exhibitions

sculpture and works on paper

12 - 30 June 2008

about the exhibition

Judy Holding’s latest body of work continues to engage with her exploration of the Northern Territory. Filling her extensive “camp notebooks” with stories, photographs and sketches of her travels, Judy reflects on the essence of the people, animals and climates she encounters. From her many visits to the area, Judy has come to know the landscape well and has made friends with some of the local elders who are happy to share their stories with her. Back in her studio in Melbourne, Judy uses her dairies to inform her artistic practice and builds on her growing understanding of the Indigenous people and their relationship to the land. From that point, her practice takes on many different forms using printmaking, painting, collage and sculpture to create her eclectic and vivid art works. Works on paper rich with creativity and colour come to life as Judy adds layer by layer reminding us of the “interconnectedness of elements” in the natural world while her sculptural pieces are cut away from aluminium and steel drawing our attention to absence and silhouettes. Each medium demands a new approach while each engaging in themes of “deliberateness and play, involvement and detachment, labour and design.”

Born in Bendigo, Judy Holding studied for her Diploma in Primary Teaching (Art and Craft) at the Melbourne State College in the mid1960s. In 1977 she went on to complete her Diploma of Fine Art, majoring in painting, at Caulfield Institute of Technology. Since then, she has worked in both Canberra and Melbourne as a professional artist and graphic designer while also travelling extensively in remote regions of the Northern Territory. Judy has participated in numerous exhibitions across Australia including shows at Swan Hill, Shepparton & Wagga Regional Galleries and the Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art. Her work is represented in collections at Artbank, the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Benalla Regional Gallery and Shepparton Regional Gallery.

exhibition images

  • 1. $1,500 Diver duck - linocut on paper, edition 2 of 20, 62 x 51cm (unframed $1250)

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  • 2. $400 Mallee tree - silkscreen print, edition 17 of 18, 18 x 18cm (unframed $250)

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  • 3. $1,800 Kadjimulk’s tree 7/25 - powder coated aluminium, rusted steel, 62 x 34 x 13cm

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  • 4. $3,300 Sunrise, midday, evening at Cannonhill - watercolour on paper, 55 x 55cm

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  • 5. $3,300 Billy’s Boab - watercolour on paper, 55 x 55cm

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  • 6. $3,300 Early evening - watercolour on paper, 55 x 55cm

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  • 7. $3,300 Scribbly gums - watercolour on paper, 55 x 55cm

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  • 8. $6,800 My landscape 1/5 - wood, acrylic, 250 x 360cm (dimensions variable)

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  • 9. $2,800 Gudjeuk, wet season proper - mixed media on paper, 70 x 50cm

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  • 10. $2,800 Gurrung, the hot weather - mixed media on paper, 70 x 50cm

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  • 11. $9,800 Mallee tree 4/5 - powder coated aluminium, rusted steel, 137 x 146 x 30cm

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  • 12. $520 Wurrgeng - silkscreen print, edition 13 of 20, 38 x 28cm (unframed $440)

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  • 13. $520 Yekke - silkscreen print, edition 13 of 20, 38 x 28cm (unframed $440)

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  • 14. $3,000 Dry season at Yellow Water - mixed media on paper, 75 x 57cm

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  • 15. $3,000 Trees at the waterhole - mixed media on paper, 75 x 57cm

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  • 16. $3,000 Bluegum - mixed media on paper, 75 x 57cm

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  • 17. $6,800 Kapirigi’s tree 1/5 - rusted steel, stainless steel, 100 x 46 x 20cm

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  • 18. $520 Gudjeuk - silkscreen print, edition 13 of 20, 38 x 28cm (unframed $440)

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  • 19. $520 Gurrung - silkscreen print, edition 8 of 20, 38 x 28cm (unframed $440)

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  • 20. $2,800 Kookaburra at the waterhole - mixed media on paper, 70 x 50cm

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