Aboriginal Art Galerie Bähr
Catalogue
Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri
English / Deutsch
Current ExhibitionInternet Tour of PaintingsArtistsThe Gallery in SpeyerVisiting the GalleryOpening HoursActivitiesArt Book 20 EuroAboriginal ArtStylesTjukurrpaCopyrightLiterature in the GalleryBibliographyJournal ArticlesOutback PhotosCentral AustraliaNorthwest AustraliaNorth AustraliaMap of AustraliaLatest Changes[SEARCH]
Biographics
Birthdate: ca. 1930 - 1998 in Marnpi
Language Group: Pintupi
Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri was born in Marnpi, southwest of Mt Rennie. During his youth he lived in the area near Haasts Bluff and Hermannsburg, west of Alice Springs. His initiation was at Areyonga and thereafter he worked on a number of stations. At the start of the 70´s he lived in Papunya and served later as elected councilman. Together with other now-famous artists like Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri, Kaapa Tjampitjinpa, Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri, Old Mick Tjakamarra, Uta Uta Tjangala and Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, he was one of the founders of the new art movement. In 1981 he travelled with two other artists to Sydney, to hold what was probably the first exhibition of Desert Art. This was done in the face of opposition from the white administration and the proceeds were for the benefit of an Aboriginal medical service. Later, as many of the Pintupi people left Papunya for Kintore, in their original country, Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri stayed at Papunya a while longer together with fellow-artist Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula, partly because of the easier access to art materials. He did eventually leave, with his wife Elizabeth and two children, to live at oustations further west. In 1989 he travelled to Melbourne to take part in a major exhibition of Papunya Tula Artists in the National Gallery of Victoria and in 1991 he had his first solo exhibition. In that same year he won the National Aboriginal Art Award and a futher award followed in 1994.
Paintings
(No. 19) (Sold)Untitled, 1996
Acrylic on linen, 46 x 38 cm
This painting depicts the rockhole site of Tjunginpa to the south east of the Kintore community. The story associated with this site is of a small native field mouse also known as Tjunginpa. (Copyright of image remains by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd, PO Box 282, Cammeray, NSW 2062, Australia)
(No. 34) (Sold)Untitled, 1996
Acrylic on linen, 59,5 x 89,5 cm
In ancient times an old woman, Kutungka Napanangka, visited the water site at Muruntji, south-west of the Mt Liebig community, to cut wood for making fighting clubs. She stayed at the site and eventually turned into a poisonous snake and went into the rockhole. The circle in the centre of this painting depicts the large permanent water site. The lines represent the stony hills surrounding the rockhole. (Copyright of image remains by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd, PO Box 282, Cammeray, NSW 2062, Australia)
Impressum
© Galerie Bähr
and Artists
Last changed on 2005-03-26
