6 AM 6894/10
Patrick Olodoodi Tjungurrayi Tingari 2010
Acrylic on linen 1190 x 1200mm $35000
Extract from, New Beginnings – Classic Paintings from the Corrigan Collection
Patrick Tjungurrayi Olodoodo lives between the Pintupi community of Kintore, NT and WA community of Balgo – a
community of greatly mixed language groups. Tjungurrayi began painting in 1986 with works included in the major survey
exhibition Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius, Art Gallery of NSW 2000 and other important exhibition. His works have
attracted strong interest for their unique combination of Kiwirrkura and Balgo styles and are highly distinctive for their
luminescent colouration of oranges, yellows and usually a blueish violet highlighted with white. With these colours, he creates
geometric patterns of thin panels of squared arches, concentric circles and waves that drift across the canvas. The optical,
geometric patterns of the Kiwirrkura style are given a new life by the brilliant colouration and denser application of paint,
more often seen in the work of Balgo artists. Tjungurrayi’s paintings relate to the events of the Tingari sites from which he
has inherited his dreaming stories and the travels of these men and the designs of ceremonies associated with the Wanawarra
(rainbow snake) that lived in that area.