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Ron Wilson - MFA examination

Summary

This ensemble of nine paintings, engages with the migrant narrative of the members of the popular Hobart band, at a moment suspended between nostalgia for a past homeland

Start Date

Aug 17, 2018 12:00 pm

End Date

Aug 31, 2018 5:00 pm

Venue

Plimsoll Gallery


SONG IN A STRANGE LAND:
An investigation, in paint, into the music of ‘Arauco Libre’


Ron Wilson, Song in a Strange Land, #5 (Cropped), 2018, oil on hardboard, 90 x 74 cm

Image credit: Ron Wilson, Song in a Strange Land, #5 (Cropped), 2018, oil on hardboard, 90 x 74 cm


This ensemble of nine paintings, engages with the migrant narrative of the members of the popular Hobart band, at a moment suspended between nostalgia for a past homeland, from which they had been exiled, and hope in the face of an unknown future.


Opening event: Fri 17 Aug, 5.30 – 7.00 pm
Exhibition dates: Sat 18 – Fri 31 Aug


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