Tingari, c.2006

118 x 90 cm

Est. $4,000 – $6,000

Hammer $3,200

Provenance: Muk Muk Fine Art, Alice Springs, NT Private Collection NSW
Artwork story: The classic Pintupi style of linked concentric circles tells of a sacred geometry. It is derived from body paint designs, cartography of country, and ancestral narratives. More than any other figure, Ronnie Tjampitjinpa can be credited with having forged a new artistic direction in embracing aesthetic minimalism, thereby freeing up further possibilities for the emerging generation of painters and challenging fixed perceptions of Western Desert art. His hypnotic designs explore interacting geometric shapes which emanate an eye-catching, pulsating action. Still infused with the Dreamings of his mythical Tingari ancestors, Tjampitjinpa refined the characteristic Pintupi simplicity of design, boldly scaling up fundamental pictorial elements, freeing them from their iconographic reference points and strongly emphasizing the distinctive repetition of line and form that has always infused Pintupi art with the spirit of their vast and ancient lands.

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Sale 1 · Lot 41

c.1943 – 2023

118 x 90 cm

Est. $4,000 – $6,000

Hammer $3,200

Provenance: Muk Muk Fine Art, Alice Springs, NT Private Collection NSW
Artwork story: The classic Pintupi style of linked concentric circles tells of a sacred geometry. It is derived from body paint designs, cartography of country, and ancestral narratives. More than any other figure, Ronnie Tjampitjinpa can be credited with having forged a new artistic direction in embracing aesthetic minimalism, thereby freeing up further possibilities for the emerging generation of painters and challenging fixed perceptions of Western Desert art. His hypnotic designs explore interacting geometric shapes which emanate an eye-catching, pulsating action. Still infused with the Dreamings of his mythical Tingari ancestors, Tjampitjinpa refined the characteristic Pintupi simplicity of design, boldly scaling up fundamental pictorial elements, freeing them from their iconographic reference points and strongly emphasizing the distinctive repetition of line and form that has always infused Pintupi art with the spirit of their vast and ancient lands.