Welcome to the neighbourhood Thomas Hamel & Associates. @thomashamelstudio We are thrilled to collaborate again with @michaelreidart (and our new neighbours!) on art for our new studio. Seen here in the hallway leading to our meeting room is ‘Untitled 2002’ by Warlimpinga Tjapaltjarri. This artwork is available to purchase through @michaelreidsydney. Warlimpinga was one of a group of about 10 Pintupi speaking people (an extended family) who first encountered Europeans as late as 1984. The group had known that Europeans had arrived: their relatives were in contact with them, and they had even seen some of the white man’s artefacts (eg. Cars). However this group had intentionally stayed away until resources were getting too scarce and they were convinced “to make contact”. Pintupi country straddles the border of Western Australia and the Northern Territory around Lake Mackay, and further south. The Pintupi people are regarded by their Aboriginal neighbours as the most esoteric of all Aboriginal groups: this is reflected in the strikingly minimalistic nature of their paintings for public display. Their paintings are usually connected to the major ancestral beings, the Tingari. Warlimpinga was the first of this extended family to paint publicly for the local Papunya Tula Artists cooperative, and held his first solo exhibition only four years after the famous “walk in”, at Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi in Melbourne, from which the National Gallery of Victoria acquired a large group of works. The exhibition caused a bit of a sensation. Warlimpinga’s work is totally unaffected by any outside influence: the imagery is direct from pre-contact times, however it sits comfortably within the style of work of his contemporaries. #thomashamel #michaelreid #michaelreidsydney #walimpirrngatjapaltjarri #artwork #indigenousart #australianartist (at Thomas Hamel and Associates) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCHkggrDlp7/?igshid=1gvtwjpqod20r