old:NEW

New works inspired by our region’s collections

Old:NEW, presented by Eastern Riverina Arts, starts conversations about what we keep, why we collect and how history informs the present. Revealing contemporary connections to our past, eight artists shine new light on unique objects from Coolamon’s Up-to-Date Store, Gundagai Museum, Temora Rural Museum, Wyalong Museum, Junee’s Broadway Museum, Lockhart’s Greens Gunyah Museum, the Pioneer Women’s Hut and the Museum of the Riverina. Curated by Kate Allman.

The exhibition featured works by Jordy Bos, Peter Ingram, Heather Lowes, Juanita McLauchlan, Beverly Moxon, Jodi Stewart, Ralph Tikerpae and Sue Wood.

Among the pieces is a shield by Peter Ingram from the Collingullie-Lockhart area, who used recycled metals and farm scraps to create the object inspired by grinding stones from the Greens Gunyah Museum.

There is also a sculpture using recycled metal by Ralph Tikerpae from the Wyalong area. ‘Borree Jack’ is based on a photo of an infamous incident in which a racehorse was impaled on a guide rail when a dust storm swept across the track during a race in 1909.

The project was supported by the Regional Arts Fund. The Regional Arts Fund is an Australian Government initiative supporting the arts in regional, remote and very remote / isolated Australia.