New Aboriginal art on display in Toledo

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Ricky Maynard (Big River/Ben Lomond, born 1953, Launceston, Tasmania) Wik Elder, Arthur (from the series Returning to Places that Name Us), 2000.

TOLEDO - The first major exhibition of Aboriginal Australian art in the U.S. Midwest in more than 20 years opened Friday at the Toledo Museum of Art.
Crossing Cultures: The Owen and Wagner Collection of Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Art from the Hood Museum of Art includes approximately 120 works of contemporary Indigenous art from Australia spanning five decades by artists from urban and rural communities. Most of the works, however, were created after 2000 and broaden the definition of Aboriginal art, reinforcing the idea that Indigenous art and contemporary art are not contradictory terms.
The exhibit continues through July 14.
"This extraordinarily captivating and visually dazzling exhibition continues the Toledo Museum of Art's historical legacy of bringing important and often unfamiliar art and culture to its audiences," said Museum Director Brian Kennedy. "In this era of increasing globalization, innovation and intercultural exchange, it is critical that museums stretch and challenge their artistic comfort zones."