Richard Yukenbarri Tjakamarra

Ngunyarrmanya

2020

This painting depicts designs connected to Ngunyarrmanya, a place that features a claypan and a soakage. In the Tjukurrpa, a large group of ancestral men known as the Tingarri ancestors camped here before traveling northeast.

Language Group: Pintupi
Date: Born 1956

Richard Yukenbarri Tjakamarrawas born in the bush near Lake Gregory and grew up in Balgo, attending Catholic school. He learned to paint by watching his parents and adapted their bold styles to his own subtle line work. Richard worked for the Kiwirrkura Council and began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in January of 2001. His paintings refer to his father’s country, which extends from the area around Jupiter Well, west of Kiwirrkura, north to Balgo.

RICHARD YUKENBARRI TJAKAMARRA, Ngunyarrmanya, 2020

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas. 24 × 21 5/8 in. (61 × 55 cm). Commissioned by Richard Klingler and Jane Slatter for Irriṯitja Kuwarri Tjungu | Past and Present Together.

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