Bushfire

SKU: 6035

Ronnie Tjampitjinpa Bushfire 1999 acrylic on polyester 191x340cm FW6035

RONNIE TJAMPITJINPA
Born: c.1943 Muyinnga NT
Died: 2023 Alice Springs NT
Language: Pintupi
Country: Lake Mackay
Region: Walungurru (Kintore) & Alice Springs NT

Ronnie began painting around 1974, in the early years of the Papunya Tula Artists movement, with his work focusing (largely) on the Tingari Cycle stories relating to this area. The images can be simply understood as a coded visual language derived from initiation ceremonies. From the 1990s onward Ronnie’s work developed its own vibrant character as he experimented with fresh combinations of motifs, colour and compositional design. His works are held in numerous private, corporate and public collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Queensland Art Gallery and Musee des Arts Africains et Oceanies, Paris, France.
Fire Dreaming, this fire was used to clean up the evidence of Men's Business or Business Camp and for that reason the fire dreaming is often associated with Men's Business. The Bushfire Story is a variation of this, often focussing on pure linear compositions. This composition whilst startingly bold and simple, denotes the fire moving swiftly through desert scrubland of mulga and spinifex bushes. Paintings are always refering to particular sites such as Lake McDonald, Lake Mackay (English names for areas NT and WA border), although the mapping within these later works are conceptual not actual. Michael Eather

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