Warlimpirgna Tjapaltjarri c 1958, part of the ‘Lost Tribe’, living so remotely in the Gibson Desert, that they only made contact with White Australians in 1984- cited as the closest work to that untouched by European influence. Many aspects to story- from landforms (sand dunes etc- also Lake Mackay itself in topographical view), camouflage and ‘Tingari’(older man’s knowledges, of which there is much fascination given the geographical location and the geometric patterning). Important man’s inherited stories.
Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri, Untitled, sold at Sotheby’s London for £167,000 IBP, September 2016
EXHIBITIONS
Musee des Arts d’Afrique et d’Oceanien, Paris, France
The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Museo Sa Bassa Blanca, Mallorca, Spain
Foundation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Motiers, Switzerland
Griffith University Art Collection, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge
The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica
Macquarie Group Collection, Sydney
