Art Museum

An unexpected but necessary stop from the downpour of rain, art museums have always interested me in some way. Every art museum is unique and different from country to country. This Australian art museum was not any different from the above statement. Aboriginal art was very unique and interesting to see for the first time in person. These pieces of artwork were very different from other artwork I have seen. Aboriginal art is very much a family centered and tells a story in the painting. There are many images with hands and animals to represent their connection with them. Many of the pieces are made on bark which was what they had during their time. Natural colours were used on each piece. Dark colours were the main source with borders to show a painting type format. Each painting would show the individualism of each member, but not show too much because a member of the group was one with the whole group. Many of the paintings done by the aboriginal people reminded me of piece of Native American art I have seen at different art museums in Chicago. But I never related the two races/ethnicities together before. Many of the other paintings at the museum were done by males, but depicted females. Some of the paintings also feature nature in different lights: helpful, beautiful, and useful with what it can give us. More of the modern art had brighter colours and are more abstract with the thought of what is being expressed. Different shades of colours also prompt the thought of accidents that helped change the views on different items.