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San Antonio Museum of Art presents "Of Country and Culture: The Lam Collection of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art"

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The San Antonio Museum of Art will present an exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal art, titled "Of Country and Culture: The Lam Collection of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art." The exhibition is drawn from a collection gifted to the Museum earlier this year by long-time supporters May and Victor Lam.

With approximately 75 works on view, the exhibition explores the contemporary application of a range of Aboriginal artistic traditions - from sand paintings, to body painting, to grave poles - to demonstrate similar cultural ties to land, heritage and visual communication. The collection includes a significant number of works by women artists, representing a recent change from their historical exclusion from the contemporary painting movement in Australia.

The San Antonio Museum of Art will present an exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal art, titled "Of Country and Culture: The Lam Collection of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art." The exhibition is drawn from a collection gifted to the Museum earlier this year by long-time supporters May and Victor Lam.

With approximately 75 works on view, the exhibition explores the contemporary application of a range of Aboriginal artistic traditions - from sand paintings, to body painting, to grave poles - to demonstrate similar cultural ties to land, heritage and visual communication. The collection includes a significant number of works by women artists, representing a recent change from their historical exclusion from the contemporary painting movement in Australia.

The San Antonio Museum of Art will present an exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal art, titled "Of Country and Culture: The Lam Collection of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art." The exhibition is drawn from a collection gifted to the Museum earlier this year by long-time supporters May and Victor Lam.

With approximately 75 works on view, the exhibition explores the contemporary application of a range of Aboriginal artistic traditions - from sand paintings, to body painting, to grave poles - to demonstrate similar cultural ties to land, heritage and visual communication. The collection includes a significant number of works by women artists, representing a recent change from their historical exclusion from the contemporary painting movement in Australia.

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San Antonio Museum of Art
200 W. Jones Ave.
San Antonio, TX 78215
https://www.samuseum.org/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/890-of-country-and-culture-contemporary-australian-aboriginal-art-from-the-may-and-victor-lam-collection

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