when was the first aboriginal dot art made
Indigenous Australian art
painting for a lemon ( car ) : `` Artists have come to me and pulled out photos of cars with mobile phone numbers on the back . They 're asked to paint 10 - 15 canvasses in exchange for a car . When the ' Toyotas ' materialise , they often arrive with a flat tyre , no spares , no jack , no fuel . '' ( Coslovich 2003 ) preying on a sick artist : `` Even coming to town for medical treatment , such as dialysis , can make an artist easy prey for dealers wanting to make a quick profit who congregate in Alice Springs '' ( op. cit . ) pursuing a famous artist : `` The late ( great ) Emily Kngwarreye ... was relentlessly pursued by carpetbaggers towards the end of her career and produced a large but inconsistent body of work . '' According to Sotheby 's `` We take about one in every 20 paintings of hers , and with those we look for provenance we can be 100 % sure of . '' ( op. cit . )
painting for a lemon ( car ) : `` Artists have come to me and pulled out photos of cars with mobile phone numbers on the back . They 're asked to paint 10 - 15 canvasses in exchange for a car . When the ' Toyotas ' materialise , they often arrive with a flat tyre , no spares , no jack , no fuel . '' ( Coslovich 2003 ) preying on a sick artist : `` Even coming to town for medical treatment , such as dialysis , can make an artist easy prey for dealers wanting to make a quick profit who congregate in Alice Springs '' ( op. cit . ) pursuing a famous artist : `` The late ( great ) Emily Kngwarreye ... was relentlessly pursued by carpetbaggers towards the end of her career and produced a large but inconsistent body of work . '' According to Sotheby 's `` We take about one in every 20 paintings of hers , and with those we look for provenance we can be 100 % sure of . '' ( op. cit . )