This painting depicts the Tingari Cycle story associated with the site of Wilkinkarra
(Lake Mackay).
Two Tingari Men were tracking kangaroos as they travelled through this area.
They made a big fire in the spinifex, and it spread along the shores of the
lake, flushing out the kangaroos. After this they travelled on to Marputta,
then to Parayilypil.
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd., Alice Springs, painted at Alice Springs.Catalogue
Number TP970488Private Collection, London
Timmy Payungka Tjapangati was born west of Lake Mackay. Timmy was among the
first group of Pintupi to be brought in to the newly established settlement
of Papunya in the 1960’s. Part of the original group of painters at Papunya
in 1971, he moved to Kintore when it was established in 1981 and further west
to Kiwirrkura in the mid 1980’s.
REPRESENTED
National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Victoria
Australian Museum
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
South Australian Museum
Robert Holmes à Court Collection
