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TDP 21. From the Tingari Cycle, Morris Gibson Tjaplatjarri, 54" x 48" (138 x 122 cms) Kintore, 2003


Morris Gibson Tjapaltjarri is the son of Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi. Having learned and now inherited custodianship of Dreaming stories from his father, Morris paints in a powerful style reminiscent of the early masters, the first wave of Pintupi artists who came out of Papunya in 1971.

In this painting Morris has managed the feat of fusing two disparate painting styles into a composition, in which the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. This is a flooring painting in person — a real ripper. The left side emphasizes fine line work reminiscent of same of the earliest Pintupi paintings made at Papunya when Morris would have been in his teenage years and the left side evokes the crackling intensity of classic Tingari cycle paintings from the 1980's by men like his father and Uta Uta Tjangala.


This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Warilutjana, west of Lake MacDonald. The arced lines represent sand hills at the site. In mythological times a group of Tingari men camped at this site before traveling northwest to Lake MacKay. Since events associated with the Tingari cycle are of a secret sacred nature no further details were given. Generally the Tingari are a group of mythical characters of the Dreaming who traveled over vast stretches of country, performing rituals thereby creating and shaping particular sites. The Tingari men were usually followed by Tingari women and accompanied by young novices and their travels and adventures are enshrined in a number of song cycles. These mythologies form part of the teachings of post initiatory youths today as well as providing explanations for contemporary customs.

 

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