Title
Women's big ceremonial dreaming journey
1971
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Papunya
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- Date
- 1971
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments, bondcrete and synthetic polymer paint on composition board
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 22.5 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Donated through the Australian Governments cultural gifts program by Elizabeth Ritson and Michael Kerin Morgan AO 2022
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 92.2022
- Copyright
- © Estate of Walter Tjampitjinpa
- Artist information
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Walter Tjampitjinpa
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About
The painting of the Honey Ant mural on the Papunya Special School in 1971 was a ground-breaking moment that was followed by a flurry of painting activity as part of the beginnings of the desert art movement. Walter Tjampitjinpa was a senior cultural figure in Papunya and was among the group of men who authorised the design for the mural. Tjampitjinpa then became a founding member of Papunya Tula Artists, the company incorporated in 1972, which has become the model of excellence for Aboriginal art centres throughout Australia.
Women's big ceremonial dreaming journey 1971 is among the earliest works painted by Tjampitjinpa and is a classic example of early Papunya Tula painting. This style of painting has its basis in ground-paintings made from red desert sand highlighted with white wamulu (bush cotton) for ceremonies.
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Where the work was made
Papunya