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Helicopter (Joey Tjungurrayi)
Wangkartu-Tali, 2014

Wangkartu-Tali

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Japanese woodblock, printed in five colours, from two blocks
Edition: 6/20
67 × 55cm (sheet)
Published by Warlayirti Artists.
 

Helicopter has painted some of his country located far to the south of Balgo.  This is the country where Helicopter was born and where he spent his formative years.  The central circles of the painting are a number of watersources.   These tjurrnu (soakwater) are places Helicopter would visit as a young man.  The majority of the painting depicts the tali (sand hills) that dominate this country.

 
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Helicopter Joey Tjungurrayi is well recognised as one of Warlayirti Artists’ leading artists and is a great ambassador for the Art Centre, painting with Warlayirti Artists since the early ‘nineties. Born at Nynmi, west of Kiwirrkurra in Western Australia, Helicopter was brought up in a traditional nomadic lifestyle, learning from childhood the location of water sources and how to hunt for bush food. The time spent moving through country as a young boy has had a profound and lasting effect on Helicopter’s artistic process and practice.

 
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