Wirrilpi (from Tjukurrpa Palurukutu, Kutjupawana Palyantjanya: same stories a new way)

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Wirrilpi (from Tjukurrpa Palurukutu, Kutjupawana Palyantjanya: same stories a new way)

Artist Patrick Olodoodi Tjungurrayi (Australian, Pintupi, born 1935)

Publisher Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd

Printer Firebox Print Studio (Dian Darmansjah)

Place of OriginAustralia | Pintupi language group

Date2009

DimensionsSheet: H: 21 5/8 in. (55 cm); W: 17 11/16 in. (45 cm)

MediumPrint, etching on Hahnemuhle rag paper.

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineGift of Sara Jane DeHoff

Object number

2013.185J

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Label TextThe rockhole site of Wirrilpinya, southwest of Jupiter Well in Western Australia, is located in the artist's father's country. A group of Tingari Men, Ancestral Beings, camped at this site before travelling east to the rockhole site of Ngarru. The lines running through the etching represent the tracks of the men as they passed between the sandhills, while also representing body paint worn by men during ceremonies. This Ancestral story forms part of the Tingari song cycle. Since events associated with the Tingari cycle are of a secret, sacred nature, no further detail was given.Exhibition History

Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Papunya Tula: Works on Paper, December 13, 2012 – March 24, 2013.