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MICK NAMARARI TJAPALTJARRI
TITLE: Tingari Cycle
SIZE: 55cm X 70cm
MEDIUM: synthetic polymer paint on canvas
YEAR PRODUCED: c.1984
PROVENANCE: The work present in this exhibition is an eloquent example of early, traditional Papunya dot painting by one of the key figures of the original group that sparked the beginning of Contemporary Aboriginal Art. The painting has been exhibited at the Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore and at Corbally Stourton Contemporary Art, London.1
1 Corbally Stourton P 1996 Songlines and Dreamings Lund Humphries London p.113 pl.118.
The Tingari cycle refers to a journey undertaken by a group of creation ancestors in the time of the Tjukurrpa. Their paths, their important sites and their activities cover a huge area stretching from Pintupi country (around the Papunya region), to the Great Sandy and Tanami deserts (close to Balgo Hills)1. They are known for having brought law and culture to the world, and when their lives ended, they were to take both human and animal forms. The importance of the Tingari cycle in Aboriginal culture is evident in the many paintings that represent sites and episodes associated with these ancestors.
1McCulloch, S. Contemporary Aboriginal Art, a guide to the rebirth of a culture pp.76-77
This work is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity issued by Aboriginal Works that guarantees the authenticity of the painting.
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