SCOTT LIVESEY GALLERIES
ABORIGINAL ART 2011
SCOTT LIVESEY GALLERIES
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Dora Mungkirna Napaltjarri
(born circa 1930)
Ngatijirri, 2008 Warlayirti Artists catalogue number 794/08
Acrylic on canvas 120 x 80 cm
Provenance Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills
Represented National Gallery of Victoria Artbank, Sydney
This painting depicts the Ngatijirri, or budgerigah Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) belonging to Napaltjarri and Nungurrayi women. The Tjukurrpa begins at Lima, east of Balgo in the Tanami Desert and in Warlpiri country. It is here adult budgerigahs lay their eggs in hollow tree trunks. The U shapes show the adult male and female birds near their nest. They travel around and collect lukkarra seeds which they feed to their young once they are born. The Tjukurrpa story tells of these birds eventually changing into people.
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George Tjungurrayi
(born circa 1943)
Mamultjulkulnga, 2000 Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number GT0011136 Painted at Kintore Acrylic on Belgian linen 122 x 61 cm
Provenance Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs
Represented National Gallery of Victoria Art Gallery of New South Wales The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory The Holmes à Court Collection Groninger Museum, The Netherlands University of Virginia, USA Musée National des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie, Paris
This painting depicts designs associated with the claypan site known as Mamultjulkulnga, on the western side of Lake Mackay. The artist’s father passed away at this site. After rain the claypan becomes a freshwater lake. The Wirrlirri Dreaming is associated with this area. This is an edible tuber which can be roasted before being eaten but also supplies a valuable source of moisture as it contains a milky liquid. In mythological times two Tingari Men of the Tjangala and Tjapaltjarri kinship subsections camped at this site. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature no further detail was given. Generally, the Tingari are a group of mythical characters of the Dreaming who travelled over vast stretches of the country, performing rituals and creating and shaping particular sites. The Tingari Men were usually followed by Tingari Women and accompanied by novices and their travels and adventures are enshrined in a number of songs cycles. These mythologies form part of the teachings of the post initiatory youths today as well as providing explanations for contemporary customs.
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BILL Whiskey Tjapaltjarri
(circa 1920-2008)
Rockholes and country near Uluru, 2006 Watiyawanu Artists catalogue number 77-06021 Painted at Mt Liebig Acrylic on Belgian linen 122 x 122 cm
Provenance Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrungu, Mt Liebig Private collection Melbourne
Exhibited Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne, 5-26 July 2006, catalogue number 3
Represented National Gallery of Victoria Art Gallery of South Australia The Kerry Stokes Collection Reg Grundy Collection The Corrigan Collection
Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri, is originally from the Pirupa Akla area. He later moved to an outstation of Amunturrungu where he lived for many years with his wife and children. Whiskey was in his mid 80s when he first began painting for Watiyawanu Artists. He was a traditional man with remarkable energy with a jovial personality and his work has been said to reflect the bright colours in his work. He also practiced as a traditional healer. He gained the nickname Whiskey due to his long white whiskers. This painting depicts the story of the rockholes and country near Pirupa Akla ( the Olgas and Uluru) and the memories of the artist’s journey as a young man to Areyonga and Haasts Bluff.
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Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri
(born circa 1958)
Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay), 2006 Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number WT0602052 Painted at Kiwirrkura Acrylic on Belgian linen 183 x 122 cm
Provenance Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs
Represented National Gallery of Victoria Art Gallery of New South Wales Wilkerson Collection, New York, USA The Kelton Foundation Collection, Santa Monica, USA Musée National des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie, Paris
This painting depicts designs associated with the lake site of Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay). In mythological times a large group of Tingari Men started from this site and travelled in a large circle eventually returning to Lake Mackay. Since events associated with the Tingari cycle are of a secret nature no further detail was given. Generally, the Tingari are a group of mythical characters of the Dreaming who travelled over vast stretches of the country, performing rituals and creating and shaping particular sites. The Tingari Men were usually followed by Tingari Women and accompanied by novices and their travels and adventures are enshrined in a number of song cycles. These mythologies form part of the teachings of the post initiatory youths today as well as providing explanations for the contemporary customs.
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Lucy Yukenbarri Napanangka
(circa 1934-2003)
Untitled, 1999 Warlayirti Artists catalogue number 799/99
Acrylic on canvas 150 x 75 cm
Provenance Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills
Represented National Gallery of Australia National Gallery of Victoria Art Gallery of New South Wales Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs Artbank, Sydney The Holmes Ă Court Collection Parliament House Art Collection Kluge Ruhe Collection, USA Laverty Collection
This painting depicts some features of the country of Lucy’s youth. This is one of the places that Lucy camped and hunted as a young woman with her family, in The Great Sandy Desert, north of Jupiter Well. The central, black circle is Putur, a soakwater, or tjumu, which is known as tjurrnu, or living water, as it always contains good water. The small dot work throughout the painting depicts kantilli, or bush raisins, which are found in abundance during the hot season here. Kantilli can be cooked or eaten raw. The majority of the painting, like the landscape it depicts is dominated by talis, or sand dunes.
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Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
(born circa 1943)
Tjuantjuintja, 2001 Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number RT0110042 Painted at Kintore Acrylic on Belgian linen 183 x 153 cm
Provenance Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs
Represented National Gallery of Australia National Gallery of Victoria Art Gallery of New South Wales Queensland Art Gallery The Holmes à Court Collection Wilkerson Collection, New York, USA Groninger Museum, The Netherlands Musée National des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie, Paris
The rectangular shapes in the centre of this painting show a group of Tingari Men sleeping at the site of Tjuantjuintja, south of Lake MacDonald. These men had travelled from the west to this site. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature no further detail was given. Generally, the Tingari are a group of mythical characters of the Dreaming who travelled over vast stretches of the country, performing rituals and creating and shaping particular sites. The Tingari Men were usually followed by Tingari Women and accompanied by novices and their travels and adventures are enshrined in a number of song cycles. These mythologies form part of the teachings of the post initiatory youths today as well as providing explanations for the contemporary customs.
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Naata Nungurrayi
(born circa 1932)
Marrapinti, 1999 Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number NN991143 Painted at Kintore Acrylic on Belgian linen 122 x 61 cm
Provenance Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs
Exhibited ‘Kintore and Kiwirrkura Womens’ Exhibition, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, November 2000
Represented National Gallery of Victoria Art Gallery of New South Wales Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Aboriginal Art Museum, The Netherlands
This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Marrapinti, just to the west of the Kiwirrkura Community. A large group of senior women camped at this rockhole making the nose-bones which are worn through a hole in the nose-web. These nose-bones were originally worn by both men and women but are now only worn by the older generation on ceremonial occasions. The women later travelled east passing through the Kiwirrkura area. The lines represent sandhills surrounding the site.
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Joseph Jurra Tjapaltjarri
(born circa 1952)
Patjinna, 2000 Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number JJ20000606 Painted at Kintore Acrylic on Belgian linen 153 x 122 cm
Provenance Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs
Represented National Gallery of Victoria Art Gallery of Western Australia The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory Parliament House Art Collection Robert Holmes Ă Court Collection Groninger Museum, The Netherlands The Kelton Foundation Collection, Santa Monica, USA University of Virginia, USA
This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Patjinna, south of the Kiwirrkura Community. In mythological times a large group of Tingari Men visited this site during their travels towards the east. While at the site they lit fires to flush out the game they were hunting. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature no further detail was given. Generally, the Tingari are a group of mythical characters of the Dreaming who travelled over vast stretches of the country, performing rituals and creating and shaping particular sites. The Tingari Men were usually followed by Tingari Women and accompanied by novices and their travels and adventures are enshrined in a number of song cycles. These mythologies form part of the teachings of the post initiatory youths today as well as providing explanations for the contemporary customs.
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Makinti Napanangka
(circa 1930-2011)
Lupulnga, 2002 Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number MN0202015 Painted at Kintore Acrylic on Belgian linen 122 x 61 cm
Provenance Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
Exhibited Recent Paintings by the Women artists of Kintore and Kiwirrkura, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, 13 August – 13 September 2002
Represented National Gallery of Victoria Art Gallery of New South Wales Queensland Art Gallery Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs Macquarie Bank Collection
This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Lupulnga, south of the Kintore Community. The Peewee (small bird) Dreaming is associated with this site. The lines in the painting represent spun hair-string which is used in the making of hair-belts which are worn during the ceremonies associated with the area.
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Willy Tjungurrayi
(born circa 1930)
Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDonald), 2002 Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number WT0204004 Painted at Kintore Acrylic on Belgian linen 153 x 122 cm
Provenance Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs Framed - The Darwin Gallery, Darwin Private collection, Melbourne
Represented National Gallery of Australia Art Gallery of New South Wales The Holmes Ă Court Collection
This painting depicts designs associated with the site of Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDonald). In mythological times a large group of Tingari Men, both young and old, travelled to this site from the west. A fierce hail-storm occurred which killed them all. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature no further detail was given. Generally, the Tingari are a group of mythical characters of the Dreaming who travelled over vast stretches of the country, performing rituals and creating and shaping particular sites. The Tingari Men were usually followed by Tingari Women and accompanied by novices and their travels and adventures are enshrined in a number of song cycles. These mythologies form part of the teachings of the post initiatory youths today as well as providing explanations for contemporary customs.
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Pinta Pinta Tjapanangka
(circa 1937 – 1999)
Pinari, 1999 Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number PP9903109 Painted at Kintore Acrylic on Belgian linen 91 x 61 cm
Provenance Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs Western Desert Dialysis Appeal, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 November 2000, lot 22
Represented National Gallery of Australia National Gallery of Victoria Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory National Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm, Sweden The Holmes Ă Court Collection
This painting depicts the rockhole and soakage water site of Pinari, north-west of the Kintore Community. In mythological times a large group of Tingari Men travelled to this site from a place west of the Kiwirrkura Community. They passed through Malparingya, Watanuma and Umari and continued to Pinari. They were all killed at Pinari by a mamu or devil-devil. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of secret nature no further detail was given. Generally, the Tingari are a group of mythical characters of the Dreaming who travelled over vast stretches of the country, performing rituals and creating and shaping particular sites. The Tingari Men were usually followed by Tingari Women and accompanied by novices and their travels and adventures are enshrined in a number of song cycles. These mythologies form part of the teachings of the post initiatory youths today as well as providing explanations for contemporary customs.
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Pauline Sunfly Nangala
(born circa 1957)
Untitled, 2001 Warlayirti Artists catalogue number 362/01
Acrylic on canvas 120 x 80 cm
Provenance Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills Private collection, Melbourne
Represented Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane Aboriginal Art Museum, The Netherlands The Kelton Foundation Collection, Santa Monica, USA Williams Collection Artbank
Pauline has painted one of her father’s story. Pauline’s father, Sunfly Tjampitjin was a senior custodian for country south of Balgo. The circle in the centre depicts a big lake called Kalpanu, a waniri, or rockhole featured in the centre of the painting. The country is near Lake Hazlett, south east of Balgo. It is Sunfly’s father’s dreaming country. Kalpanu is an important site for the native cat dreaming, who lived here and at the other rockholes of the area. The lines connecting the rockholes are the tracks that the ancestral cat took, which turned into Kiliki, or creeks. Kalpanu is an important ceremonial site for Tingari Men.
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Wintjiya Napaltjarri
(born circa 1930)
Watanuma, 2006 Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number WN0602089 Painted at Kintore Acrylic on Belgian linen 168 x 46 cm
Provenance Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited Wintjiya Napaltjarri, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne, 5-26 July, 2006, catalogue number 10
Represented National Gallery of Victoria Art Gallery of New South Wales Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs Aboriginal Art Museum, The Netherlands
This painting depicts designs associated with the claypan site of Watanuma, north-west of the Kintore Community. The roundels in the work represent water holes within the bed of the lake. A group of women camped at this site before travelling to the rockhole site of Malparingya and continuing east to Pinari, also north-west of Kintore. While at Watanuma they made spun hair-string for making hair-string skirts which are worn during ceremonies. These are represented by the lines with the adjacent short bars.
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George Tjungurrayi
(born circa 1943)
Pukaratjina, 2000 Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number GT20000375 Painted at Kintore Acrylic on Belgian linen 122 x 107 cm
Provenance Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs
Represented National Gallery of Victoria Art Gallery of New South Wales The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory The Holmes à Court Collection Groninger Museum, The Netherlands University of Virginia, USA Musée National des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie, Paris
This painting depicts designs associated with the soakage water site of Pukaratjina, west of the Kiwirrkura Community. In mythological times a large group of women, accompanied by children, came from the west and made camp at this site before travelling to Kiwirrkura. They performed the dances and sang the songs associated with the area through which they passed. A group of men also travelled a similar route but kept apart from the women and children.
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Ray James Tjangala
(born circa 1958)
Yuntutjurra, 2000 Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number RJ0011105 Painted at Kiwirrkura Acrylic on Belgian linen 122 x 61 cm
Provenance Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs
Represented Art Gallery of New South Wales National Gallery of Victoria Flinders University Art Museum, South Australia Laverty Collection
This painting depicts designs associated with the soakage water site of Yuntutjurra, west of Yunala which is west of the Kiwirrkura Community. In mythological times an old woman was travelling in this area when she came across a pack of vicious dogs. She killed them all and the small rocks at the site are said to be these dogs. The old woman’s footprints can also be seen at the site.
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Joseph Jurra Tjapaltjarri
(born circa 1952)
Pukaratjina, 2004 Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number JJ0408236 Painted at Kintore Acrylic on Belgian linen 122 x 122 cm
Provenance Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs
Represented National Gallery of Victoria The Art Gallery of Western Australia The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory Parliament House Art Collection Robert Holmes Ă Court Collection Groninger Museum, The Netherlands The Kelton Foundation Collection, Santa Monica, USA University of Virginia, USA
This painting depicts designs associated with the soakage water site of Pukaratjina, west of the Kiwirrkura Community. There is a small red ochre pit at this site. In mythological times a large group of Tingari Men camped at this site before travelling east to Tarkul, north of Mt. Webb. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature no further detail was given. Generally, the Tingari are a group of mythical characters of the Dreaming who travelled over vast stretches of the country, performing rituals and creating and shaping particular sites. The Tingari Men were usually followed by Tingari Women and accompanied by novices and their travels and adventures are enshrined in a number of song cycles. These mythologies form part of the teachings of the post initiatory youths today as well as providing explanations for the contemporary customs.
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Acknowledgments John Brash Wiebke Brix Susie Bowie Maretta Cooper Rod Eastgate Paul Sweeney Plug2studio
Special Thanks Papunya Tula Artists Warlayirti Artists
Catalogue compiled by Scott Livesey & Sophie Foley ISBN 978-0-9806402-3-6
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