George Hairbrush Tjungurrayi
Tingari Dreaming at Marmultjulkulnga, 2008
Acrylic on canvas
101.6 x 111.8 cm (40 x 44 in)
Language group: Pintupi Country: Kiwirrkura, WA George was born near Kiwirrkurra and came in from the desert in 1962 with Jeremy Long of the Pintupi Patrols. He began painting at...
Language group: Pintupi
Country: Kiwirrkura, WA
George was born near Kiwirrkurra and came in from the desert in 1962 with Jeremy Long of the Pintupi Patrols. He began painting at Papunya in 1976 and now lives at Kintore. George paints his father’s country- Kirrimalunya west of Kiwirrkurra, and a large freshwater swamp at Marmultjulkulnga on the north side of Lake MacKay. He is a senior Pintupi lawman. He held his first solo exhibition at Utopia Art in1997. He is the younger brother of Nancy and Naata Nungurrayi. He is married to Nanupa Nangala and has five children.
About the Painting - Tingari Dreaming at Marmultjulkulnga
This painting depicts designs associated with the freshwater site at Marmultjulkulnga near Lake MacKay. In mythological times a large group of Tingari Men and family came from Kiwirrkurra to the south to this site.
On their way to Lake MacKay they created the land formations such as the sand hills, salt and clay pans, creeks and rock formations.
Country: Kiwirrkura, WA
George was born near Kiwirrkurra and came in from the desert in 1962 with Jeremy Long of the Pintupi Patrols. He began painting at Papunya in 1976 and now lives at Kintore. George paints his father’s country- Kirrimalunya west of Kiwirrkurra, and a large freshwater swamp at Marmultjulkulnga on the north side of Lake MacKay. He is a senior Pintupi lawman. He held his first solo exhibition at Utopia Art in1997. He is the younger brother of Nancy and Naata Nungurrayi. He is married to Nanupa Nangala and has five children.
About the Painting - Tingari Dreaming at Marmultjulkulnga
This painting depicts designs associated with the freshwater site at Marmultjulkulnga near Lake MacKay. In mythological times a large group of Tingari Men and family came from Kiwirrkurra to the south to this site.
On their way to Lake MacKay they created the land formations such as the sand hills, salt and clay pans, creeks and rock formations.
Courtesy of The Spaceless Gallery
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