Acrylic on Belgian linen
153 x 122 cm
This painting depicts designs associated with the site of Yunala, west of the
Kiwirrkura Community. In mythological times a large group of Tingari Men camped
at this site before continuing their travels further east to Pinari, northwest
of Kintore. While in this area they gathered the edible roots of the bush banana
or silky pear vine Marsenia australis which is plentiful in the region. 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 Kintore 2002,
Catalogue number RJ0204006
Ray James is the son of Anatjari Tjampitjinpa, one of the early painters of
the Papunya Tula movement. He was born in the desert circa 1958. Jeremy Long,
a Government Patrol
Officer, encountered him and his family at the Wudungunya Rockhole, north east
of Jupiter Well, on one of his patrols in 1963. The family is mentioned in
Douglas Lockwood’s
book ‘The Lizard Eaters’. His family later moved to the Papunya
community.
REPRESENTED
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Flinders University Museum, South Australia
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