Conrad Tipungwuti
Artwork title: Warnarringa (sun)
Medium: Locally sourced ochres on stringybark
Size: 94 cm x 52 cm
Price: $6,000
About the Artwork
Parlingarri (creation time) the whole world was in darkness. Murtankala came from underground with three children on her back. As she moved around, she created crevices in the land with her body. These filled with water and became the geographical channels of the Tiwi Islands. She made yikwani (fire), lifted it into the sky and created warnarringa (the sun). Jilamara artists use ochre from Country to paint. The yellow is burnt on the fire to make red pigment – the colours of the land, the sun and fire applied to recall stories of the Tiwi people and their island Country.
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About the Artist
Conrad Tipungwuti is a Tiwi artist who grew up in “old camp” Pirlangimpi surrounded by strong culture and ceremony. Later in life he moved to Milikapiti to live with family next to the art centre where he works today. His Tiwi name is Kamilowra and in the practice of his ancestors continues to create work in ochres from Country.