Summary

Poster promoting an exhibition of batik work at Adelaide Festival Centre Gallery. Printed description on the reverse reads: 'Through the art of batik the Utopia women reflect some of the beauty and complexity of the central Australian desert country. Traditional land is of utmost importance to Aboriginal people. The land was created by the travels and activities of ancestral beings and today the life history and spirit of these dreamtime creatures is manifest in the shape of the land: its plants and animals and natural features. The power of the land draws the respect of its owners and entails responsibilities for the maintenance of the environment and its inhabitants through the performance of ceremony and ritual. The women have a deep spiritual knowledge of their country and aspects of this understanding are represented in their batik.' The exhibition was produced with the assistance of the Aboriginal Benefits Trust Association, The Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council, The Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Australian National Railways and The Aboriginal Community Centre, Adelaide.

Physical Description

Colour ink on paper. Title: 'Utopia, Batik from the desert'. Features an artwork depicting an Aboriginal woman carrying a digging stick, bucket, and a child sitting on her shoulders; text in white. Reverse features black drawing on white background. Depicts a woman in foreground creating batik designs, two women walking in background; printed text.

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