The Blow-In Art Collective

In a whirlwind trip, a group of artists have journeyed to outback Australia to blow-in, paint and put together an exhibition at the Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery. Calling themselves The Blow-In Art Collective, the show opened after the group spent two weeks working in the Broken Hill area.

Arriving in Broken Hill in September 2014, the trip was driven by a desire to escape the rat race of the city and get lost in the outback. Living with the local community, and painting for a couple of weeks en plein air, in this exhibition the artists present their personal and unique responses to the urban and natural landscape of the area.

Artists involved in The Blow-In Art Collective include Euan Macleod, Luke Sciberras, Sophie Cape, Guy Maestri, Peter Kingston, Steve Lopes, Kevin Connor, Ann Thomson, Guy Warren and Dan Kyle.

The Australian outback has long stimulated the national imagination; its encompassing sky and burnt landscape, as well as colourful characters that inhabit it make for a vibrant and entertaining subject.

Other exhibitions also opened at Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, including local artist Ann Evers presenting ‘Weaving a Desert Story’, Thomas Degens’ ‘Arduous Landscape’, Mervyn Bishop’s ‘Our Elders’ and Kylie Banyard’s ‘Imagining Alternatives’.

Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
Until 23 November, 2014
New South Wales

Kevin Connor with his drawings at the Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery. Photography: Luke Sciberras

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