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 Raymond Tjapaltjarri (Australian, Pintupi, born ca. 1967)

Publisher Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd

Printer Firebox Print Studio (Dian Darmansjah)

Place of OriginAustralian | 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

2013.185BB

Not on View

Label TextThis etching depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Wirrilpinya, southwest of Jupiter Well in Western Australia. This is the artist's grandfather's ancestral country. In Ancestral times a group of Ancestral Beings called the Tingari men 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. The concentric squares represent the rock holes at the site. This ancestral story forms part of the Tingari song cycle. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret 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.