PAPUNYA TULA 50years
PAPUNYA TULA
fifty years
6 July - 12 August 2021 Sun Valley USA
Ningura Napurrula
George Tjungurrayi
Makinti Napanangka
Ray James Tjangala
Ngoia Napaltjarri
Joseph Jurra Tjapaltjarri
Debra Nakamarra
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
Johnny Yungut Tjupurrula
Aubrey Tjangala
50 years Since spearheading the birth of the Western Desert Art Movement in 1971, Papunya Tula Artists has swept all before it. Growing, evolving, and at times reinventing itself, the Company has continually broken new ground on its journey, constantly reaching out to new audiences across the globe. From tiny desert settlements hundreds of miles west of Australia’s most remote city Alice Springs, a fifty year creative outpouring has now established itself as an international brand, and works by the artist owned Company now hang in some of the most prestigious institutions of the great art capitals of the world. The Company’s founding artists and shareholders were senior men, many in their sixties, seventies and even eighties. As time progressed it’s become their wives, sons and daughters who have risen up and accepted the responsibility of maintaining the Company’s profile. It’s now their turn at interpreting their ancient stories and transforming them through modern materials onto a two dimensional surface. From songs, dances and oral histories their ancestral beliefs and cultural practices come to life through bursts of colour and pulsating lines. Innovative ways of visually communicating thousands of years of a rich cultural heritage continue to emerge. These artworks will remain as a permanent record, not only of one of the world’s great art movements, but also the lives of an extraordinary and unique community of people. On the eve of it’s 50th anniversary, Papunya Tula Artists take great pleasure in once again exhibiting with Harvey Art Projects, a partnership that now spans more than a decade. During this time we have presented some of our most important US exhibitions, including the landmark 2009 New York show ‘We Are Here Sharing Our Dreaming’, and the 2015 Aspen Colorado show ‘Indigenous Paintings From Australia’s Western Desert’. 2021 – 22 marks a momentous milestone for the Company and its history. A milestone worthy of great celebration and of great exhibitions. We welcome you to ‘Papunya Tula - 50 years’.
Paul Sweeney
1. GEORGE TJUNGURRAYI | Untitled 2020, 36” x 36” acrylic on linen GT2005009
2. RAY JAMES TJANGALA | Untitled 2017, 60” x 48” acrylic on linen RJ1712039
3. NINGURA NAPURRULA| Untitled 2009, 60” x 48” acrylic on linen NN0908067
4. DEBRA NAKAMARRA | Untitled 2020, 60” x 48” acrylic on linen DN2008021
5. DEBRA NAKAMARRA| Untitled 2021 48” x 42” acrylic on linen DN2103071
6. TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI | Untitled 2007, 36” x 36” acrylic on linen TN0712021
7. DEBRA NAKAMARRA | Untitled 2021, 36” x 36” acrylic on linen DN2103085
8. NGOIA NAPALTJARRI | Untitled 2020, 36” x 24” acrylic on linen NN2009049
9. NANYUMA NAPANGATI | Untitled 2020, 36” x 24” acrylic on linen NN2008053
10. TJUNKIYA NAPALTJARRI | Untitled 2008, 36” x 24” acrylic on linen TN0806052
11. AUBREY TJANGALA | Untitled 2020, 36” x 24” acrylic on linen AT200906
12. MAKINTI NAPANANGKA | Untitled 2009, 48” x 24” acrylic on linen MN0902080
13. RONNIE TJAMPITJINPA | Untitled 2013, 36” x 18” acrylic on linen RT1304035
14. JOSEPH JURRA TJAPALTJARRI | Untitled 2019, 36” x 18” acrylic on linen JJ1910065
15. JOHNNY YUNGUT TJUPURRULA | Untitled 2012, 36” x 18” acrylic on linen JY121065
16. NGOIA NAPALTJARRI | Untitled 2020 36” x 36” acrylic on linen NN2011018
PAPUNYA TULA ARTISTS fifty years 1971 - 2021
Sun Valley USA 2021