Watson Corby Tjungurrayi was born in Papunya in 1973, and is the grandson of famed Papunya School artist Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, from whom he was taught art, as well as from his father, artist David Corby Tjapaltjarri, and his mothers. Corby has inherited Warungkula’s famous subject matter, Kalipinypa Tjukurrpa (Dreaming), which relates to an important rain making ceremony, with the power to create new life and growth upon the land and the resulting storms. Corby as a contemporary Papunya school artist paints this story employing a drip technique onto linen laid horizontally using a variety of found and homemade paint applicators. The resulting abstract lines and expressive drips of paint create works of depth that draw the viewer in. Corby is the current Chairperson of Papunya Tjupi Artists and has been instrumental in the recent Men’s Art and Cultural Revival at the art centre.
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