Click to enlargec.1943 – 2023
- Region
- Western Desert
- Community
- Kintore (Walungurru)
- Language group
- Pintupi
Tingari, 1999
synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
168 x 46 cm
$8,000
- Provenance
- Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT, Cat No. RT9911140 Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, Qld, Cat No. FW3556 Private Collection NSW
- Exhibited
- Earth. Fire. Water - Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, May 2015 Black Art White Walls – The Anne and Adrian Newstead Collection (Australian regional gallery tour): Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Wahroonga NSW, 23 January – 30 March 2014 Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, Wagga Wagga NSW, 7 April – 12 June 2014 Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong Vic, 4 September – 8 October 2014 Moree Plains Gallery, Moree NSW, 1 December 2014 – 29 January 2015 Manning Regional Gallery, Taree NSW, 30 January – 15 March 2015 Burrinja Regional Gallery, Upwey Vic, 4 July – 28 September 2015 Brunswick Regional Gallery, Brunswick Vic, 16 October – 8 November 2015 Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra Qld, 20 January – 28 February 2016 O Tempo dos Sonhos – The Time of Dreaming (Arte Aborígene Contemporânea da Austrália), Caixa Cultural Foundation & Casa Fiat de Cultura, touring 2018 – 2024: Brazil: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza, Curitiba, Brasília, Salvador, Recife, Uberlândia Argentina: Buenos Aires, Córdoba Uruguay: Montevideo
- Artwork story
- This painting depicts body paint designs worn during Tingari Ceremonies associated with the rockhole and soakage water site of Tarkulnga, north of Mt. Webb in Western Australia. In mythological times a large group of Tingari Men camped at this site before travelling east to Pinari. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature to those who are not initiated, no further detail was given. The Tingari Men travelled over vast stretches of the country, performing rituals and creating and shaping particular sites. The Tingari Men were usually followed by Tingari Women and accompanied by novices and their travels and adventures are enshrined in a number of song cycles. These mythologies form part of the teachings of the post initiatory youths today as well as providing explanations for contemporary customs.