Judy Holding, Jessie Wove A Basket (Detail), 2023. Watercolour on paper in bespoke lime washed Victorian Ash timber frame, 72 x 197cm. Courtesy: the artist and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne.

Alcaston Gallery presents works by Judy Holding.

Holding’s visual vocabulary of symbolic forms conveys a profound connection to the landscapes of regional Victoria and Murrumburr Country in Kakadu, in the Northern Territory.

The painterly lens through which Holding depicts the landscapes of Murrumburr Country is shaped and informed by her connection with Murrumburr Senior Traditional Owner, Jessie Alderson. Known to each other as Yabok, older sister, and Yagerr, younger sister, their enduring friendship is woven into the fabric of Holding’s understanding and experience of stone Country in Kakadu, far north Australia.

Opening Event: Thursday 9 November, 4.30 – 7pm.

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