PIRRMANGKA NAPANANGKA - TJINTJINTJIN

 PIRRMANGKA NAPANANGKA
TJINTJINTJIN,  1999
122 x 91 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
 
PROVENANCE
Western Desert, NT
Papunya Tula Artists, NT Cat No. PN9910242Vivien Anderson Gallery, VicPrivate Collection, Vic 
 
STORY
Pirrmangka Napanangka was born at Tjintjintjin to the north-west of Lake Mackay. She was the daughter of Tutuma Tjapangati and Inyuwa Nampitjin, both recognised artists working for Papunya Tula Artists. Napanangka started painting during the Haasts Bluff - Kintore painting project in 1994 and often painted alongside her sister, Walangkura Napanangka.This painting depicts designs relating to the site of Tjintjintjin, west of Kintore community. There is a series of rockholes at this site and an underground cave. In ancestral times, an old lady travelled to Tjintjintjin from Malparinga, north-west of the Kintore community. She also visited the soakage water sites of Ngatanga and Yaranga, which are all west of Mantati Outstation. She then travelled further east to Muruntji, south-west of Mt Liebig. At Muruntji she was accosted by one of a group of boys. She chased them and caught all but the culprit, who managed to escape. She killed the others and cooked them in the fire. She then travelled to Kaltarra where she entered the earth.