Untitled Scarf by George Tjungurrayi
Description
Scarf featuring the artwork by George Tjungurrayi.
This product includes a card detailing the artist’s work and practice.
About the artwork:
George Tjungurrayi’s untitled painting relates to the claypan site of Mamultjulkulnga, on the western side of Wilkinkarra (Lake Mckay). This site is of great importance to the artist, whose father passed away here. After rain, the claypan becomes a shallow freshwater lake, and the small fleshy shrub known as mungilypa (Tecticornia verrucose) grows abundantly. During ancestral times, two Tingari men of the Tjungurrayi and Tjapaltjarri kinship subsections camped at this site to gather mungilypa. The men made spears, which they threw towards the east and west. The spears flew straight before turning north and south. Tjungurrayi’s linework in this painting traces the trajectory of the spears.
In this work, Tjungurrayi employs his signature two-tone palette and rhythmic linework to create an artwork that vibrates with the energy of spears hurtling through space. The complex optical striping also references the traditional technique of fluted wood carving and the paths of the Tingari, a group of ancestral Dreaming beings whose adventures created and transformed the landscape.
About the artist:
George Tjungurrayi is a senior Pintupi artist from Kintore, NT. Born near Wala Wala in the Western Desert around 1943, George spent his early years living traditionally before moving to Papunya as a young man. He began painting with Papunya Tula Artists in the 1980s, developing his signature style of rhythmic linework inspired by ceremonial designs and Tingari Dreaming stories.
His work has been widely exhibited and collected, with pieces held in major institutions including the National Gallery of Australia, NGV, and the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection (USA). George is celebrated for his precise, optical striping that both honours tradition and defines him as one of Australia’s leading contemporary Indigenous artists.
About the supplier:
One of Twelve is an Australian organisation that produces high-quality silk garments showcasing the work of emerging and established artists from the Asia-Pacific region. Read more
Product details:
Size: 920 x 1080 x 160 mm
Materials: 100% silk satin – double sided
Designed in Australia
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