TAINTED LOVE: CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS IN LANDSCAPE
3 June - 23 July 2006
The Australian landscape has been a desirable subject for artists throughout the centuries. From convicts to colonial artists; the Heidelberg School and the work of indigenous artists, representations of the Australian landscape have guided the notion of how we perceive ourselves as a nation.
Tainted Love draws together the work of contemporary Australian artists who possess a passion for the landscape but who treat their subject matter in new and unique ways. Dale Frank, Rosemary Laing, Chris Langlois, Janet Laurence and John Wolseley, all of whom have had their work acquired by Bendigo Art Gallery in recent years, will be included in this exhibition. No longer satisfied with a realistic representation of the landscape these artists create poetic and sometimes disturbing relationships between people, place and history - a ‘tainted’ love of the landscape. The exhibition will include paintings, photography and work on paper.
Christopher Langlois
Ocean (Violet, Blue, Green) no.44 2003
oil on canvas
Gift of the artist under the Cultural Gifts Program 2005
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