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Papunya Tula Artists

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MORRIS GIBSON TJAPALTJARRI of Papunya Tula Artists. The title is Patjantjanya. [MG1005046] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)

MORRIS GIBSON TJAPALTJARRI (dec)

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Patjantjanya

MG1005046
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
91 x 61cm | 35.83 x 24.02in
Papunya Tula Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by NANCY NUNGURRAYI of Papunya Tula Artists. The title is Ngaminya. [NN0901116] (Acrylic on Linen)

NANCY NUNGURRAYI (dec)

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Ngaminya

NN0901116
Acrylic on Linen
61 x 55cm | 24.02 x 21.65in
Papunya Tula Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by JOHNNY YUNGUT TJUPURRULA of Papunya Tula Artists. The title is Soakage Water Site of Tjangimanta. [JY1010151] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)

JOHNNY YUNGUT TJUPURRULA (dec)

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Soakage Water Site of Tjangimanta

JY1010151
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
107 x 28cm | 42.13 x 11.02in
Papunya Tula Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by WILLY TJUNGURRAYI of Papunya Tula Artists. The title is Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDonald). [WT1607014] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)

WILLY TJUNGURRAYI (dec)

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Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDonald)

WT1607014
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
61 x 55cm | 24.02 x 21.65in
Papunya Tula Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by KATARRA BUTLER NAPALTJARRI of Papunya Tula Artists. The title is Ngaminya. [KB1403089] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)

KATARRA BUTLER NAPALTJARRI

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Ngaminya

KB1403089 (2014)
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
91 x 46cm | 35.83 x 18.11in
Papunya Tula Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by GEORGE TJUNGURRAYI of Papunya Tula Artists. The title is Ngamurrunya. [GT1109179] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)

GEORGE TJUNGURRAYI

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Ngamurrunya

GT1109179
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
87 x 28cm | 34.25 x 11.02in
Papunya Tula Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by YALTI NAPANGATI of Papunya Tula Artists. The title is Rockhole site of Ngaminya. [YN0606066] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)

YALTI NAPANGATI

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Rockhole site of Ngaminya

YN0606066
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
91 x 46cm | 35.83 x 18.11in
Papunya Tula Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by WINTJIYA NAPALTJARRI of Papunya Tula Artists. The title is Watanuma. [WN0903138] (Acrylic on Linen)

WINTJIYA NAPALTJARRI

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Watanuma

WN0903138
Acrylic on Linen
61 x 55cm | 24.02 x 21.65in
Papunya Tula Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by CEDRIC BENNETT TJUNGURRAYI of Papunya Tula Artists. The title is Tarkulnga. [CB1111034] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)

CEDRIC BENNETT TJUNGURRAYI

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Tarkulnga

CB1111034 (2011)
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
61 x 55cm | 24.02 x 21.65in
Papunya Tula Artists
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The Papunya Tula Art Movement began in 1971 when a school teacher, Geoffrey Bardon, encouraged some of the men to paint a blank school wall.

The murals sparked off tremendous interest in the community and soon many men started painting.

In 1972 the artists successfully established their own company.

The company is entirely owned and directed by traditional Aboriginal people from the Western Desert, predominantly of the Luritja/Pintupi language groups.

It has 49 shareholders and now represents around 120 artists.

The company derives its name from Papunya, a settlement 240km north-west of Alice Springs.

Papunya settlement was established as an administrative centre by the government for the Aboriginal people who had moved in from the desert.

Since then many Pintupi and Luritja people have moved back to their homelands and continue their strong ceremonial tie to the Land.

The company, initially based in the Papunya area, has met the challenges posed by the homelands movement in the last decade, and now extends its operations into Western Australia (covering an area which extends to 700km west of Alice Springs).

The Papunya Tula painting style derives directly from the artists’ knowledge of traditional body and sand painting associated with ceremony.

To portray these dreamtime creation stories for the public,has required the removal of sacred symbols and the careful monitoring of ancestral designs.

The work of the Papunya Tula artists is highly regarded.

The high standard of the work and its unmistakable and powerful style has resulted in the Papunya Tula artists being represented in most public galleries, major museums, institutions and many large private collections within Australia as well as overseas.

The aim of the company is to promote individual artists, provide economic development for the communities to which they belong, and assist in the maintenance of a rich cultural heritage.

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