Wirrul (from Tjukurrpa Palurukutu, Kutjupawana Palyantjanya: same stories a new way)
Artist: Johnny Yungut Tjupurrula (Australian, Pintupi, ca. 1930 - 2016)
Publisher: Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd
Printer: Firebox Print Studio (Dian Darmansjah)
Date: 2009
Dimensions:
Sheet: H: 21 5/8 in. (55 cm); W: 17 11/16 in. (45 cm)
Medium: Print, etching on Hahnemuhle rag paper.
Place of Origin: Australian | Pintupi language group
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Sara Jane DeHoff
Object number: 2013.185O
Label Text:Similar to Tjangimanta by the same artist (see nearby), this etching recalls the travels of the Tingari Men, Ancestral Beings whose movements helped to form sacred sites and bring features of the land into being. The designs in this image are associated with the rockhole site of Wimrlnga, just to the southwest of the Kiwirrkura community in Western Australia. The roundels represent the rockholes (depressions in the rock that collect water) at the site.
Not on view