George Ward Tjungurrayi, Nyumpu, c.2006

200 x 200 cm

Est. $8,000 – $10,000

Provenance: Muk Muk Fine Art, Alice Springs NT, Cat No. A7442 Private Collection, Vic
Artwork story: Since he first began painting in 1984, George Ward has become renowned for artworks that evoke ancestral sites through a calibrated matrix of dots and concentric forms, encoding ancestral presence, ancient ceremony, and a tangible sense of place. His meticulous dot technique generates a topographical rhythm, animating his canvases with quiet intensity. More than creating maps of place, his works are a choreography of story and song - holding and transmitting cultural knowledge. He largely abandoned Papunya's restrained earth tones, and introduced chromatic vibrancy into artworks without compromising gravitas. Among the younger generation of senior men to take up painting in the Western Desert, George Ward's work has insinuated itself through compositional finesse and ceremonial depth - qualities that have secured his place in major institutional collections, and international biennales.

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Sale 1 · Lot 52

c. 1945 – 2023

200 x 200 cm

Est. $8,000 – $10,000

Provenance: Muk Muk Fine Art, Alice Springs NT, Cat No. A7442 Private Collection, Vic
Artwork story: Since he first began painting in 1984, George Ward has become renowned for artworks that evoke ancestral sites through a calibrated matrix of dots and concentric forms, encoding ancestral presence, ancient ceremony, and a tangible sense of place. His meticulous dot technique generates a topographical rhythm, animating his canvases with quiet intensity. More than creating maps of place, his works are a choreography of story and song - holding and transmitting cultural knowledge. He largely abandoned Papunya's restrained earth tones, and introduced chromatic vibrancy into artworks without compromising gravitas. Among the younger generation of senior men to take up painting in the Western Desert, George Ward's work has insinuated itself through compositional finesse and ceremonial depth - qualities that have secured his place in major institutional collections, and international biennales.