George Ward Tjungurrayi "Tingari Cycle GW014"

Size: 190cm x 125cm, Composition: Acrylic on Linen Canvas, Year: 2008 The custodial roles of the Tingari sites are handed down along family lines – they are tied to the kinship (skin) groups that are aligned to family groups. Often two skin groups will have custodial roles for a Tingari site, which further binds them together by their custodial obligations. The cohesion of traditional society is reinforced by the strong Laws and beliefs that are found in the Tingari song cycles. These geometric shapes spread across the canvas, as though the culture spread broadly to all parts of the desert.