EXHIBITION
Lavoir Vasserot, Rue Joseph Quaranta from october 15th to 21st 2026
ART OF DREAM
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal paintings, sculptures and ceramics presented by Céline Emery-Demion (Red Dunes Gallery, Mougins) in her presence
The contemporary Australian Indigenous art movement draws its inspiration from the Dreamtime, complex cosmogony of the first inhabitants of the Australian continent.
For 60,000 years, Aboriginal Nations of Australia have transmitted mythical narratives from the time of creation through songs and dances, body paintings, sand drawings, rock art with symbols that are still represented in contemporary artworks. These ancestral stories take the form of lines, circles and dots, and correspond to a cartographic language linked to the lands where the ancestors travelled or stopped, and to the actions they performed.
Today, with energy and an astonishing modernity, the artists reactivate constantly the inherent memory of their sacred lands, the rightful lands of the First Nations of Australia.
Céline Emery-Demion, a French-Australian collector and gallery owner, created Red Dunes Gallery in 2017 with the aim of promoting and sharing the richness of Australian Indigenous art and culture in France. Céline travels each year across the central Australian desert to visit art centres and meet artists. Each trip is always a moving and enriching exchange.
Red Dunes Gallery is a signatory to the Indigenous Art Code, a code of conduct that guarantees the transparency of the provenance of the artworks and attests to ethical and respectful practices towards the artists and their communities
