Charmaine Pwerle

Awelye

5
votes

vote
Awelye
© 2011 Central Art - Aboriginal Art Store
Awelye

Charmaine Pwerle

Awelye

Central Art Aboriginal Art Store
Code: 11102398
Medium: Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Size: 90x62cm
Year: 2011
Price: $

With the use of Aboriginal iconography this beautiful illustrated artwork depicts various ceremonial places and travelling lines, which are left imprinted in the sand by the women.


The small circles represent the ceremonial places, where the women gathered and performed dance cycles and song lines. The U shaped motifs with lines across represent body paint designs, which are smeared using ochres, onto certain parts of the upper body and thighs. This is an important ritual for women's ceremonies.


The long lines depicted represent dance tracks left imprinted in the sand. Awelye aboriginal dictionary button is an imported process for the women from Utopia aboriginal dictionary button, in particular Atnwengerrp country.


If you would like to know more about Awelye and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles, or view video footage of Aboriginal Women applying body paint design:

The Art Lover's Vote
Vote for this artwork and share it with other Aboriginal art devotees!

5
votes

vote

 

 

Further Research

Most Popular Art
All Time
This Month
This Week
Artist Slideshows
481 artists
Exhibition Slideshows
2 exhibitions
Artist Galleries
481 artists
Most Recent Art
Top 200 Artists
Search
Signup Now

Proud member of the Indigenous Art Code

As a signatory to the Indigenous Art Code we are committed to ethical and transparent business dealings with Indigenous visual artists and abide by the standards set out in the Code.