Tingari, 2016

synthetic polymer paint on linen

120 x 90 cm

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Provenance: Palya Proper Fine Art, Alice Springs, NT The Antoni and Belinda Cipa Collection Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Palya Proper Fine Art and a photograph of the artist with the painting.
Artwork story: This work depicts a site in the Western Desert associated with the mythological Tingari beings 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 post initiatory youths as well as providing explanations for contemporary customs. Stories associated with the Tingari are of a secret sacred nature and only related in full to initiated men.

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c. 1935 – 2017

synthetic polymer paint on linen

120 x 90 cm

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Provenance: Palya Proper Fine Art, Alice Springs, NT The Antoni and Belinda Cipa Collection Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Palya Proper Fine Art and a photograph of the artist with the painting.
Artwork story: This work depicts a site in the Western Desert associated with the mythological Tingari beings 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 post initiatory youths as well as providing explanations for contemporary customs. Stories associated with the Tingari are of a secret sacred nature and only related in full to initiated men.