Title
Kangaroo dreaming
1971-1972
Artist
Kaapa Tjampitjinpa
Australia
circa 1920 – 1989
Language groups: Anmatyerr, Central Desert region, Warlpiri, Central Desert region, Arrernte, Central Desert region
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Papunya
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- 1971-1972
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer paint on artist board
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 20.0 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Donated through the Australian Governments cultural gifts program by Elizabeth Ritson and Michael Kerin Morgan AO 2022
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 93.2022
- Copyright
- © Estate of Kaapa Tjampitjinpa. Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
- Artist information
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Kaapa Tjampitjinpa
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About
Kaapa Tjampitjinpa is among the most instrumental artists of the early Papunya Tula art movement. He was the principal painter of the Papunya School murals and was the first chairman of Papunya Tula Artists when it was established in 1972. Prior to this he made and sold artworks independently in Papunya, NT.
By the mid-1970s Tjampitjinpa had mastered a layering technique with a defined background and middle ground overlaid with more graphic elements within the foreground. His earlier works are dominated by symmetry, with simple graphic elements arranged tightly within the composition, as is evident in this commanding work.
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Places
Where the work was made
Papunya