Batik
Collection Details
- Reference Code
- RC-SG22-NGS-0005
- Level of Description
- Item
- Title
- Batik
- Creator(s)
- Tumadi Patri
- National Gallery Singapore
- Dates
- 2015 (Date of Creation)
- Scope and Content
- This demonstration by contemporary batik artist Tumadi Patri illuminates the numerous processes behind batik painting. Tumadi begins by sketching a visual concept on paper before transferring it onto fabric. Liquid wax is then funnelled through a canting, a pen-like instrument, to outline the image on the fabric which is then dyed. To remove the wax, the fabric is dipped in a mixture of hot water and soda ash, then cold water. The steps of waxing, dyeing and washing may be carried out numerous times for intricate designs, a testament to the complexity of batik art.
- Languages
- English
Malay - Notes
- About the Artist: Tumadi Patri (b. 1959, Singapore) began his art education at APAD, one of the oldest art societies in Singapore, where he learned from established local artists like Mohamed Abdul Kadir (Mohdir), Sarkasi Said and Sujak Rahman. He pursued further studies at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and Pa Lin School of Art. Tumadi participated in numerous group exhibitions in the Netherlands, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore in the 1980s, and held his first solo show in 2014. He is a member of TUJU, a local art collective consisting of artists like Rosihan Dahim and Sujak Rahman. Tumadi received the High Commendation prizes at the IBM Art Awards in 1990 and Singapore Telecom Expression Art Competition in 1997. He was also awarded the Certificate of Distinction in the Philippe Charriol Art Foundation Contemporary Art Competition, Singapore in 1995.
- General Material Type
- moving images
- Extent
- 1 MPEG-4
- Material Format
- RCA-D (Digital Archives only)
- People and organisations as subjects
- Tumadi Patri
- National Gallery Singapore
- Conditions Governing Access
- Restricted
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