Spine 4 2000
Etching
33 x 25 cm
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 17/30
Framed
This print belongs to a four-part series (with 'Spine 1', 'Spine 2' and 'Spine 3') through which Watson continues her exploration into archetypal symbols and motifs which connect her practice to her own Aboriginal artistic heritage and to contemporary discourses on museology, archaeology, anthroplogy, etc., and how these disciplines impact on Indigenous aspirations and experience. Watson's stark spine motif is a symbol of strength and loss against an evocative background through which her characteristic whorl-like forms appear. This etching was produced by a process known as chine colle in which Japanese iwake rice paper forms an additional texture and printing surface. It was produced while the artist was a resident of the NT and a part-time painting lecturer at the Charles Darwin University's School of Art & Design. Waanyi artist Judy Watson (b.1959) is one of Australia's leading contemporary artists who has successfully negotiated the threshold between Indigenous and Euro-Australian/international art. A graduate of Hobart's University of Tasmania, and Monash University, Judy has held numerous solo exhibitions throughout Australia and overseas. One of her many career highlights includes her selection for the Venice Biennale in 1997 ('fluent', along with Emily Kngwarreye and Yvonne Koolmatrie) and winning the Moet & Chandon Fellowship in 1995. Watson works in a variety of media, including major public commissions, and includes large-scale zinc etchings (Museum of Victoria, 1999). In 2004 Watson was one of four artists selected for the major Contemporary Territory exhibition at the Museum and Art Gallery of the NT. Watson is a highly accomplished printmaker. Her involvement with Northern Editions was largely while she was a painting lecturer at Charles Darwin University and based near Darwin, NT. Watson is currently based in Brisbane and continues to bring her iconic imagery to an increasingly appreciative audience.
Item #3173
Price: $1,200.00