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Hidden Desire
a. Lines of River / b. Landscape We Mediate / c. Coloured Batik / d. Hidden Desire
2012, 188 x 40 x H. 270 cm, 188 x 15 x H. 210 cm, 178 x 15 x H. 230 cm, 50 x H. 50 cm
Meranti, cotton fabric (Batik, indigo blue/orange, The Netherlands), silk fabric, silkscreen printing
Gallery Juliette Jongma, Amsterdam / Galerie Sherin Najjar, Berlin, curated by: Stefan Weppelmann
Text: Dr. Stefan Weppelmann, Director, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, English and German
In 1835, the Dutch introduced Batik from Asia to Europe… sixty years later, speech and thought bubbles were first used in an American comic strip (Yellow Kid, 1896)… 1931 saw the invention of the Tristimulus colour space…
[Note] The history of Batik in the Netherlands; as is common knowledge in Europe. (Umehara)