Artist: Nyilyari Tjapangarti | Title: Tingari Story | Year: 2002 | Medium: synthetic polymer paint on linen | Dimensions: 93 x 64 cm
PROVENANCE
Ngintaka Arts, N.T Cat No. KA1001/02
Kimberley Australian Aboriginal Art Cat No. KA 0050
Accompanied by a photo of the artist with the painting.
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
BIOGRAPHY
Born into a family of esteemed artists, Nyilyari Tjapangati is the son of the renowned Papunya Tula artist Pinta Pinta Tjapanangka and the younger brother of Matthew Tjapangati.
Nyilyari began painting regularly in 2004, although his initial forays into art date back to around 1999 when he completed his first works for Papunya Tula Artists. He predominantly paints the sites surrounding Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDonald), extending westward to Mt. Webb and Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay).
His work has been displayed in group exhibitions at the National Gallery of Australia and the Araluen Art Centre in Alice Springs.
REFERENCES
Papunya Tula Artists. (2023). Artist Profiles: Nyilyari Tjapangati.
Kate Owen Gallery. (n.d.). Nyilyari Tjapangati.
PROVENANCE
Ngintaka Arts, N.T Cat No. KA1001/02
Kimberley Australian Aboriginal Art Cat No. KA 0050
Accompanied by a photo of the artist with the painting.
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
BIOGRAPHY
Born into a family of esteemed artists, Nyilyari Tjapangati is the son of the renowned Papunya Tula artist Pinta Pinta Tjapanangka and the younger brother of Matthew Tjapangati.
Nyilyari began painting regularly in 2004, although his initial forays into art date back to around 1999 when he completed his first works for Papunya Tula Artists. He predominantly paints the sites surrounding Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDonald), extending westward to Mt. Webb and Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay).
His work has been displayed in group exhibitions at the National Gallery of Australia and the Araluen Art Centre in Alice Springs.
REFERENCES
Papunya Tula Artists. (2023). Artist Profiles: Nyilyari Tjapangati.
Kate Owen Gallery. (n.d.). Nyilyari Tjapangati.