{"product_id":"william-king-jungala-fire-2005-120x180cm","title":"William King Jungala | 'Fire, 2005' | 120x180cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCode:\u003c\/strong\u003e DDWK05071\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e William King Jungala\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e Darwin \/ Katherine, NT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommunity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gurindji\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acrylic On Linen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120x180cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2005\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeat lifts off the canvas. William King Jungala builds \u003cem\u003eFire\u003c\/em\u003e from countless fine dots, letting molten reds, deep crimsons and bright yellows roll across the surface like flame moving through spinifex country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe composition reads as burning Country seen from above. Pockets of darker red hold the slow smoulder. Golden filaments trace the leading edge of the fire, where flame meets fuel and the ground changes colour in an instant. Nothing here is still. The dotwork breathes with the kind of movement anyone who has watched a bushfire will recognise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFire is a working part of life on Gurindji Country. It clears, renews and shapes the land. Jungala painted it with respect for that cycle, not as destruction but as a force that belongs to the ground itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJungala was a Gurindji man whose people led the Wave Hill Walk-Off, the action that opened the way for Australian land rights. That history of standing with Country runs quietly through his practice. He worked independently, developing a dot technique that favoured atmosphere over diagram, mood over map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis daughters Sarrita and Tarisse King learned their craft at his side and carry his approach forward in their own well known paintings. Works by Jungala himself are increasingly uncommon. He died in 2007, and each surviving canvas is a direct link to the source of a now celebrated family style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFire\u003c\/strong\u003e is a large and confident example of that source. Stand close and the dots dissolve into pure heat. Step back and the whole field ignites.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dreamtime Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67679841485033,"sku":"DDWK05071","price":14950.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/0993\/6873\/files\/DDWK05071-William_King_Jungala-2005-Fire-120x180cm-1_web2000.jpg?v=1791951122","url":"https:\/\/cag.art\/products\/william-king-jungala-fire-2005-120x180cm","provider":"Canberra Art Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}