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Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri Born in the late 1950s east of Kiwirrkurra, Warlimpirrnga is the brother of artist Walala Tjapaltjarri. In late 1984, Warlimpirrnga, Walala and several other members of the Pintupi Tribe walked out of the remote wilderness of the Gibson Desert in Western Australia and made contact for the first time with European society. Described as 'The Lost Tribe', he and his family created international headlines. Until that day, the whole family had lived the traditional nomadic life of a hunter-gatherer society. Their intimate knowledge of the land, its flora and fauna and waterholes allowed them to survive as their ancestors had done for thousands of years. It is this sacred landscape with its ceremonial sites that Warlimpirrnga so strikingly depicts in his paintings. Much sought after by collectors and galleries internationally, Warlimpirrnga completed his first painting in 1987 and in 1988 his first exhibition of eleven paintings was purchased and donated to the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. | see gallery |
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