12 July 2005

Three Colours, a new Heide Museum of Modern Art traveling exhibition, opened recently at the Shepparton Art Gallery and will be showing until 14 August 2005.

It features the work of two prominent artists, both notable for being provocative and politically inflammatory.

Gordon Bennett, from
Australia, is well known for his paintings which explore his thinking of the history of
Australia and the treatment and attitudes toward its Indigenous people.

Peter Robinson, from
New Zealand , is also concerned with analyzing and acknowledging his own part-Maori family heritage and the social and cultural ramifications of belonging to a colonial society.

“This exhibition is a visually stunning display of imagery and text,” says Shepparton Art Gallery Director, Leanne Willis.

“Their work compels the viewer to reflect on their own personal and social identities and the contemporary events and experiences that shape our world today.”

“This is the first time since the 1990s that Australian audiences have had the opportunity to view Robinson’s work.”