Corroboree Exports - Australian aboriginal art


7 Peera Street, Hallett Cove, Adelaide, South Australia 5158. Ph 6188-381-7548: Fax: 6188-381-7548

Welcome to Corroboree Export's Australian Aboriginal Art Galleries.Artists paintings from Papunya, Yuendumu, Haasts Bluff, Mt Liebig and from the Gibson Desert including Tjukurla, Kintore, Kiwirrkura, Jupiter Wells and beyond are featured. The majority of paintings on-site are from Western and Northern desert artists from Central Alice Springs

Dennis Longstaff, General Manager of CORROBOREE EXPORTS based in Adelaide, has been involved with Aboriginal people since 1971 and extensively with the people their culture and art since 1990. Dennis worked over a 6 year period, building homes for aboriginal people in the Anagu Pitjanjatjara Homelands which included Oldea, Oak Valley in the Maralinga lands and as far north as Mutitjula,art centres at Ulura, Amata, Ernabella, Kaltjiti , Pipalyatjara, Kalka and the Docker River country along the WA border, all the while developing a deep understanding and respect for aboriginal people and culture. During this time, he established relationships directly with artists and in 1996, the first of three self funded consecutive marketing trips were made to the United States for the promotion of Aboriginal Art and Crafts. Dennis has subsequently represented artists in Denmark and Germany.

In 2002, an invitation to join Art.Trade was accepted by Dennis, as he believes their code of ethics, policies and goals to improve the lives of underprivileged and remote aboriginal groups to be in line with his own policies. In 2004 Dennis was given the skin name of TJAKAMARRA from Betsy Lewis Napangardi. Purchase with confidence as Corroboree Exports is a signatory to the Australian Indigenous Code of Conduct.

Artworks from CORROBOREE EXPORTS are to be found in the collections of major institutions, private and corporate collections nationally and internationally.

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"We have had to learn your language, now its time you learned ours.
When you look at an Australian Aboriginal painting, you're looking at a visual language developed over
countless generations, its vocabulary derived from sacred objects, rock art, ritual body adornments, and ceremonial ground designs. This art was traditionally used in ceremonial performance, conjoined with song and dance, to reenact creation stories known as Dreamings. The act of ceremonial performance was meant to keep the creative power of first events manifest in the world: to keep the rains falling, the kangaroo increasing in number, and the yam vines flowering in the shade of the Mulga trees. This is the significance of Aboriginal paintings they are, each and every one, an act of storytelling, which renews the world and reaffirms the power of traditional culture."

Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi

Dennis & Cowboy Louis Pwerle

A painting by Paddy Carrol

Email us for available artist's works sizes and prices or if you require a higher resolution photo of a painting.

Australian aboriginal artists paint their interpretations of 'dreamings' which have been passed down through the generations. Their culture is strongly associated with the earth and spirituality. All symbols depicted in their art have specific meanings and interpretations.

We offer you the opportunity of changing the background colouring to replicate a wall or background upon which you may put the painting to demonstrate the vibrance of the colours in the paintings. The paintings are much better when viewed in real life, rather than by digital imaging, which dosen't really do justice to the beauty of these paintings.

We are so confident you will be satisfied with your purchase, that we are happy to offer a 14 day money back guarantee (after receipt of the painting/s) if you are not completely satisfied. Return freight costs are at the purchasers expense and the painting must be received in original condition. We have very few paintings returned but Corroboree Exports prides itself on customer satisfaction. If you're not happy neither are we.

Please make note of the Code of any painting/s you require further details about.

*    All paintings in the Main Galleries come with a photo of the Artist with that painting
*    Authenticity Certificates are included with all paintings
*    All paintings are copyright © 2000 by Corroboree Exports and the respective artist
*    Please enquire if you are interested in paintings of a particular artist.
*    We have been in business since 1989 and online since 1995

We hope you enjoy your time in the Galleries. Don't hesitate to contact us if we can be of service.