WALALA TJAPALTJARRI - TINGARI II
WALALA TJAPALTJARRI
TINGARI II, 1999
130 x 61 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
REGION
Papunya Western Desert, NT
PROVENANCE
Gallery Gondwana, Northern Territory
Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane
Lowensteins Art Collection, VIC
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.
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