Ronnie Tjampitjinpa

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Ronnie Tjampitjinpa (* 1943 around Muyinnga , Western Australia ) is an Aboriginal painter who lives and works in Kintore .

Early life

As a child, Ronnie Tjampitjinpa lived a nomadic life with his family in the traditional land of the Pintupi . In the 1950s, his family moved to the Haasts Bluff Aboriginal settlement and later to Papunya .

painting

After the honey pot ant mural was created in Papunya in 1971, which was a style- defining modern art for the Aborigines , he too began to paint. In 1972 he was one of the founding members of the economic enterprise Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd , in which only painting are Aboriginal members.

From the 1990s he designed his work in the style of the Aborigines of the Pintupi . In his work he connects individual surfaces with lines. The lines make the connections between people, the land and the dreamtime . His paintings are based on the dreamtime themes of water, two snakes, two women and the Tingari cycle. A tingari is a song cycle for initiated men who roam the country, hold ceremonies and "sanctify" places.

In 1988 he won the Alice Prize , one of the oldest art prizes in Australia , for his work Tingari Story at Nyirrniminya . In 1989 his first solo exhibition took place at the Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi in Melbourne . The Australian Art Collector Magazine listed him in the years 2008 and 2009 among the 50 most collectable Aboriginal artists.

His pictures have been shown at numerous exhibitions. They are in national and international collections, including in Australia in the National Gallery of Australia and Art Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne , Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney and Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide .

Web links

  • aaia.com : Photo and work by Ronnie Tjampitjinpa

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c brits-art.com ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Ronnie Tjampitjinpa , accessed August 25, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.brits-art.com
  2. ↑ a b ngv.vic.au ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Ronnie Tjampitjinpa , in English, accessed August 25, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ngv.vic.gov.au
  3. ↑ Wally Caruana: The Art of the Aborigines , p. 112, Singapore 1996, ISBN 0500950512 (German edition)
  4. ↑ aboriginalartonline.com : Biography of Ronnie Tjampitjinpa , in English, accessed August 25, 2012
  5. ↑ aliceprize.com ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : 1988 - Alice Prize Winner , in English, accessed August 25, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aliceprize.com
personal data
SURNAME Tjampitjinpa, Ronnie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Muyinnga , Western Australia , Australia