Decorated Fabrics Best Work In Exhibition
The display of fabrics and water colour paintings by Judy Turnbull at the Several Arts Gallery is amateurish. Judy Turnbull seems to be un-
certain whether to be a designer of paintings Or a painter of fabrics. An example is No. Al 5, in which a landscape with cottage is attempted on a fabric using a wax resist dye process. The result is neither painting nor fabric of any quality. Drawing and composition are weak throughout the exhibition. In No. CIO, “Figure in Space,” the figure is simply falling over and there is not the slightest feeling of space. In No. 13, “The Dying Bird,” the arm of the hand holding the bird appears to have been roughly severed a few inches above the wrist. Many aspects of these paintings that could be dealt with all arise from a lack of basic technical skills.
The most competent works in the exhibition are fabrics decorated through the wax resist process. Several dippings in dye have created some interesting colour areas, but it is strange to find African effigies and Navajo figures being produced on fabrics by someone living in Timaru. The exhibition will close on May 30. —G.T.M.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31992, 20 May 1969, Page 16
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