Acrylic on Belgian linen
122 x 122 cm
This painting depicts the mythological journeys of Kutungka Napanangka, an
old woman who passed through a series of sites west of the Kintore community.
During her travels towards the east she stopped at the rockhole site of Tjinalka,
where she gathered a variety of seed that can be ground into a paste and then
cooked in the coals to form a type of unleavened bread. Later she continued
travelling toward the east eventually reaching the site of Muruntji near Mt.
Liebig. At Muruntji she was accosted by one of a group of boys so she chased
them and caught all but the culprit who managed to escape. She killed the others
and cooked them in a fire.
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs, painted at Kintore 2003,
Catalogue number GW0303218
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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