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Martin King 'Going Over Old Ground I' landscape ‘Warlu manu Jirrama wati’ isMartin Kings practice pays close attention to the relationship between land, sea, sky and weather. In Going Over Old Ground I, he etches dry terrain spotted with the shadows of rain clouds. The juxtaposition is poetic parched earth on the precipice of saturation, drought before deluge. Emotively titled, this work evokes the delicacy and harshness of the Australian landscape, the potential of life to recede and surge forth. King is recognised as one of