2000+ Contemporary Works From Bendigo Art Gallery

January 17- March 8 2009

Bendigo Art Gallery actively collects contemporary Australian art, and has acquired work by artists such as Patricia Piccinini, Dale Frank, Jan Nelson, Fiona Hall, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Christopher Langton, Jenny Watson and Robert Jacks. Since the year 2000 more than 1000 works of art have been acquired, with the vast majority of these by Australian contemporary artists.

The exhibition 2000+ Contemporary Works from BendigoArtGalleryprovides an opportunity for a wider audience to experience the wealth of the collection, featuring significant works from the collection.

Deborah Paauwe, Tangled Sleep from The Crying Room series, 2006. Type c photograph, RHS Abbott Bequest Fund 2007, Courtesy of the artist and Sutton Gallery