Title
Tingari fire dreaming at Wilkinkarra
2008
Artist
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
Australia
circa 1942 – 20 Jun 2023
Language group: Pintupi, Western Desert region
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Walungurru (Kintore)
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Cultural origin
- Pintupi, Walungurru (Kintore), Western Desert region
- Date
- 2008
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer paint on linen
- Dimensions
- 244.0 x 181.4 x 2.4 cm stretcher
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Wendy Barron Bequest Fund 2014
- Location
- North Building, ground level, Yiribana Gallery
- Accession number
- 612.2014
- Copyright
- © Ronnie Tjampitjinpa. Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
- Artist information
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Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
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About
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa was born at Muyinnga, deep in Pintupi country and after spending some time in Yuendumu with his brother Smithy Zimran Tjampitjinpa moved to the new settlement of Papunya. In 1971 Tjampitjinpa began drawing on paper and in 1972 was a founding member of Papunya Tula Artists. He worked under the tutelage of his uncle Uta Uta Tjangala.
Tjampitjinpa was a strong advocate for the outstation movement and was central to the establishment of Walungurru/Kintore in 1981. In 1983 he moved his family to his own outstation at Ininti/Redbank. While living back on his country, Tjampitjinpa painted more regularly and by the late 1990s he was one of Papunya Tula Artists leading artists recognised for his bold graphic canvases and preference for elegant line-work devoid of dots.
Tjampitjinpa's work focuses on the actions of the Tingari and over his practice he offered constant innovation in his modes of representationi. 'Tingari fire dreaming at Wilkinkarra' 2008 is a landmark work by Tjampitjinpa that centres on the actions of the Tingari at the vast salt lake of Wilkinkarra/Lake Mackay.
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Places
Where the work was made
Walungurru (Kintore)
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Apr 2015–01 Nov 2015
Yiribana Gallery: opening collection display, Art Gallery of New South Wales, North Building, Sydney, 03 Dec 2022–29 May 2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Cara Pinchbeck, Look, 'Longing for home', pg. 29-31, Sydney, May 2015, 30, 31 (colour illus.).
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