Ronnie Tjampitjinpa Pintupi, Western Desert region, circa 1943-2023
Provenance
The Artist, painted at Kintore, Northern Territory
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, cat. no. RT 881025
Cooee Art Gallery, Sydney
Private Art Collection, Singapore
ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore (through acting agent D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne)
Collection of Steve Martin & Anne Stringfield, New York
Exhibitions
Twenty Aboriginal Paintings, UOVO Art, New York, 15 - 19 January 2019
Desert Painters of Australia Part II: With Works from the Collection of Steve Martin and Anne Stringfield. Gagosian, Beverly Hills, 26 July – 6 September 2019
60 over 50: 60 Paintings from 50 Years of Australian First Nations Art, UOVO Art, New York, May 2023
Literature
Twenty Aboriginal Paintings, UOVO, 2019, p. 14 (illus.)
Vanessa Merlino and Luke Scholes, 60 over 50: 60 Paintings from 50 Years of Australian First Nations Art, UOVO, 2023 (illus.)
This painting depicts designs associated with the site of Tarkulnga to the north of Winparku (Mt. Webb) in Western Australia. In mythological times the Tingari Men made camp at this place before continuing their travels east to Pinari. While the men were camped at Tarkul they also hunted for tjilkamata (echidna). Events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature therefore no further detail was given. Generally, the Tingari are a group of mythical characters of the Dreaming who travelled over vast stretches of the country, performing rituals and creating and shaping particular sites. The Tingari Men were usually followed by Tingari Women and accompanied by novices and their travels and adventures are enshrined in a number of song cycles. These mythologies form part of the teachings of the post initiatory youths today as well as providing explanations for contemporary customs. —Papunya Tula Artists