Light Colour Landscape

We are proud to announce ‘Light Colour Landscape’, our next banner exhibition at Michael Reid Southern Highlands. This significant presentation brings together eleven of Australia’s foremost contemporary artists, each deeply engaged with the Australian landscape. Their work explores its vastness, its changing light, and its rich textures, offering a diverse array of perspectives on this ever-evolving environment.

At the heart of the exhibition is a Mun-dirra (fish fence) by Jennifer Prudence, a Burarra fibre artist from Maningrida in Arnhem Land. Prudence’s work, created using pandanus she harvests and dyes with natural pigments drawn from her ancestral Country, is a powerful expression of connection to both land and culture. Her intricate weavings not only reflect the land’s rhythms and spiritual significance but also embody the knowledge and traditions passed down through generations. Prudence’s piece anchors the exhibition, grounding it in the profound, living relationship between people and place.

‘Light Colour Landscape’ unites both familiar and first-time voices to our audience, each contributing a unique and essential perspective. Through a range of mediums — from painting to fibre, ink to etching, and clay to mixed media — these artists engage in a collective dialogue with the land, its light, its memory, and the shifting ways in which we experience it.