Aboriginal art is one of the oldest living culture in the history of the world. Archaeologists have discovered evidence to show that the culture started more than 20,000 years ago. The art comes in various categories such as rock paintings, rock engravings, dot painting, bark painting, aerial landscape art, carvings and sculpture as well as weaving and string-art. It is a story-telling art where stories of cultural importance are explained using symbols. The art also transmit knowledge on land management and survival matters. Different symbols convey certain meanings that can be understood across different ethnic and culturally diverse communities. Here are some of the good aboriginal art for sale on the internet in Australia.

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The artists require authority to paint particular cultural stories and this authority is inherited from the custodians of this knowledge. The ownership of certain stories is held within certain skin groups who transmit the ownership from one generation to the next. Creation law is at the heart of this art .The law is set out in the dreaming. The dreaming identifies the traditional Aborigines and how they are connected to their land. The style and character of the Aboriginal art is regional. Different linguistic groups approach the art in unique ways. The contemporary art of the Aborigines can be easily identified with the community which created it.

Below are the aboriginal symbols with meanings.

Aborigine artists originally relied on local materials for coloring. They used iron clay or ocher to produce white, yellow and red. They relied on charcoal to get the black color. These four colors were the basis of the paintings made during the modern desert art that started in 1971.The manner in which the colors are chosen continued to identify the styles used by the different communities. For instance, the Western Desert people used strong primary colors while the Papunya Tula preferred the soft earth colors. One unique feature about the Aboriginal art is the aerial views. These allow the imagination of the artists to hover across the country observing metaphysical markings as well as the naturalistic features of the landscapes. The aerial views therefore enable the artists to draw dream tracks laid down by the ancestors during the creation time.

The Aboriginal art is a source of income to many of the remote communities. It has also helped to strengthen the cultural values of the society by reinforcing the traditional values. The art has found its way to be represented both in ethnographic and contemporary art collections. Symbolic abstraction used by the artists has enabled the art to find its way into the modern art world.Indigenous art movements were the backbone to the emergency and development of the Aborigine art to where it is today. Contrary to the western artists who go for formal training on painting, the Aborigines develop their work in art centers and community groups.

The development of the art has not been smooth all the way. There has been a variety of issues undermining its development. With the growth of the private market for the art, the artists were sometimes frustrated when buyers failed to pay prices that reflected the value of their work. Some of the buyers did not take keen interest in understanding the story behind the painting. Exploitation was also a major concern for the art. Some people came with offers to give the artists a car for every quality 10-15 paintings. However, when the car arrived, the artists were disappointed to discover that the car had flat tires, no fuel, no jack nor spares. Famous artists were pursued while sick artists were exploited. The Aborigine art has however remained one of the most significant arts in the world.