Bundanon, 6th July – 13th October, 2024
The genesis of this exhibition is Arthur Boyd’s commission for Arts Centre Melbourne, a series of fourteen large-scale paintings created at Bundanon in 1984, a testament to the artist’s love of the natural environment and his commitment to protecting it.
The second part draws on works by 23 artists. All challenged pre-conceived notions of the landscape and its role in the prevailing narratives of national identity, greatly influencing subsequent generations of artists. Importantly, the 1980’s was a decade when the wealth of Indigenous cultural knowledge was starting to be acknowledged.
Richard Woldendorp’s photography documents the character of the Australian landscape from the air, with a sense of wonder and awe, personal to Woldendorp’s eye.
Entrance to the Wilder Times exhibition.
Four of Woldendorp’s landscape photographs in the Wilder Times exhibition.