Lot 73

The Artist
Utopia Batik, Northern Territory, cat. no. 961 (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

Araluen Art Gallery, Alice Springs, 2007 (during the Royal Australian Institute of Architects national conference)

Australian Aboriginal Art, Residence of the Australian Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, Beijing, 2018 (illus. p. 15)

"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 large work, in white and turquoise on a rich brown ground, is a classic example of Utopia Batik with its characteristic swirling 'starburst' motifs that almost pulsate in their vibrant movement across the silk. It was exhibited at Araluen Art Gallery, Alice Springs, in 2007 during the Royal Australian Institute of Architects national conference focussing on Indigenous housing. Judy Greenie 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. Her batiks are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, the Holmes a Court collection, the National Museum of Scotland, the Wollongong University art collection, as well as numerous private collections."
As stated on the Utopia Batik certificate of authenticity 

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