Code: ASGSK20168

Artist: Sarrita King

Title: Lightning

Medium: Acrylic on Linen

Size: 30x30cm

Year: 2020

Code: ASGSK20167

Artist: Sarrita King

Title: Fire

Medium: Acrylic on Linen

Size: 30x30cm

Year: 2020

 Code: ASGSK11020

Artist: Sarrita King

Title: Lightning

Medium: Acrylic on Linen

Size: 59x87cm

Year: 2015

 Code: ASGSK15101

Artist: Sarrita King

Title: Lightning

Medium: Acrylic on Linen

Size: 60x60cm

Year: 2015

 Code: ASGSK19115

Artist: Sarrita King

Title: Lightning

Medium: Acrylic on Linen

Size: 30x30cm

Year: 2019

Code: ASGS-SK-20017

Artist: Sarrita King

Title: Language of the Earth III

Medium: Sculpture, Metal, Natural Tarnish

Size: 60x50x25cm

Year: 2020

With this sculpture Sarrita wanted to translate her ‘Language of the Earth” story into a 3D object. The choice to use metal is a reflection on the strength and longevity of the Australian Indigenous culture and the stories passed down over the centuries. The tarnish is a reflection of the age of the markings and long history of these stories.

Sarrita King | Language of the Earth

This is the earth’s story. It is also the story of black and white upon the land and the history we have created and carved into it by our interactions with one another. The intersections of black and white culture and how they meet, creating a narrative in the land and in history, and then moving on in their individual and collaborative journeys are abstractly depicted. These paintings thematically diverge from Sarrita’s elemental inspired series. In an abstract way Sarrita references the iconography of the Tingari creation ancestors with her use of strong rectangles. These are then given body with dots and dashes, similar to Morse code. These symbols of communication are haunting in their familiarity, like an ancient language that was once known but now sits dormant at the back of one’s memory. The overall aesthetic is bold and assertive, and just like much iconography in Aboriginal cultures, the ancient now appears contemporary.

Code: ASGS-SK-20016

Artist: Sarrita King

Title: Language of the Earth II

Medium: Sculpture, Metal, Black and Silver

Size: 32x64x8cm

Year: 2020

With this sculpture Sarrita wanted to translate her ‘Language of the Earth” story into a 3D object. The choice to use metal is a reflection on the strength and longevity of the Australian Indigenous culture and the stories passed down over the centuries. The tarnish is a reflection of the age of the markings and long history of these stories.

Sarrita King | Language of the Earth

This is the earth’s story. It is also the story of black and white upon the land and the history we have created and carved into it by our interactions with one another. The intersections of black and white culture and how they meet, creating a narrative in the land and in history, and then moving on in their individual and collaborative journeys are abstractly depicted. These paintings thematically diverge from Sarrita’s elemental inspired series. In an abstract way Sarrita references the iconography of the Tingari creation ancestors with her use of strong rectangles. These are then given body with dots and dashes, similar to Morse code. These symbols of communication are haunting in their familiarity, like an ancient language that was once known but now sits dormant at the back of one’s memory. The overall aesthetic is bold and assertive, and just like much iconography in Aboriginal cultures, the ancient now appears contemporary.

Code: ASGS-SK-20022

Artist: Sarrita King

Title: Our Land III

Medium: Sculpture (Wall Hanging), Metal, Black & Silver

Size: 66x93x12cm

Year:

With this sculpture Sarrita wanted to translate her ‘Our Land' story into a 3D object. The choice to use metal is a reflection on the strength and longevity of the Australian Indigenous culture and the stories passed down over the centuries. The natural tarnish is a reflection of the age of the markings and long history of these stories.

Our Land

In the ‘Our Land’ imagery Sarrita is telling the story of the many paths taken when someone leaves their homeland but always feeling connected to their community. In the painting the thick circle represents the homeland and the delicate lines represent the crisscrossing pathways across the land. The many pathways and the ‘tears’ in the pathways and extra layers remind us this journey has been going on with our ancestors throughout humanity.

Code: ASGS-SK-20021

Artist: Sarrita King

Title: Our Land II

Medium: Sculpture (Wall Hanging), Metal, Black & Silver

Size: 66x95x1cm

Year: 2020

With this sculpture Sarrita wanted to translate her ‘Our Land' story into a 3D object. The choice to use metal is a reflection on the strength and longevity of the Australian Indigenous culture and the stories passed down over the centuries. The natural tarnish is a reflection of the age of the markings and long history of these stories.

Our Land

In the ‘Our Land’ imagery Sarrita is telling the story of the many paths taken when someone leaves their homeland but always feeling connected to their community. In the painting the thick circle represents the homeland and the delicate lines represent the crisscrossing pathways across the land. The many pathways and the ‘tears’ in the pathways and extra layers remind us this journey has been going on with our ancestors throughout humanity.

Code: ASGS-SK-20019

Artist: Sarrita King

Title: Language of the Earth I

Medium: Sculpture (Wall Hanging), Metal, Natural Tarnish

Size: 90x90x.03cm

Year: 2020

With this sculpture Sarrita wanted to translate her ‘Language of the Earth” story into a 3D object. The choice to use metal is a reflection on the strength and longevity of the Australian Indigenous culture and the stories passed down over the centuries. The tarnish is a reflection of the age of the markings and long history of these stories.

Sarrita King | Language of the Earth

This is the earth’s story. It is also the story of black and white upon the land and the history we have created and carved into it by our interactions with one another. The intersections of black and white culture and how they meet, creating a narrative in the land and in history, and then moving on in their individual and collaborative journeys are abstractly depicted. These paintings thematically diverge from Sarrita’s elemental inspired series. In an abstract way Sarrita references the iconography of the Tingari creation ancestors with her use of strong rectangles. These are then given body with dots and dashes, similar to Morse code. These symbols of communication are haunting in their familiarity, like an ancient language that was once known but now sits dormant at the back of one’s memory. The overall aesthetic is bold and assertive, and just like much iconography in Aboriginal cultures, the ancient now appears contemporary.