Title
Tingari sites around Kiwirrkura
2015
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Kiwirrkurra
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East Gibson Desert
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Western Australia
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Australia
- Cultural origin
- Pintupi, Western Desert region
- Date
- 2015
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 183.0 x 153.0 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Wendy Barron Bequest Fund 2016
- Location
- Naala Badu, ground level, Yiribana Gallery
- Accession number
- 54.2016
- Copyright
- © Bobby West Tjupurrula. Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
- Artist information
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Bobby West Tjupurrula
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About
The art centre documentation for this work states: This painting depicts a series of important ceremonial sites in the area around Kiwirrkura and along the southern side of Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay). These sites include Ngamurru, Tingaritjarra, Tjutalpi, Wilkinkarra, Tarkul and Malparringya. All these sites have a water source either in the form of a rockhole or soakage. This painting is essentially a Tingari map of the mentioned sites and dominant land features in the area. All these sites were visited by the Tingari people who moved through the area after travelling from the west. Generally the Tingari are a group of mythical characters of the Dreaming who 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 youth today as well as providing explanations for contemporary customs.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Sentient lands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Jun 2016–08 Oct 2017
Sentient lands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 Jan 2017–08 Oct 2017
The Purple House, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Sep 2021–27 Feb 2022