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 Patrick Tjungurrayi "Tingari" Cat No. 10674 Size = 60 x 150 cm. Acrylic on linen |
 Patrick Tjungurrayi "Tingari" Cat No. 10683 Size = 100 x 180 cm. Acrylic on linen |
Patrick Tjungurrayi Born: 1943 Region: Kimberley WA Community: Balgo Hills Outstation: Kiwirrkura Language: Kukatja Skin: Tjungarrayi. Subjects: Nynmi Rockhole, Tingarri men's law, Warrira rockhole, Ngurti, Pundutjalpa. Awards: 2008 - Winner of the Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards, at the Art Gallery of WA, Perth. Collections: Aboriginal Art Museum, The Netherlands. Artbank Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales. Exhibitions: 2009 - Community ? the heart of Papunya Tula artists, at Utotpia Art Sydney. 2008 - Paintings from remote communities: Indigenous Australian art from the Laverty collection, Newcastle Regional Gallery, Newcastle, NSW; Melbourne Art Fair 2008, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi stand, Melbourne; Desert Prophets - Papunya Tula Artists, at Mossenson Galleries, Subiaco, WA; Balgo Family, at Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne; Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards (2008), Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. 2007 - Papunya Tula Artists 2007, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne. 2006-2007 - Gifted: Contemporary Aboriginal Art: The Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. 2005 - Papunya Tula Artists, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne. 2004 - 21st Telstra National Aborigainal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. 2003 - Papunya Tula artists - a gift from the desert, Utopia Art, Sydney. 2000 - Papunya Tula Genesis and Genius, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia. 1996 - Dreamings of the Desert, The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Select Bibliography: 2000 Papunya Tula Genesis and Genius, Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia. 1996 V. Johnston, Dreamings of the Desert, The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide © Discovery Media, Documentation Pty Ltd, and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Notes: 'If contemporary Aboriginal art has become renowned for its flickering, optical power, then Patrick Tjungurrayi would have to be described as a master of the form. His works pulse with desert warmth and where all too much Aboriginal art on the market appears to be a pastiche of traditional forms to capture a bewildered and naive market, Tjungurrayi's work is both unique in structure and indisputably heart-felt." Australian Art Collector Magazine 2005 Tjungurrayi is a leading Papunya Tula artist whose artworks are sought after by collectors worldwide. His inclusion in the 1996 Dreamings of the Desert and the 2000 Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius exhibitions consolidated his status as one of the key figures of the Papunya movement'. Patrick Tjungurrayi article was written by Ashley Crawford for 'Australian Art Collector: 50 Most Collectable Edition 2005'
