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CHARLIE TJAPANGATI (born circa 1949)

Acrylic on Belgian linen
183 x 152 cm

Charlie Tjapangati has depicted in this painting part of the secret-sacred Tingari
myth cycle centred around the hill site of Yurru Yurru, south west of the Kintore
Ranges. As the story is secret-sacred very few details were revealed.

PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Pty. Ltd., Alice Springs, painted at Kintore 1986,
Certificate number CT860688
Robert Holmes à Court Collection

Charlie Tjapangati was born at the site of Tjulurrunya, west of Kiwirrkura. He is
the younger brother of Nanyuma Napangati, who also paints for Papunya Tula
Artists. During the early 1960’s Charlie travelled in to Papunya by truck with one
of Jeremy Long’s government patrols. He was a young teenager at the time and was
initiated in Papunya after arriving. Charlie commenced painting for Papunya Tula
Artists in 1978, and in 1999 he contributed to the Kintore mens’ painting as part
of the Western Desert Dialysis Appeal.

REPRESENTED
National Gallery of Australia
Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Flinders University Art Museum
Victorian Arts Centre
Robert Holmes à Court Collection
Aboriginal Art Museum, The Netherlands
University of Virginia, USA
The Kelton Foundation Collection, Santa Monica, USA