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JOSEPH JURRA TJAPALTJARRI (born circa 1952)
Acrylic on Belgian linen
153 x 122 cm

This painting depicts designs associated with the soakage water site of Tjunurulnya, west of the Kiwirrkura community. In mythological times a large group of Tingari men camped at this site before continuing their travels further east. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature no further detail is given.

PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Pty. Ltd., Alice Springs, painted at Kiwirrkura 2005,
Certificate number JJ0502042

Joseph Jurra Tjapaltjarri, was born in the desert near where the community of Kiwirrkura now stands in Western Australia in approximately 1952. He commenced painting in 1986 and in 1999 Joseph contributed to the Kintore mens’ painting as part of the Western Desert Dialysis Appeal.

REPRESENTED
National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Darwin
The Holmes à Court Collection, Perth
Groninger Museum, The Netherlands
Aboriginal Art Museum, The Netherlands
The Kelton Foundation Collection, Santa Monica, USA
University of Virginia, USA
Institute of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA