Arts
Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff
The Hood Museum opened its main exhibit for the year on Friday, titled "Crossing Cultures: The Owen and Wagner Collection of Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Art." The show features over 100 works by contemporary indigenous artists from around the Australian continent, including bright acrylic works from the western and central deserts, muted ochre-toned paintings from the Tiwi Islands, Warmun and Arnhem Land and politically-oriented photographs from younger, emerging artists living in Australian cities.
"Crossing Cultures" is the third exhibit of Aboriginal Australian art to premier at the Hood since 2006, according to exhibit curator Stephen Gilchrist, a former curator of indigenous art at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and a visiting professor in the art history department.