In partnership, the Bundanon Art Musuem and the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum & Gallery present a special collaboration inspired by Arthur Boyd’s vision that “art was for everybody. It only works if we’re all in it together.”
A selection of Arthur Boyd’s paintings Pulpit Rock, bathers and muzzled dog, framed prints Quartet I-IV and to sea country – river country paintings are contrasting and powerful together. Reflecting on Arthur’s
‘Social conscience and strong belief that the environment should not be understood simply as a resource for humankind. But also, as a peaceful reflection of the Shoalhaven and its natural state – a celebration of the landscape’. – Diana Lorentz.
Which is deeply at the core of Authur Boyd’s life’s work, ‘You cannot own the landscape.’ he said. To Boyd, houses and landscapes were the physical storehouses of human memory, feeling and experience.
Featured Image: Arthur Boyd, Shoalhaven Bathers, 1987, colour etching on paper
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