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JUDY WOODBORNE    
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GRAPHIC WORK        
     
Judy Woodborne
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Artist: JUDY WOODBORNE
Title: Midnight All Day I & II
Size: 60 x 40 cm each
Medium: Etching
ID: 18425, 18426
Price: R 5 220 Unframed (each)
  About the artwork:
Midnight all Day, as the title indicates is about the dreamworld, and mankinds' unconscious stream of thought. It is believed that the average person will spend approximately 25 years sleeping in the course of their lifetime. Everybody dreams, whether they re-collect or remember their dreams or not, and the language of dreams is usually visual, and often cloaked in symbolism. Through such symbolism, we are able to interpret and explore the human mind, as Jung stated; "Visual images have the quality of the human soul".
My work has been called symbolist by Hadyn Proud, curator of Iziko Museum, in an essay he wrote for an opening address for an exhibition (please see attached). I concurr with this description, as most often images or ideas simply present themselves to me, fairly unconsciously and I do not try and interpret them or understand them, until later. This particular work is an example of this process. The imagery of water is symbolic of the creative unconscious, of chaos and of the ebb and flow of life that we are born into - the "water of life". The fluidity of water is also symbolic of the fluidity of time, of birth and death and perpetual re-incarnation of the human soul. The disparate arrangement of figures - the newborn baby, with the boat shaped figure, the mermaid, the dogs the circus monkey all have the surreal qualities of a dreamworld. Some of the figures appear to be sleeping - the male figure, crouched in a foetal position, while a sleeping woman floats by, also representative of spiritual awareness or lack of it in humans. The images of dogs are symbolic of human emotions, where in the RH panel, the dogs are friendly, and trying to swim and stay afloat, the dog-like figures in the LH panel are balancing on a see-saw, and are representative of the same
         
emotions found in the Tarot Card; The Moon (the image of two dogs fighting). The idea of the human body being a receptive vessel for a soul is suggested by the image of the body as a boat - or a life raft - this indeed is the only vessel we have to stay afloat in this life-time. Hence the ghostly head, with a flapping sail, the "male boat", with the masked mermaid resting upon it not quite of this world, but again symbolising the masculine and feminine qualities inherent in every human in varying measure. The female figure with the male mask embodies similar ideas. The flosam and jetsam of a tidal flood - the "men at work" sign, the traffic cone and flag, the floating buoy and the life-ring represent things that present themselves to us in life - subliminal messages or directions. The tree of course would be symbolic of the Tree of Life or each individual's potential, and like the Tarot Card: The Hanging Man, we are not sure whether the roots are the branches or the other way around, again symbolic of the condition of human consciousness and development, and the spiritual work we are meant to do in our life-time. The eye, is a universal symbol of wisdom, and is also a "mirror of the soul", the hand is the hand of the initiate or seeker, wishing to acquire secret or occult wisdom. Again the fishing nets are also suggestive of fishing for sustenance in this case a spiritual sustenance to feed the unconscious soul.
     
Judy Woodborne
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Artist: JUDY WOODBORNE
Title: Prelude to the feast AP, 4/20
Size: 30 x 90 cm
Media: Etching
ID: 14591, 22862
Price: R 6 960 Framed; Price: R 6 100 Unframed
Judy Woodborne
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Artist: JUDY WOODBORNE
Title: Bread and Circus I 1/20
Size: 30 x 90 cm
Media: Etching
ID: 14587
Price: R 6 100 Unframed
         
Judy Woodborne
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Artist: JUDY WOODBORNE
Title: Bread and Circus III AP III/III, 1/20
Size: 30 x 90 cm
Media: Etching
ID: 22864, 14588
Price: R 6 960 Framed; Price: R 6 100 Unframed
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Artist: JUDY WOODBORNE
Title: The Bestiary AP II/II, 1/20
Size: 30 x 90 cm
Media: Etching
ID: 14589, 22863
Price: R 6 960 Framed; Price: R 6 100 Unframed
             
Judy Woodborne
Artist: JUDY WOODBORNE
Title: The Empress and the wheel of fortune
Size: 173 x 92 cm
Media: Etching
ID: 22174
Price: R 70 000 Framed
  Judy Woodborne
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Artist: JUDY WOODBORNE
Title: Et Omnia 48/50 '93
Size: 39 x 15 cm
Media: Etching
ID: 18409
Price: R 2 650 Unframed
  Judy Woodborne
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Artist: JUDY WOODBORNE
Title: Dies, Nox, Et Omnia 46/50 '93
Size: 39 x 15 cm
Media: Etching
ID: 18410
Price: R 2 650 Unframed
   


Judy Woodborne
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Artist: JUDY WOODBORNE
Title: Jugglers 3/20 '98
Size: 25 x 20 cm
Media: Etching
ID: 18435
Price: R 2 650 Unframed
  Judy Woodborne
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Artist: JUDY WOODBORNE
Title: Marionette 8/30
Size: 15 x 10 cm
Media: Etching
ID: 18436
Price: R 1 660 Unframed
   
   
     
Judy Woodborne
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Artist: JUDY WOODBORNE
Title: The Bestiary II 12/20
Size: 30 x 90 cm
Media: Etching
ID: 22863, 14590
Price: R 6 960 Framed; Price: R 6 100 Unframed
   
             
THE MUSIC BOX SERIES        
             

Judy Woodborne
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Artist: JUDY WOODBORNE
Title: Dance Macabre HC I/III
Size: 30 x 35 cm
Medium: etching and aquatint
ID: 12925
Price: R 6,500 Unframed


 


             
         
THE SONGLINE SERIES        
             
judy woodborne
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Artist: JUDY WOODBORNE
Title: Intermezzo I AP
Size: 29 x 39 cm
Media: Etching
ID: 12488
Price: R 3 050 Unframed
           
             
             
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