This is an exhibition about differences, but it was conceived to avoid the kind of presentation that European audiences could construe as Difference pure and simple. Australians have a history as colonizers and as a colonized people. For this reason, some of the most thoughtful Australian artists are suspicious of a penchant for exotic experiences and for the picturesque in all its forms.
Artists
Judith Ahern
Linda Dement
Rozalind Drummond
Peter Elliston
Sue Ford
Helen Grace
Adrian Hall
Bill Henson
Tracey Moffatt
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Curated by Terence Maloon
Organised by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Sponsored by Regional Galleries Association of NSW, NSW Ministry for the Arts and Australia Council
Title and Banner Images: Detail View, Peter Elliston View North from Creenpatch Park. Jervis Bay 1988.
Images: Installation view, 'From the Empire’s End', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney 1993.