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Womens Dreaming

Womens Dreaming
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This artwork comes with a certified formal valuation for the said amount by a N.C.J.V (Fine Arts) Specialist Valuer, who is approved to provide formal valuation certification for Australian painting, drawing, prints, sculpture after 1880; Photography after 1900; Indigenous art for the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program http://www.arts.gov.au/tax_incentives/cgp.
 
The painting shows Women’s Dreaming ceremony and hairskirts. Katjara is from Tjukurla and is the mother of Kim Butler, a distinguished artist. The striking lines that often feature in her paintings depict the swirling hair skirts worn by women who would perform at certain sites. These skirts are created using a spindle made out of two sticks.

Her paintings typically consist of rhythmic and repetitive lines that vary in size and density, which creates a textured appearance.  Katjara’s palette usually consists of contrasting soft and bold colours, often in orange, yellow, brown, white, and occasionally red.  Katjara usually depicts the women dreaming stories. 
 
Awelye (Awely and Alywarr) is performed at Aboriginal women's ceremonies  to recall their ancestors, to show respect for their country and to demonstrate their responsibility for the wellbeing of their community. This spiritual and meditative performance reflects the nurturing role of women in Aboriginal society, where Awelye makes connections with the fertility of the land and a celebration of the aboriginal food it provides. It is women's business and is never done in the presence of men.
 
The ceremony starts with the women wearing hair skirts, painting each others' bodies in designs relating to a particular women's Dreaming and in accordance with their skin name and tribal hierarchy, applied on the chest and shoulders using powders ground from ochre, charcoal and ash with a flat stick with padding or with fingers in raw linear and curved lines. This is a meditative and sensual experience where the ceremony transforms the individual and changes their identity.
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Katjara Butler
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Artwork
Created Year: 2005
Medium: Acrylic (Synthetic Polymer)
Genre: Aboriginal
Size: 215 × 90cm
Investment Grade: Speculative
Colour Palette: Neutrals
Catalogue: ABKB51RC
Certified Valuation
$2,000.00
Sale Price
$2,500.00