Acrylic on Belgian linen
153 x 122 cm
This painting relates to the story of an old woman who travelled to the Tingari
site of Kunjara, a rockhole west of Kaakuratintja or Lake MacDonald. She approached
the site from the west after digging for goannas and gathering other bush foods
nearby. Since the events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret
nature no further detail was given.
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs, painted at Kintore 2003,
Catalogue number GW0303284
Private Collection, Melbourne
George was born near the site of Lararra, east of the Tjukurla in Western Australia.
His first
contact with Europeans was made through one of the welfare patrols led by Jeremy
Long and Nosepeg Tjupurrula at a rockhole south of Kiwirrkura. After travelling
in to Papunya he
worked as both a fencer as well as a butcher in the Papunya kitchen. George’s
father was also the father of Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi and Willy Tjungurrayi
and although they had
different mothers he considers them very close brothers.
George Ward Tjungurrayi was the winner of the Wynne Prize in 2004.
REPRESENTED
Art Gallery of New South Wales
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