Acrylic on Belgian linen
183 x 122 cm
As this painting is a depiction of part of the secret-sacred Tingari myth cycle,
very few details were revealed. The painting concerns two Aboriginal doctors
at Jupiter Well in Western Australia. Generally, the Tingari are a group of mythical
characters, who travelled over vast areas of the desert, creating and shaping
particular sites and instructing the post-initiatory youths in the higher education
undergone by Aboriginal men.
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Pty. Ltd., Alice Springs.Certificate Number KT860746
Robert Holmes à Court Collection, number 2132
Kanya Tjapangati was born at the site of Pamatjatunya, which is west of the Jupiter
Well area in Western Australia. His father had three wives and was the older
brother of Pinta Pinta Tjapanangka. Charlie Tjapangati and Nanyuma Napangati
are also closely related to Kanya, sharing the same father but different mothers.
He travelled into Papunya with Jeremy Long by truck on one of the last government
patrols in the area. Kanya commenced painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1981
and in 1999 contributed to the Kiwirrkura mens’ painting as part of the
Western Desert Dialysis Appeal.
REPRESENTED
Art Gallery of South Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Robert Holmes à Court Collection
Groninger Museums, The Netherlands
The Kelton Foundation Collection, Santa Monica, USA
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