William king jungala biography definition
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Indigenous Contemporary Artist Sarrita King's Modern Take on Life
Sarrita in her Darwin studio. Her artwork, displayed on a Samsung The Frame TV, is from her Lightning series.
For two-and-a-half years prior to his passing, William immersed Sarrita and Tarisse in his world. “He had such a big personality,” says Sarrita. “He created this big community and we got pulled in.” He taught his daughters about his values, the symbols and meaning in Aboriginal art and how to tell stories on canvas. “It subtly took over our lives,” says Sarrita who, like her sister, eventually pulled out of her tertiary studies to pursue art under the tutelage of their father.
From their father, Sarrita and Tarisse learned techniques such as the use of dots, which are used to disguise the sacred meanings behind the stories, so people not initiated into that knowledge can not access it. Then there is line work. “Lines are the original form of Aboriginal art, as they were commonly used in body paint
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Maureen Hudson Nampijinpa is a Warlpiri artist who was born in the Central Australian &#;bush&#;
in to an Anmatyerre mother and Warlpiri father. She was schooled at Yuendumu
Ccommunity and later worked as a teacher&#;s aide back at the region of her birth near
Yuelumu Community on Mount Allan cattle station.
Maureen is recognised as an extremely innovative artist who is constantly experimenting with
design and technique.
Selected exhibitions:
&#;Central Australian Art&#;, The Art Dock, Noumea
&#;Sand Paintings of the Central Desert&#;, Centre for Aboriginal Art, Alice Springs
&#;Commitments&#; Museum of Modern Art, Brisbane
&#;Dreamings&#; (with Clifford Possum), Tribal Art Gallery, Melbourne
&#;Dreamings of the Desert&#; Uluru Gallery, Ayers Rock
&#;Desert Dreams&#; Tandanya, Adelaide
&#;Eunice Napangardi & Maureen Hudson&#; Jeffrey Moose galleri, Seattle, USA
&#;Women Dreaming&#; Gallery 47, London
&#;Songlines&#; Boulder, Colorado USA
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Sarrita King Biography
‘There is so much beauty in this world and it’s hard to capture it all, but I can try.’ (Sarrita King)
At 33 years old Sarrita King lives in Darwin, N.T where she spent most of her youth. The Northern Territory continues to be the source of much of her creative inspiration along with the stories her father, the late, William King Jungala, shared with her.
She lives with her partner, Chad and her sons Steele and Grange and splits her time between family and working in the studio. Sarrita’s new family has only strengthened her desire to share her culture and stories through her art.
The beginning…
In Adelaide South Australia, Sarrita King was born on March 5 She is younger sister to artist Tarisse King and daughter of renowned influential indigenous artist, the late William King Jungala. Her combinations of styles, philosophies and pictorial story-telling have become characteristic of her work, resulting in acclaim and world-recognition as an iconic art