Tingari at Patjantjanya - John Tjapaltjarri
Tingari at Patjantjanya - John Tjapaltjarri
Acrylic on Canvas 1992
60 x 36 inches.
The rock hole site of Patjantjanya, south-west of Lake MacDonald, is represented in this painting. In mythological times the Tingari Men travelled to this site before continuing their travels north east to Kintore. Events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature therefore no further detail was given.
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.
John Tjapaltjarri was born at Patjantjanya in the Lake MacDonald region, circa 1941. He commenced painting in 1976.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1988 Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
1993 Gallerie Australis, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
1995 Susquehanna art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
2017 ‘Tjungunutja – From Having Come Together’, Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory,
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2019 ‘Tjungunutja – From Having Come Together’, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory,
Australia.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Johnson. V. Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert, A Biographical Dictionary, Craftsman House, New South
Wales, 1994.
Songs of the Earth, Aborigianl Art of Australia, exhibition catalogue, Susquehanna Art Museum, 1995.
Nangara, exhibition catalogue, The Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, Melbourne, 1996.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Johnson, V. 'Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists', I.A.D. Press, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, 2008.
