{"product_id":"sarrita-king-ngurra-2026-90x120cm-ddsk26118","title":"Sarrita King | 'Ngurra, 2026' | 90x120cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCode:\u003c\/strong\u003e DDSK26118\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sarrita King\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ngurra\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e Darwin, NT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommunity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gurindji \/ Waanyi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acrylic On Linen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90x120cm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNgurra is a Gurindji word meaning Country, home or place, and in Sarrita King's work it carries the weight of connection and memory rather than a single mapped location. These paintings are not a view of one site but a response to the rhythms that run through the land itself: the cracking of dry earth, the movement of water, shifting vegetation, pathways worn into the ground and the sudden charge of tropical weather over the Northern Territory. Through layered dots, fine lines and repeating circular forms, King builds a surface where different traces of Country seem to surface and recede, so that the painting feels less like a single scene than an accumulation of place over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSarrita King is a proud Gurindji Waanyi woman, born in Adelaide in 1988. She is the younger sister of Tarisse King and daughter of the late William King Jungala, whose Gurindji people led the famous Wave Hill Walk-Off — Australia's first successful land rights claim. Growing up in Darwin, Sarrita was immersed in the extreme weather and primal landscapes of the tropical north, which became the foundation of her art. She began painting at 16 and combines traditional Aboriginal dotting techniques with unorthodox methods inherited from her father, creating works of extraordinary depth capturing lightning storms, fire, sand dunes, and the textures of the earth from aerial perspectives. Her art is a fusion of past and present — the next generation keeping ancestral narrative alive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dreamtime Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67805718872297,"sku":"DDSK26118","price":4995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/0993\/6873\/files\/DDSK26118-Sarrita_King-2026-Ngurra-90x120cm-square-web.jpg?v=1793267765","url":"https:\/\/cag.art\/products\/sarrita-king-ngurra-2026-90x120cm-ddsk26118","provider":"Canberra Art Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}