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Jackie Kurltjunyintja Giles Tjapaltjarri
By (author) Hetti Kemarre Perkins, By (author) Georges Petitjean, By (author) Michael Stitfold
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For a large part of his life, Jackie Kurltjunyintja Giles Tjapaltjarri (ca 1935-2010) led a nomadic existence, travelling across large tracts of and later spending time in small communities in Australia’s vast Western Desert region. Jackie Giles was renowned as a man of great erudition and a powerful healer, Maparnjarra in his native Ngaanyatjarra language. The powers of these traditional healers include the gift of seeing into the bodies and even the spirits of others. In the 1990s, Jackie Giles started painting with acrylic on canvas. Mr Giles, as he was often called, combined an intimate knowledge of his land with his own oneiric visions to build what became a significant personal oeuvre. These paintings celebrate the Tjukurpa (Dreaming), which pervades the land and is a cornerstone of its identity. Built around labyrinthine patterns and monumental shapes, these dynamic, rhythmical compositions allude to the esoteric, sacred subject matter of the Dreaming. The intense, striking works that make up this awe-inspiring oeuvre manage to link two dimensions: Ngaanyatjarra cosmology and the rapidly changing modern world. Text in English and French.
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Publisher | Five Continents Editions
Published date | 6 Apr 2026
Language | English
Format | Hardback
Pages | 128
Dimensions | 250 x 200 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 979-1-2546-0043-6
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