Artist: John John Bennett | Title: Tingari Travels | Year: | Medium: synthetic polymer paint on linen | Dimensions: 91 x 61cm
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Cat No. JJ0111011
ARTWORK STORY
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 associated with Dreaming sites.
The Tingari ancestors 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.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Kintore, NT
LANGUAGE
Pintupi
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Cat No. JJ0111011
ARTWORK STORY
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 associated with Dreaming sites.
The Tingari ancestors 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.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Kintore, NT
LANGUAGE
Pintupi