Charlie Tjungarrayi Tarawa b. c.1925

Also known as Charlie Tjaruru Tjungurrayi
  • Artist (Painter)
Because of his extensive experience with Europeans, he became the spokesman for the younger Pintupi men in the early days of the Papunya painting movement. Later he befriended Papunya Tula Artists' manager (1980-1) the late Andrew Crocker, with whom he travelled to the UK and who organised his retrospective, the first of a Papunya artist.
exhibited at
Charlie Tjaruru Tjungurrayi
Date
1987
Place
Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
Description

This exhibition was organised for the Orange Festival of Arts by the Orange Regional Gallery and to 6 other venues in Australia.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
NT annual report; AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Charlie Tjaruru Tjungurrayi: a retrospective 1970-1986. Orange, NSW: Orange City Council, 1987
ISBN 0959222731

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting