Australian art
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Australian art encompasses visual arts created in or about Australia, spanning tens of thousands of years of Indigenous rock paintings, bark art, and ceremonial objects through to contemporary work.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art—including dot paintings, dreamtime narratives, and cross-hatching techniques—represents one of the world's oldest continuous artistic traditions.
European-influenced Australian art developed from colonial landscapes through the Heidelberg School's impressionist bushscapes to modernist and contemporary movements.
The term covers painting, sculpture, photography, and installation work engaging with Australian identity, landscape, and Indigenous heritage.
- dot paintingArt using small circles
- portraitureArt of depicting people
- songlinesAboriginal sung navigation routes
- desert landscapesDry, sparse natural scenery
- street artIllicit public murals
urban murals · rock carvings · multimedia installations · botanical illustrations · performance art · aerial photography · digital art · early photography · sand art · weaving · totems · political commentary · feminist art · abstract expressionism · postmodernism · religious iconography · sculpture · gallery exhibitions
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