Dancing

Community and people coming together in dance, inspired Sarrita King’s art featured at Wendy’s Park 

Next time you’re at Wendy’s Park (off Snipe Court) check out artist Sarrita King’s Dancing now featured on the irrigation tank.

This artwork is a burst of Indigenous symbols. These have been created to be in all different shapes and directions. When the U shape is used it symbolizes a person. When they are painted in this way coming together and facing random directions it means people are dancing. They can be painted in a variety of colours to symbolise the differences of us all, but all work in synergy to give the community a sense of coming together, celebration and unity. This artwork has a sense of fun and brings the idea of dancing in the street together, which for me is something we at the Top End do in the first rain of the wet season.

Meet the Artist

"There is so much beauty in this world and it’s hard to capture it all, but I can try."
                                                                                                          --Sarrita King

Sarrita King (Instagram: @sarritaking_artist) lives in Darwin where she spent most of her life as a young person. The Northern Territory continues to be the source of much of her creative inspiration along with the stories her father shared with her, the late William King Jungala.

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 strengthened her desire to share her culture and stories through her art.

Photographer: Helspix