WALALA TJAPALTJARRI (c late 1960's/early 1970's - )
Hand Signed, Original Acrylic On Canvas
Title: Tingari
Image Size: 98cm x 68cm
Signed: Verso
Condition: Excellent - New
Stretched and Ready to Hang.
Comes with Certificate of Authenticity and photo of Walala with this work.
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Serafin Martinez
Principal, Martinez Art Dealer
Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
ABN 36 561 407 649
Tjapaltjarri was born in the late 1960s or early 1970s at Marua, near Lake Mackay. He grew up living a nomadic, traditional way of life in the desert.
He had never seen a white person, and his family always thought the aeroplanes they saw flying overhead were ghosts or spirits. The family finally came into contact with outsiders in October 1984, and were settled at Kiwirrkurra. He and his family became known as the last Aborigines living a traditional nomadic way of life in Australia.
He is now married with two children, and lives between Kiwirrkura, Alice Springs, and Yuendumu, where his wife is from. He paints at Hoppy's Camp, outside Alice Springs.
His paintings depict scenes from the Tingari cycle (sacred and secret songs about the ancestors of the Pintupi).
He uses only four colours at most, sticking to earthy, ochre colours to reflect the desert landscape. The places he depicts in his paintings are part of his traditional country, including Marruwa, Mintarnpi, Wanapatangu, Mina Mina, Naami, Yarrawangu and Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay). These were places where the ancestors stopped for ceremonies when travelling across the country.
