CHARLIE TJARARU TJUNGURRAYI - TJITUTULNGA
CHARLIE TJARARU TJUNGURRAYI
TJITUTULNGA, 1984
121 x 76 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
REGION
Papunya Western Desert, NT
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists, NT, Cat No. CT840825
Joel Fine Art, Important Aboriginal Art, Lot 145, Melbourne, June 2007
Private Collection, Vic
Cooee Art Leven, NSW
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists
STORY
Charlie Tawara (Tararu) was a founding member of Papunya Tula and became an important spokesman for the Pintupi due to his strong command of English. He was noted as having been an adventurous and energetic man, and despite a number of white people in the settlement characterising him as difficult, Bardon found him to be accessible and loyal. His versatility with language and European customs enabled him to guide and explain, on both sides of the cultural divide. He was the eldest of the many Tjungurrayi skin ‘brothers’ that included Kingsley, Shorty Lungkata, and Yala Yala as well as Don, George, Willy, Two Bob, and Yumpululu who would follow these artists into painting.
This painting is sold with an accompanying certificate from Papunya Tula Artists that reads 'the site depicted in this painting is tjitutulnga to the West of the Kintore community. This place is associated with the ninu (a small marsupial) Dreaming. There is a man and his two wives living at this site. The circles represent places in the hills where the ninu enter.'
ARTIST PROFILE
