{"title":"Consignment | DD | AAG","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"sarrita-king-ngurra-2025-110x120cm","title":"Sarrita King | 'Ngurra, 2025' | 110x120cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCode:\u003c\/strong\u003e DDSK25340\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sarrita King\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e Darwin, NT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommunity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gurindji \/ Waanyi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ngurra\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acrylic On Canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 110x120cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNgurra\u003c\/em\u003e — meaning \u003cstrong\u003ehome\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ecamp\u003c\/strong\u003e, or \u003cstrong\u003eCountry\u003c\/strong\u003e — is rendered here as a sun-warmed expanse where the earth itself seems to hum with quiet radiance. Sarrita King's pale linear marks travel across a deep apricot ground in concentric whorls and meandering boundaries, mapping a landscape that has no horizon. The viewer is suspended above it, looking down on a Country that breathes in tonal layers of ochre, terracotta and gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeveral softly radiating centres bloom across the canvas like waterholes seen from the air, or the slow rings of weathered rock formations. Between them, ridge-lines and cracks ripple outward, the way wind shapes sand or heat splits the surface of a long dry season. King has spoken of the earth having its own visual language; in this work, every fine line is a syllable of that language — the script of erosion, gathering, footfall, and time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe palette belongs unmistakably to the tropical north and the desert interior that runs through her ancestral Gurindji and Waanyi lines. These are the rich reds, oranges and yellows King associates with the dry season, when the land lays itself bare and old landmarks rise again into view. Yet the work is not parched; it glows with the soft luminescence of late afternoon light skimming across raised earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKing grew up in Darwin, immersed in the dramatic weather and primal landscapes of the Top End, and her practice fuses traditional dotting with the more gestural, linear methods inherited from her late father, William King Jungala. \u003cem\u003eNgurra\u003c\/em\u003e sits firmly within her ongoing translation of \u003cem\u003ethe language of the earth\u003c\/em\u003e — a meditation on belonging, on the country that shaped her forebears, and on the enduring conversation between a person and the ground beneath them. To stand before it is to feel oriented, gently, toward home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarrita King","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50981151932649,"sku":"DDSK25340","price":7995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/0993\/6873\/files\/DDSK25340-SK-Ngurra-110x120-2025-scan_2026-04-20_01-45-16_web2000.jpg?v=1778219559"}],"url":"https:\/\/cag.art\/collections\/consignment-dd-aag.oembed","provider":"Canberra Art Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}