Aboriginal Art Metal Dogs

CODE: 23-08
Prices listed in $AUD (inc GST)

Enjoy your very own piece of original, hand painted artwork. Freestanding, each one of these metal dogs, represents a real animal from the Yuendumu region and are made in collaboration with the Alice Springs prison. They are handpainted with love by artists at Warlukurlangu.

Metal dog original artworks help support the community based social programs, keeping animals and people in Yuendumu healthy, safe and happy.

Metal dogs are hand painted on both sides.
Refer images to view both sides.

Each dog comes with a card which talks about the program and art centre.
Colour and textures may vary from images depending on your screen.
Approximate size (varies between dogs): 19cm width. 11/12cm height.

Dogs in Warlpiri are called ‘Jarntu’ or ‘maliki’ . Families in Yuendumu tend to own many dogs. They are good ‘marlpa’ (company). Many people think of their dogs as ‘warlalja’ (family). Dogs in Yuendumu like to follow their owners around whenever they can.

Category: Coming Soon, Painting, Warlukurlangu

Artworks direct from the Art Centre

These beautiful artworks are sourced from Warlukurlangu Artists, one of the longest running and most successful Aboriginal owned art-centres in Central Australia.

All artworks are consigned for sale and come certified by the Art centre so you can feel confident in the artwork provenance and that you have ethically purchased an incredible artwork.

Warlukurlangu Artists

Established in 1985 Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation is a not-for-profit organisation that is 100% Aboriginal-owned by its artists from the remote desert communities of Yuendumu and Nyirripi in Central Australia.

Warlukurlangu Artists is famous for its gloriously colourful acrylic paintings and limited edition prints. The art centre has a national and international profile and its art has been featured in hundreds of exhibitions and publications in Australia and around the world. Warlukurlangu means ‘belonging to fire’ in the local language, Warlpiri, and is named for a fire dreaming site west of Yuendumu.

Alperstein Designs are proud to be members of The Indigenous Art Code and the Aboriginal Art Association of Australia.

The Indigenous Art Code is a system to preserve and promote ethical trading in Indigenous Art. The purpose of the Code is to establish standard dealings between Dealers and Artists to ensure: (a) fair and ethical trade in Artwork; (b) transparency in the process of promotion and sale of Artwork; and (c) that disputes arising under the Code are dealt with efficiently and fairly.

The Aboriginal Art Association of Australia serves and represents artists, individuals and organisations that produce, promote, protect or support Aboriginal Art and the cultures that create and nurture that art.