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Ryan, Judith und Batty, Philip: Tjukurrtjanu: Origins of the Western Desert Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 2011, Ausst. Kat., ISBN 9780724103454

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Table of Contents

Foreword -iv-

Preface -v-

Introduction -vii-

Fred Myers: Translating Indigenous protocol -ix-

Acknowledgements -xii-

Map of the artists' country -xiv-

Origins of Western Desert Art

Philip Batty: 'Artefacts' as art: 'art' as artefact -3-

Judith Ryan: Aesthetic splendour, cultural power and wisdom: early Papunya painting -11-

Fred Myers: Intrigue of the archive, enigma of the object -29-

John Kean: 'Catch a fire' -43-

Philip Batty: Anxious objects: searching for the origins of the early Papunya paintings -59-

Founding Artists of Papunya Tula

Anatjari Tjakamarra -70-

Freddy West Tjakamarra -80-

John Tjakamarra -84-

Long Jack Phillipus Tjakamarra -92-

Mick Wallangkarri Tjakamarra -96-

Kaapa Tjampitjinpa -104-

Ronnie Tjampitjinpa -111-

Walter Tjampitjinpa -114-

Uta Uta Tjangala -126-

Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri -150-

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri -154-

Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri -160-

Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri -180-

Timmy Payungka Tjapangati -192-

Tutuma Tjapangati -206-

Charlie Wartuma Tjungurrayi -211-

Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi -222-

Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi -242-

Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula -258-

Nosepeg Tjupurrula -280-

Notes -284-

Bibliography -289-

List of works -292-

Index -309-

Cover Text

"Tjukurrtjanu: Origins of Western Desert Art" celebrates the work of twenty of the original artists who began painting at Papunya forty years ago. The Papunya artists’ bold initial experiments, in committing ceremonial designs that are tjukurrtjanu (from the Dreaming) onto board, marked the beginning of a modern painting movement that would change the face of Australian art forever.

Drawing on the expertise of leading anthropologists, art historians and field officers, Tjukurrtjanu offers insightful perspectives on the artists and the iconography of their complex and intimate paintings – the first masterpieces of Western Desert art.