Tjarlirli Art

TJARLIRLI ART

Paintings

11 August
8 October 2020

TJARLIRLI ART.

Established in 2006, Tjarlirli is located in Tjukurla, a small community approximately 800 km west-southwest of Alice Springs. During the 1970s, it was an outstation for Docker River across the border in the NT. In the 1980s, one of Papunya Tjula’s important founding artists, senior Law man Anatjari Tjakamarra III, lead his family group back to country not far from where the community is now located. The people of Tjukurla retain strong family ties to Docker River, Kintore and Kiwirrkura. They speak several varieties of the Western Desert Languages: Ngaatjatjarra, Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjarra, Pintupi and Luritja.

Tjukurla is one of the most sacred places for the Tingarri tjukurpa (Dreaming); it is Tingarri Ngurra, the home of the ancestral Tingarri Men. Here, culture runs deep and true. The Tingarri tjukurpa recounts the activities of the Tingarri Men and the Tingarri Women as they move across vast expanses of Country, performing deeply sacred and secret ceremonies.

Well-known artists include Nyarapayi Giles, Katjarra Butler, Bob Gibson, Esther Giles, Adrian Young, Tjawina Porter, Neil Maxwell.

Nyarapayi Giles, Warmurrungu, aboriginal painting pink
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Nyarapayi Giles, Warmurrungu, 2018 (111)

acrylic on canvas, 121.9 x 147.3 cm
Cat. No. GZTJR/NG-111
Nyarapayi Giles, Warmurrungu, Aboriginal art, Tjarlirli Art
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Nyarapayi Giles, Warmurrungu, 2017 (158)

acrylic on canvas, 121.9 x 147.3 cm
Cat. No. GZTJR/NG-158
Katjarra Butler, Aboriginal painting, Tjarlirli Art
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Katjarra Butler, Ngamurru/Katjarra, 2017 (562)

acrylic on canvas, 121.9 x 147.3 cm
Cat. No. GZTJR/KB-562
Katjarra Butler, Ngamurru/Katjarra, Tjarlirli Art
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Katjarra Butler, Ngamurru/Katjarra, 2018 (371)

acrylic on canvas, 91.4 x 121.9 cm
Cat. No. GZTJR/KB-371
Bob Gibson, Patjantja, 2020, Tjarlirli Art
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Bob Gibson, Patjantja, 2020

acrylic on canvas, 55.9 x 91.4 cm. SOLD.
Cat. No. GZTJR/BG-488
Bob Gibson, Patjantja, 2020, Aboriginal art, Tjarlirli Art
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Bob Gibson, Patjantja, 2020 (534)

acrylic on canvas, 91.4 x 91.4 cm
Cat. No. GZTJR/BG-534
Bob Gibson, major work, Aboriginal painting, Tjarlirli Art
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Bob Gibson, Patjantja, 2018 (1066)

acrylic on canvas, 177.8 x 147.3 cm
Cat. No. GZTJR/BG-1066
Bob Gibson, Patjantja, Aboriginal painting, Tjarlirli Art
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Bob Gibson, Patjantja, 2018 (1285)

acrylic on canvas, 76.2 x 101.5 cm
Cat. No. GZTJR/BG-1285
Bob Gibson, Aboriginal painting, Tjarlirli Art
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Bob Gibson, Patjantja, 2018 (1647)

acrylic on canvas, 76.2 x 101.5 cm
Cat. No. GATJR/BG-1647