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GEORGE WARD TJUNGURRAYI (born circa 1955)

Acrylic on Belgian linen
122 x 122 cm

This painting depicts designs associated with the soakage rockhole site of Kulkuta,
situated amongst sandhills, south-west of the Tjukula Community. The roundels
are the soakage waters and the lines are the sandhills. In mythological times a large
group of Tingari Men traveled from this site to Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDonald).
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 2003,
Certificate number GW0301066

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 Kiwirrkurra. 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
considered them very close brothers.
George Ward Tjungurrayi was the winner of the Wynne Prize in 2004

REPRESENTED
Art Gallery of New South Wales