Tingari at Karrkurruntjintjana, 1994

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

136 x 91 cm

$8,000

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Provenance: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT, Cat No. YY940120 Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, Melbourne, Vic, Cat No. 3290 Hank Ebes Collection, Vic Accompanied by a certificate booklet from Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings
Artwork story: Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi was born west of Lake Macdonald and walked into Papunya in 1962 with his wife Ningura Napurrula and their injured son Mawitji. As one of the inventors of the ‘Tingari’ painting style, Yala Yala became one of the six artists who received a government allowance to paint full time in the very first years of the painting movement. During this time, his distinctive line drawings helped point Bardon towards some comprehension of the hieroglyphic-like language that underscored the Dreaming stories. The Tingari Cycle is a secret song cycle sacred to initiated men. The Tingari are Dreamtime beings who travelled across the landscape performing ceremonies to create and shape the country. They gathered at these sites for Maliera (initiation) ceremonies. The sites take the form of, and are located at, significant rockholes, sand hills, sacred mountains and water soakages in the Western Desert. Tingari may be poetically interpreted as song-line paintings relating to the songs of the people and creation stories of places in Pintupi mythology.

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c.1925 – 1998

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

136 x 91 cm

$8,000

Secure payment via Stripe. Prices in AUD.

Provenance: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT, Cat No. YY940120 Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, Melbourne, Vic, Cat No. 3290 Hank Ebes Collection, Vic Accompanied by a certificate booklet from Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings
Artwork story: Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi was born west of Lake Macdonald and walked into Papunya in 1962 with his wife Ningura Napurrula and their injured son Mawitji. As one of the inventors of the ‘Tingari’ painting style, Yala Yala became one of the six artists who received a government allowance to paint full time in the very first years of the painting movement. During this time, his distinctive line drawings helped point Bardon towards some comprehension of the hieroglyphic-like language that underscored the Dreaming stories. The Tingari Cycle is a secret song cycle sacred to initiated men. The Tingari are Dreamtime beings who travelled across the landscape performing ceremonies to create and shape the country. They gathered at these sites for Maliera (initiation) ceremonies. The sites take the form of, and are located at, significant rockholes, sand hills, sacred mountains and water soakages in the Western Desert. Tingari may be poetically interpreted as song-line paintings relating to the songs of the people and creation stories of places in Pintupi mythology.