Just the other day I happened to wake up early. That is unusual for an engineering student. After a long time I could witness the sunrise. I could feel the sun rays falling on my body. Usual morning is followed by hustle to make it to college on time. This morning was just another morning yet seemed different.

GEORGE TJUNGURRAYI WARD

[vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”5″ bottom_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”4″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1/1″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h6″ text_size=”fontsize-160000″ text_transform=”uppercase” text_space=”fontspace-107569″ text_color=”color-215101″]EXHIBITION – 18.10.19/21.12.19[/vc_custom_heading][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h3″ text_size=”fontsize-155944″ text_transform=”uppercase” text_space=”fontspace-107519″]GEORGE TJUNGURRAYI WARD[/vc_custom_heading][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″ desktop_visibility=”yes”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The Courthouse Gallery+Studio is honoured to showcase the first solo exhibition of recent works by senior desert artist George Tjungurrayi Ward. Ward invited us into his painterly and richly coloured descriptive paintings by sharing sacred tjukurrpa dreaming about the Tingari – ancient creational figures who moved through country inhabited by the Pintupi.[/vc_column_text][vc_button border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fthejunctionco.com.au%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F10%2FGeorge-Tjungurrayi_Catalogue_Courthouse-GalleryStudio.pdf|title:download-catalogue-george-tjungurrayi|target:%20_blank|”]DOWNLOAD CATALOGUE[/vc_button][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row=”” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”5″ bottom_padding=”5″ overlay_alpha=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ row_height_use_pixel=””][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=”yes” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ medium_width=”0″ zoom_width=”0″ zoom_height=”0″ width=”5/6″][vc_single_image media=”81812″ media_width_percent=”100″ media_ratio=”three-two” media_title_uppercase=””][/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ medium_width=”0″ zoom_width=”0″ zoom_height=”0″ width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”4″ bottom_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ row_height_use_pixel=””][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=”yes” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ medium_width=”0″ zoom_width=”0″ zoom_height=”0″ column_width_pixel=”800″][vc_column_text]His narrative paintings often depict the Tinagri men, women and children travelling from rock hole to rock hole. The Tingari theme is continually repeated in Ward’s paintings, as he finds new ways to rearticulate his ancestral connection to country.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row=”” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”5″ bottom_padding=”5″ overlay_alpha=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ row_height_use_pixel=””][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=”yes” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ medium_width=”0″ zoom_width=”0″ zoom_height=”0″ column_width_pixel=”800″][vc_single_image media=”81814″ media_width_percent=”100″ media_ratio=”one-one” media_title_uppercase=””][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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