Artist: Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula | Title: Untitled | Year: c.1974 | Medium: acrylic on canvas | Dimensions: 60 x 46 cm
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Papunya, NT
LANGUAGE
Pintupi/Warlpiri
BIOGRAPHY
Born at Mintjilpirri, northwest of the Kangaroo Dreaming site of Ilpili soakage Johnny Warangkula recalled his first contact with ‘white fellas’ at just 12 years of age as a frightening experience. Within three years, his family moved into Hermannsburg mission where Johnny went through initiation. After working on roads and airstrips at Hermannsburg and Haasts Bluff, and time spent at Mount Leibig, Yuendumu and Mount Wedge during the 1950s, he moved into Papunya with his first wife, shortly after its establishment. At the time of Geoff Bardon’s arrival in 1971, he was serving on the Papunya Council alongside Mick Namarari…. Continue Reading
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Papunya, NT
LANGUAGE
Pintupi/Warlpiri
BIOGRAPHY
Born at Mintjilpirri, northwest of the Kangaroo Dreaming site of Ilpili soakage Johnny Warangkula recalled his first contact with ‘white fellas’ at just 12 years of age as a frightening experience. Within three years, his family moved into Hermannsburg mission where Johnny went through initiation. After working on roads and airstrips at Hermannsburg and Haasts Bluff, and time spent at Mount Leibig, Yuendumu and Mount Wedge during the 1950s, he moved into Papunya with his first wife, shortly after its establishment. At the time of Geoff Bardon’s arrival in 1971, he was serving on the Papunya Council alongside Mick Namarari…. Continue Reading