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GEORGE WARD TJUNGURRAYI

GEORGE WARD TJUNGURRAYI - Tingari

GEORGE WARD TJUNGURRAYI - Tingari

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GEORGE WARD TJUNGURRAYI

TITLE: TINGARI
 
ACRYLIC ON LINEN
206CM X 106CM
GEORGE HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED
 
REF#GWT60
 
 
DOB: Around 1945.  Kiwirrkurra, Gibson Desert, Western Australia
Language: Pintupi
Dreaming’s: Tingari, Karrkurritinytja (Lake McDonald)
 
 
George was born near Kiwirrkurra in the Gibson Desert and lived there until he was a teenager then settling in the Aboriginal settlement of Papunya. It was here at Papunya where George began painting for Papunya Tula Artists around 1976.
 
His half-brother Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi and Willy Tjungurrayi were some of the founding artists.
 
It was in the early 1990s George began painting the Tingari stories using his distinct linear optical stripes to form geometric patterns. His other striking style is seen as loosely joined dots to form patterns to tell his stories. Tingari are ancestral spirit beings who gave law and culture to the Pintupi people and transformed the landscape. Most of the stories around Tingari are secret and only the initiated are privy. George also paints his country such as Karrkurritinytja (Lake McDonald).
 
In 2004 he won the prestigious Wynne Art Prize at the Art Gallery of New South
Wales. He is a highly sought-after artist with works exhibited in Australia and worldwide.
 
George prefers to live out bush as a Senior Pintupi elder between the communities of Kintore, Kiwirrkurra and Warakuna where he continues to paint.
 
This painting was purchased directly from George and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.

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Authenticity
Altyerre Aboriginal Art provides its customers with a profile of the artist for every piece of artwork sold. This profile records information that Altyerre Aboriginal Art has gathered on the artist and general information on the stories that the artist paints. Altyerre Aboriginal Art encourages its artists to sign each piece of artwork either with a signature or a cross (some older artists cannot write their name).

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An artist profile and information on the story being painted is also provided and wherever possible, a photo of the artist holding the painting is included if possible. The certificate is comprised of the following details about the painting:
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~ Size
~ Medium
~ Date the artwork was created (this may be an approximate date for our much older pieces)
~ Artist’s name
~ Artist’s Language Group
~ Artist’s Country
~ Title/Story of Artwork
~ Description of the artwork’s story as told by the artist where possible
~ Signature of the Altyerre Aboriginal Art owner

Each Certificate of Authenticity is printed onto Altyerre Aboriginal Art letterhead and provides exceptional provenance for each artwork.

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