WALALA TJAPALTJARRI, Tingari, 2001

WALALA TJAPALTJARRI Pintupi language, c.1970 - 2026 Tingari, 2001 acrylic on canvas 198 x 61 cm (each); 198 x 122 cm (overall) bears Gallery Gondwana stamp verso with inscription: Walala Tjapaltjari, 198x61, July/01, 6591WT & 6589WT PROVENANCE Gallery Gondwana, Northern Territory, Cat No. 6591WT & 6589WT Private Collection, The Netherlands Accompanied by certificates of authenticity from Gallery Gondwana Walala Tjapaltjarri, brother of well-known painters Warlimpirrnga and Thomas Tjapaltjarri, was born in the Gibson Desert east of Kiwirrkurra in the early 1960s. In 1990, Walala watched in admiration and respect as his brother Warlimpirrnga began to paint. Shortly thereafter, he took to painting with the assuredness of a young man firmly grounded in his culture and intimately familiar with the sites he depicted. His subject from the outset was that of the Tingari cycle associated with a number of related sites in his country including Marua, Minatarnpi and Mina Mina in the Gibson Desert of Western Australia. Having developed his style during the early 1990s, Walala produced a work on canvas in 1997 that was unlike anything he had done before. Strongly gestural and boldly graphic it featured roundels, rectangles and abutting lines set against a stark monochrome black background. This distinctive and individual style laid the foundation for the remarkable body of work that he has completed since that time. The Tingari Cycle is a secret song cycle sacred to initiated men. The Tingari are Dreamtime Beings who travelled across the landscape performing ceremonies to create and shape the country associated with Dreaming sites. © WALALA TJAPALTJARRI / Copyright Agency, 2026

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