Lot 72

The Artist
Utopia Batik, Northern Territory, cat. no. 960 (accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity)
Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
The Le Pley Collection, Western Australia, acquired from the above in 2009

Australian Aboriginal Art, Residence of the Australian Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, Beijing, 2018 (illus. p. 16)

"Created at Arlparra, Utopia, Northern Territory, during the Utopia Batik Revival Workshop 2007 conducted by Julia Murray, founding co-ordinator of Utopia Batik, 1978-1982

This work, in lime green and yellow on a dark burgundy ground, whilst a classic example of Utopia Batik, it also shows Judy's willingness to experiment with new motifs to create her characteristically powerful, vibrant movement across the silk.
Judy Greenie (Purvis) was one of the original artists who began batik painting in the late 1970s when the Utopia Women's Batik Group was established. She has become a highly skilled batik artist with superb technical control whose dramatic works are widely admired and sought after. Batiks are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, the Holmes a Court collection, the National Museums of Scotland, the Wollongong University art collection, as well as numerous private collections.
Indeed, one of Judy's batiks from 2007 in the same colour scheme was chosen to be exhibited in the new textiles gallery at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra in 2010." As stated on the Utopia Batik certificate of authenticity

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