Across Country [24.11.2008]

Aden Ridgeway, inaugural chair of Indigenous Tourism Australia, will launch the exhibition Across Country: Ken Hinds Collection, curated by Susan McCulloch, on Sunday 30 November, 2.00pm.

A Caloundra Regional Art Gallery and Arts Park travelling exhibition, Across Country features a selection of significant Aboriginal art from the Ken Hinds Collection. Includes watercolours from the 1940's Namatjira watercolour school; those of the most significant artists of the Papunya, Kintore and related schools of painting; Arnhem Land barks; works in ochre from the Kimberley and Torres Strait Islands; and Contemporary Colour works.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue written by Susan McCulloch.

Showing: 26 November – 18 January 2008 Caloundra Regional Art Gallery 22 Omrah Avenue, Caloundra, Queensland.

Long Tom Tjapanankga, Detail, Puli Tjuta (Many Hills), acrylic on canvas, 122 x 173cm, 1999.