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Warlimpirringa TJAPALTJARRI
George TJUGURRAYI
Ronnie TJAMPITJINPA
Warlimpirringa TJAPALTJARRI
A Collection of Works
George Tjungurrayi, Ronnie Tjampitjinpa & Warlimpirringa Tjapaltjarri
The ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to
welcome back the beautiful works from
Australia’s foremost Aboriginal owned art
centre, Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd. This
exhibition will represent the 10th annual
showing in Singapore of the stunning work
by the desert masters.
Location
ReDot Fine Art Gallery
39 Keppel Road
Gallery 9 Unit #01-05
This year’s show, simply titled after the 3 men
showing George Tjungurrayi, Ronnie Tjampitjinpa & Warlimpirringa Tjapaltjarri (A Collection of
Works), brings together the finest body of works
amassed for many a year from the company’s
most senior law-men, linked by the culture and
myths of their joint custodial stories.
The three artists have a strong link to their
country and their works have become synonymous with the beautiful landscapes of the areas
around both Kintore and Kiwirrkurra, the two
spiritual painting homes of the artists of PapuExhibition launch nya Tula. Ronnie has been involved in the PaWednesday 23 October punya Tula Movement from the very origins in
and closes Saturday 30 November 2013 1971 and was celebrated in the recent Tjukurrtjanu Board shows at both the National Gallery
of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne and the Musée
Du Quai Branly in Paris and both George and
Warlimpirringa, whom had first white contact
in the mid-1980’s in what has become known
as the famous last first contact experience, have
carved equally impressive careers over the 40 or
so years the company has now been in operation.
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These artists, together with other Pintupi men
and women, are the custodians of important
sacred sites relating to the Tingari Song Cycle
and the works epitomise this highly recognised execution method. The Tingari people
were a group of ancestral beings who travelled
over vast areas of the Western Desert, performing rituals and creating or “opening up” the
country. They were usually accompanied by
recently-initiated novices to whom they provided ceremonial instruction relating to the
cultural law of the region.
At the many sites that make up these songlines,
groups of Tingari people held ceremonies, experienced adversity and had adventures, in the
course of which they either created or became
the physical features of the sites involved. The
oral narratives that describe these adventures
stretch to thousands of verses, and provide
countless topographical details that would assist nomadic bands to navigate and survive in
the arid landscape.
See the work of some of Australia’s most celebrated Aboriginal mens and learn more about
their ancestral stories. The roundels, lines and
interlocking designs embedded in their paintings tell you of these ancient rituals. Soft natural colours, bold secretive brush movements
and traditional iconography all act to preserve
the sacred and important stories of Australia’s
Western Desert Art movement.
The exhibition opened on the 23rd October
and runs till Saturday 30th November 2013. It
is a must see for anyone interested in following
the development of Papunya Tula Artists, one
of the Aboriginal art movements most important art centres.
Ronnie TJAMPITJINPA
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