Symbols map out geographical features across the Gibson Desert
Walangkura Napanangka, Pintupi people, Australia c.1946–2014 / Untitled (Tjintjintjin) 2006 / Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen / 183 x 244cm / Purchased 2008. The Queensland Government's GOMA Acquisitions Fund / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Walangkura Napanangka Estate / View full image
Untitled (Tjintjintjin) depicts the rockhole and cave site of Tjintjintjin, to the west of Walungurru (Kintore) in Western Australia. The symbols in this painting map out the area's geographical features, through which ancestor figure Kutungka Napanangka passed on her travels across the Gibson Desert during the creation time.
Walangkura Napanangka was among the first women painters to join the Western Desert painting movement, many of the women involved, including Napanangka, went on to paint with Papunya Tula, where their densely layered iconography brought an entirely new tactile sensibility to the movement that began with their Countrymen two decades earlier.
Walangkura Napanangka, Pintupi people, Australia c.1946–2014 / Untitled (Tjintjintjin) 2006 / Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen / 183 x 244cm / Purchased 2008. The Queensland Government's GOMA Acquisitions Fund / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Walangkura Napanangka Estate / View full image
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