A study of the Figurative in Desert painting: Figurative painting from the desert
Past exhibition
Kathleen Tjapalyi
Tjalpiri
acrylic on linen
120 x 60 cm
821780
This painting depicts a rock hole (soakage) called Tjalpiri east of Mimili. This is a Ngintaka place. The ngintaka tjukurpa travels west but it is to the east where he...
This painting depicts a rock hole (soakage) called Tjalpiri east of Mimili. This is a Ngintaka place. The ngintaka tjukurpa travels west but it is to the east where he steals the grinding stone then starts to travel west. Tjalpiri is the very sacred place to Anangu.