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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 268155, member: 2844&quot;]That is also the sign of a living culture. A living culture evolves, sometimes slowly, sometimes fast, depending on circumstances.</p><p><br /></p><p>A friend got very upset when I gave him a small early 70s Australian Aboriginal barkpainting, because it was made using modern dyes (but in traditional colours). The barkpainting had the official Yirrkala seal of approval and information on and by the artist, which was good enough for me. </p><p>But he wanted time to stand still for these people, and have them make natural dyes the old, time consuming way. Which would have included travelling on foot for weeks to specific mountain ranges to collect specific ochres. I thought, give those people a break, and let them express themselves in the way they prefer, instead of having to answer to some 19th century European notion of what ethnographic art should be.</p><p>This same friend loved Native American glass beadwork, by the way, which of course wasn&#039;t around in pre-contact days.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like that too. I have a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and syncretic/philosophical background, and have always been attracted to art that is a harmonious mix of different cultural influences. It&#039;s the way many cultures and styles have evolved naturally for thousands of years through trade routes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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