Two Bob Tjungurrayi 


Born:                 1938 c.
Died:                 2000
Region:               Western Desert
Community Centre:     Haasts Bluff, Papunya
Country:              3 Mile Bore (near Papunya), Karinyarra, Central Mt Wedge
Language Bloc:        Western Desert, Arandic
Language:             Luritja, Warlpiri
Social Affiliations:  Tjungurrayi subsection


Collections:
Artbank, Sydney.
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.
Museum of Victoria, Melbourne.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra.
Sails Collection, Sails in the Desert Hotel, Yulara Complex,
Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park.
The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth.
The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, U.S.A.



Exhibitions:
1981, Anvil Art Gallery, Albury.  1982, Brisbane Festival, Brisbane. 
1982, Georges Exhibition, Melbourne. 1983, Mori Gallery, Sydney.  
1984, Anvil Art Gallery, Albury. 1984, Papunya and Beyond, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs. 
1991, Flash Pictures, National Gallery of Australia.
1991, The Painted Dream: Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings. from the Tim and 
      Vivien Johnson Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery and Te Whare Taonga o 
      Aoteroa National Art Gallery, New Zealand. 
1992, Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs.
1993, Tjukurrpa, Desert Dreamings, Aboriginal Art from Central Australia (1971-1993), 
      Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA.


Select Bibliography:
Isaacs, J., 1984, Australia's Living Heritage, Arts of the Dreaming, Lansdowne Press, Sydney. (C) 

Isaacs, J., 1989, Australian Aboriginal Paintings, Weldon  Publishing, New South Wales. 

Johnson, V., 1994, The Dictionary of Western Desert Artists, Craftsman House, East 
Roseville, New South Wales. (C) 

Wallace, D., Desmond, M., Caruana, W., 1991, Flash Pictures, exhib. cat., National 
Gallery of Australia, Canberra. 

1993, Tjukurrpa Desert Dreamings, Aboriginal Art from Central  Australia (1971-1993), 
exhib. cat., Art Gallery of Western   Australia, Perth. (C)



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