Men's Ceremonial Design, 2003

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

184 x 307 cm

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Provenance: Kimberly Art Melbourne, Vic, Cat No. KA986/03
Exhibited: Summer of Love, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Bondi, NSW, December 2018
Artwork story: The Tingari Cycle is a secret song cycle sacred to initiated men. The Tingari are Dreamtime Beings who travelled across the landscape performing ceremonies to create and shape the country associated with Dreaming sites. The Tingari ancestors gathered at these sites for Maliera (initiation) ceremonies. The sites take the form of, and are located at, significant rockholes, sand hills, sacred mountains and water soakages in the western desert. Tingari may be poetically interpreted as song-line paintings relating to the songs (of the people) and creation stories (of places) in Pintupi mythology.

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c.1930 – 2018

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

184 x 307 cm

Price on application — enquire

Provenance: Kimberly Art Melbourne, Vic, Cat No. KA986/03
Exhibited: Summer of Love, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Bondi, NSW, December 2018
Artwork story: The Tingari Cycle is a secret song cycle sacred to initiated men. The Tingari are Dreamtime Beings who travelled across the landscape performing ceremonies to create and shape the country associated with Dreaming sites. The Tingari ancestors gathered at these sites for Maliera (initiation) ceremonies. The sites take the form of, and are located at, significant rockholes, sand hills, sacred mountains and water soakages in the western desert. Tingari may be poetically interpreted as song-line paintings relating to the songs (of the people) and creation stories (of places) in Pintupi mythology.