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Arnold Shore, Dry Grass Paddock 1958, oil on board, Castlemaine Art Museum. Image: Ian Hill
Arnold Shore, Dry Grass Paddock 1958, oil on board, Castlemaine Art Museum. Image: Ian Hill
Arnold Shore, Dry Grass Paddock 1958, oil on board, Castlemaine Art Museum. Image: Ian Hill
This exhibition takes its inspiration from the last line of a death poem by the great Japanese printmaker, Hokusai, Now as a spirit I shall roam the summer fields. Late summer has a very particular feel, the hum of insects, dried grasses, crops ripening, warm evenings, thunderstorms. It is a time of tangled grassy banks and rippling wheat fields. This golden time has attracted the attention of many artists in the CAM collection. As well as paintings, the exhibition includes baskets, mats and adornments woven from dried grasses, canes and sedges.
Acknowledgments
Rick Amor, Murray Griffin, Gabrielle Martin, Geoff O'Loughlin, Minnie Mabarjuba, Dawn Pascoe, John Perceval, Tom Roberts, Arnold Shore, Wendy Stavrianos, Liz Sullivan, Unknown makers, Fred Willliams and Mulkun Wirrpanda.
This exhibition takes its inspiration from the last line of a death poem by the great Japanese printmaker, Hokusai, Now as a spirit I shall roam the summer fields. Late summer has a very particular feel, the hum of insects, dried grasses, crops ripening, warm evenings, thunderstorms. It is a time of tangled grassy banks and rippling wheat fields. This golden time has attracted the attention of many artists in the CAM collection. As well as paintings, the exhibition includes baskets, mats and adornments woven from dried grasses, canes and sedges.
Acknowledgments
Rick Amor, Murray Griffin, Gabrielle Martin, Geoff O'Loughlin, Minnie Mabarjuba, Dawn Pascoe, John Perceval, Tom Roberts, Arnold Shore, Wendy Stavrianos, Liz Sullivan, Unknown makers, Fred Willliams and Mulkun Wirrpanda.
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Castlemaine Art Museum acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which the Gallery stands, the Jaara people of the Dja Dja Wurrung nation, and recognise their continuing connection to the land and waterways.
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Castlemaine Art Museum acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which the Gallery stands, the Jaara people of the Dja Dja Wurrung nation, and recognise their continuing connection to the land and waterways.
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