Bobby West Tjupurrula
Bobby is the son of Freddy West Tjakamarra, one of the original
shareholders of Papunya Tula Artists. He was born at the rockhole site of Tjamu
Tjamu, which is east of Kiwirrkura around 1958. Bobby’s family was met by
Jeremy Long’s welfare patrol in 1963 at
Willi rockhole, slightly east of Kintore. Bobby appears with his family in the
book ‘The Lizard Eaters’, by Douglas Lockwood. He commenced painting for
Papunya Tula Artists in the late 1980’s, and has become an integral part of the
company, serving as chairman on several occasions.
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