Taktha
May 1, 2008 - August 1, 2008

Guest Curator, Joachim Blank

TAKTHA – Contemporary Batik Art in Europe was an exhibition created in 2001 by Joachim Blank to highlight the work of outstanding Batik artists from Japan, Indonesia and Europe. Since then, TAKTHA has traveled to several venues in Poland and Germany.

For TAKTHA 2008 curator Joachim Blank brings together sixteen artists to participate in TEXTILE ART BERLIN 2008, a yearly Fiber Art Fair held in Berlin, Germany. They are:

Austria: Fritz Donart, Andrea Trabisch
Belgium: Jacques Coenye, Helene de Ridder, Nina Stoupina, Rita Trefois
Danmark: Kissa Tindal
France: Peter Wenger
Germany: Joachim Blank, Brigitte Willach
Great Britain: Noel Dyrenforth, Pat Hodson,RosiRobinson
The Netherlands: Ria van Dijk, Els van Baarle, Hetty van Boeckhout.

For detailed information on the full show, please visit: http://www.textile-art-berlin.de

Fiber Scene is pleased to present a sampling of Thatka 2008:

 The rhythm of colours, surfaces, and lines carries the essence of Joachim Blank’s work. Tension, caused by random abstract constellations of energy, is released by the spontaneous reality of the viewer’s gaze dancing around the composition.

Working and experimenting in the field of Batik for 45 years, Brigitte Willach (Germany), has developed her own style and artistic expressions with a constant interplay between realistic and abstract work.

Using figurative and abstract images Hetty van Boekhout (The Netherlands) started to use Batik to explore her own design on different fabrics. Now working with Batik on paper, she emphasizes the material quality and tactile value of her work, collage being her main technique.

Peter Wenger (France), one of the earliest German Batik artists, explores the aesthetic properties peculiar to batik. He is also one of the outstanding minimalistic Batki artists.

Rosi Robinson (Great Britain) is an artist, teacher and lecturer on batik. Her travels and exhibitions throughout the world, including Japan, China, Indonesia, Canada , USA and Europe, have provided inspiration for her work which ranges from land and seascapes and reflections, to people and buildings.

 For Rita Trefois (Belgium) backgrounds of scientific and artistic education encourage the conflict between technical skill and free creativity. Somewhere in the middle between technique and inspiration, a field of tension exists where her artwork prospers.

As an artist trained in chinese ink painting, weaving and water colour techniques , Andrea Trabitsch (Austria) later concentrated on Batik. The mirror effects of glass and water have always had a strong influence on her mostly realistic Batik art.

While creating her Batik, Pat Hodson (Great Britain) understands that each seperate mark,move, colour has its own fleeting time value – hidden within the illusion. Mapping these moves becomes an absorbing game. Mixing old and new technologies--layers of dye or masks and resist on screens--all arrest an image at any point in its development.

We hope you enjoy this truly international show!


Joachim Blank




THAI MOUNTAIN
2007
Batik on cotton, hot wax wooden stencil technique, brush batik
35” x 35”
$1700







GREEN

2006
Batik on cotton and silk organza, double layered, hot wax rubbing technique, brush batik
71” x 39”
$2500







RED
2006
Batik on cotton and silk organza, double layered, hot wax rubbing technique
71” x 39”
$2500







REFLECTION

2005
Batik on cotton, wooden-block stencil Batik technique, burned, underlayed with colored silks, cotton, paper
71” x 43”
$3500







BLUEBIRD
2004
Batik on cotton, hot wax rubbing technique, cotton fiber application (glued)
51” x 35”
$2800











BLUEBIRD - detail





CHIFFRE
2003
Batik on cotton & silk, double layered, hot wax rubbing technique, acrylic paint
71” x 47”
$2500






TOTEM

2002
Batik on silk, hot wax rubbing technique and tjap-Batik-technique
55” x 67”
$3500



Brigitte Willach




EFFERVESCENCE
2007
Batik on Javanese cotton
22” x 22”
$2000







EMERGENCE

2007
Batik on Javanese cotton
22” x 22”
$2000







ENTICEMENT
2006
Batik on Javanese cotton
21” x 22”
$2000







THE ENTHUSIAST

2005
Batik on Javanese cotton
22” x 22”
$1800







DRAMATURGIE I
2003
Batik on Javanese cotton
28” x 35”
$3000






JEAN’S GARDEN

2006
Batik on Javanese Cotton
19” x 22”
$1800






OPPOSITES
2006
Batik on Javanese cotton
22” x 22”
$1700






BLUEBERRIES

2006
Batik on Javanese cotton
24” x 24”
$2100



Hetty van Boekhout




FLOWER POWER
2007
Batik on paper, collage, card, Chinese and Japanese paper, tissue paper, newspaper, newsprint paper, parafine wax, procion dye, and bleach
20” x 20”
$943







OPUS I

2004
Batik on paper, collage, card, Chinese and Japanese paper, tissue paper, newspaper, newsprint paper, parafine wax, procion dye, and bleach
30” x 20”
$1335







MEETING POINT
2007
Batik on paper, collage, card, Chinese and Japanese paper, tissue paper, newspaper, newsprint paper, parafine wax, procion dye, and bleach
20” x 20”
$943







BOUNCING BACK I

2007
Batik on paper, collage, card, Chinese and Japanese paper, tissue paper, newspaper, newsprint paper, parafine wax, procion dye, and bleach
24” x 20”
$1022







TRACING STEPS
2007
Batik on paper, collage, card, Chinese and Japanese paper, tissue paper, newspaper, newsprint paper, parafine wax, procion dye, and bleach
24” x 16”
$865





BOUNCING BACK II

2007
Batik on paper, collage, card, Chinese and Japanese paper, tissue paper, newspaper, newsprint paper, parafine wax, procion dye, and bleach
24” x 20”
$1022







ERRANT
2007
Batik on paper, collage, card, Chinese and Japanese paper, tissue paper, newspaper, newsprint paper, parafine wax, procion dye, and bleach
24” x 85”
$1335







OPUS III

2005
Batik on paper, collage, card, Chinese and Japanese paper, tissue paper, newspaper, newsprint paper, parafine wax, procion dye, and bleach
30” x 20”
$1335




Peter Wenger




THE VALLEY
2000
Vat dyes on calico, batik
40” x 80”
NFS







THE RIVER

1997
Vat dyes on calico, batik
55” x 70”
NFS







PRIMAL STATEMENT
1995
Vat dyes on calico, batik
55” x 70”
NFS














PRIMAL STATEMENT - detail





TRANSITION
1989
Vat dyes on calico, batik
40” x 80”
NFS














TRANSITION - detail





WATERFALL
2000
Batik, Vat dyes on calico
30” x 83”
NFS







BROKEN HEART

1993
Batik, Vat dyes on calico
43” x 34”
NFS




Rosi Robinson




FROM THE CROW’S NEST
2007
Batik on cotton
25” x 31”
$2740







DAY OFF

2007
Batik on cotton
17” x 13”
$1930







GONDOLIER
2007
Batik on cotton
32” x 24”
$3317







GRIEF

2003
Batik on cotton
25” x 19”
$1300







MALCOLM’S HOUSE

2006
Batik on cotton
19” x 17.5”
$1700






SRI LANKAN BOATS

2004
Batik on cotton
28” x 23”
$1500







YELLOW AND GREEN LAPSTRAKE BOAT

2006
Batik on cotton
Approx. 25” x 31”
$1915



Rita Trefois




K7 IN MOVEMENT
2004
Batik on cotton
35” x 43”
$1157














K7 IN MOVEMENT - detail





ERASED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
2004
Batik on cotton
43” x 59”
$1690














ERASED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN - detail





UNDERMINED COCHLEA VII
2004
Batik on cotton
39” x 47”
$1227














UNDERMINED COCHLEA VII - detail





AURORA BOREALIS
2005
Batik on cotton
30” x 24”
$1157







TEXTILES.BE

2007
Batik on cotton
17” x 36”
$850




Andrea Trabitsch




SNOW I
2006
Batik on Japanese/Chinese rice paper
13” x 19.25”
$885







SNOW II

2006
Batik on Japanese/Chinese rice paper
13.5” x 19.25”
$885







SNOW III
2006
Batik on Japanese/Chinese rice paper
14.25” x 19.75”
$885







WAITING

2001
Batik on Japanese/Chinese rice paper
14” x 14”
$575







WATER WAYS
2004
Batik on Japanese/Chinese rice paper
16.5” x 28”
$965







WATER WAYS II

2003
Batik on Japanese/Chinese rice paper
9.5” x 28”
$965







WATER WAYS III
2002
Batik on Japanese/Chinese rice paper
9.5” x 28”
$965







WINTER SKY

2004
Batik on Japanese/Chinese rice paper
14” x 19.75”
$810




Pat Hodson




ZIGZAG
2007
Resist dyeing, collage, digital printing, abaca paper tissue, silk, linen thread, wax, crayon
92” x 31”
$4731














ZIGZAG - detail





VIOLET THROUGH VIOLET
2007
Resist dyeing, collage, digital printing, abaca paper tissue, silk, linen thread, wax, crayon
95” x 49”
$6308















VIOLET THROUGH VIOLET - detail





RED THROUGH RED
2006
Resist dyeing, collage, digital printing, abaca paper tissue, silk, linen thread, wax, crayon
110” x 63”
$9462
















RED THROUGH RED - detail





LABYRINTH
2005
Resist dyeing, collage, digital printing, abaca paper tissue, silk, linen thread, wax, crayon
83” x 35”
$4731












LABYRINTH - detail





BOOK OF SHADOWS
2005
Resist dyeing, collage, digital printing, abaca paper tissue, silk, linen thread, wax, crayon
65” x 9”
$3154












BOOK OF SHADOWS - detail


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