Title
Untitled (Two goanna ancestors)
1999
Artist
Patrick Olodoodi Tjungurrayi
Australia
circa 1935 – Dec 2017
Language group: Pintupi, Western Desert region
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Central and Western Desert
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- 1999
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer paint on linen canvas
- Dimensions
- 122.0 x 122.0 cm stretcher
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund for Contemporary Aboriginal Art 2000
- Location
- South Building, lower level 3, Members Lounge
- Accession number
- 77.2000
- Copyright
- © Patrick Olodoodi Tjungurrayi. Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
- Artist information
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Patrick Olodoodi Tjungurrayi
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About
Patrick Tjungarrayi's 'Untitled (Two Goanna Ancestors)' 1999 depicts designs associated with the travels of two Goanna ancestors of the Tjapaltjarri and Tjampitjinpa kinship subsections. These two men travelled from the rockhole and soakage water site of Kalliangku, west of Jupiter Well. They travelled to Kiwirrkura and then returned to the Jupiter Well area. This forms part of the Tingari ceremonial cycle.
Patrick is based at Kiwirrkura and spends time at Balgo where he is known as Patrick Olodoodi.
Australian Art Department, AGNSW, 2000
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Places
Where the work was made
Central and Western Desert
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 Aug 2000–12 Nov 2000
The Purple House, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Sep 2021–27 Feb 2022
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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John Carty, Patrick Tjungurrayi: beyond borders, Patrick Tjungurrayi: a life beyond beyond borders', pg. 22-93, Crawley, 2015, 58 (colour illus.), 59.
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Hetti Perkins and Hannah Fink (Editors), Papunya Tula: genesis and genius, Sydney, 2000, 151 (colour illus.), 284. no catalogue number
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