia’s Aboriginal rock art will disappear, 2015). Government tried to protect art work as much as possible. Crude graffiti scratched into rocks, vandals chiselling away the rock destroy them severely. Other sites which were damaged by vandals include Red Hand Cave in the Blue Mountains , rock art at Mutitjulu waterhole at Uluru (Ayers Rock), and Blackfellows Hands On the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia. Theft is also an inevitable problem. For instance, “vandals removed at least one rock face with power tools …show more content…
The law wasn’t enacted due to “certain lobby groups” intervening but eventually the National Parks and Wildlife Amendment Bill 2010 passed through the NSW government”(Why Australia’s Aboriginal rock art will disappear, 2015). This is definitely working and a person or company is responsible for the damages caused. As a matter of fact, dot paintings can be painted on anything and at aboriginal times they were mostly being painted on rocks and in caves. The majority of paintings are about animals, lakes and dreamtime. Artist’s religion and beliefs are illustrated on rocks and caves by specific stories and legends. On modern society, dot paintings are basically presented by two major instruments: bamboo satay sticks and ink bottles. The larger flat end of bamboo satay sticks are used for single application of dots but the sharp pointier end is for creating fine dots. In order to create superimposed dotting, artists can take a bunch of satay sticks, dip the pointy ends into the paint and then transfer it onto the canvas in quick successions of dotting. Moreover, stone arrangement in Australia are from the 50m-diameter circles of Victoria, with 1m-high stones