Ronnie Tjampitjinpa Pintupi, Western Desert region, circa 1943-2023
Further images
Provenance
The Artist, painted at Kintore, Northern Territory, 1996
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, cat. no. RT960513
NATSIAA Awards, Queensland
Kozminsky Galleries, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1998
D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
Collection of Steve Martin & Anne Stringfield, New York
Exhibitions
13th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Gold Coast
City Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia, 1996; Tandunya, Adelaide; Campbell Town City Art Gallery, New South Wales; Westpac Gallery, Melbourne
This painting depicts the travels of the Tingari ancestors to Pinari, where there is a large cave with water inside of it. The Tingari men came together here from Kiwirrkura and Tjukula. They flew through the air from a place near the present-day Redbank outstation, to Pinari, where they gathered for ceremony. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature 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