CHARLIE TJAPANGATI - TINGARI CYCLE
CHARLIE TJAPANGATI
TINGARI CYCLE, 1988
120 x 120cm
synthetic polymer paint on linen
REGION
Papunya Western Desert, NT
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists, N.T
CAAMA Shop, Alice Springs, NT
Austral Gallery, USA
Cooee Art Leven, NSW
Accompanied by a Papunya Tula Artists certificate CT8807156
STORY
The Tingari Cycle is a secret song cycle sacred to initiated men. The Tingari are Dreamtime Beings who travelled across the landscape performing ceremonies to create and shape the country associated with Dreaming sites.
The Tingari ancestors gathered at these sites for Maliera (initiation) ceremonies. The sites take the form of, and are located at, significant rockholes, sand hills, sacred mountains and water soakages in the western desert.
Tingari may be poetically interpreted as song-line paintings relating to the songs (of the people) and creation stories (of places) in Pintupi mythology.
ARTIST PROFILE
