Official Opening
Saturday 27 February 0600 to 0800pm
official opening of Cornucopia #SAM Shepparton Art Museum
The artists featured in Cornucopia include:
Lauren Berkowitz (AU),
Julie Crouan (AU),
A Centre for Everything (AU),
Gabrielle De Vietri (AU),
Julia deVille (NZ/AU),
Mishka Henner (UK),
The Hotham Street Ladies (AU),
Georgie Mattingley (AU),
Patricia Piccinini (AU),
Kenny Pittock (AU),
SUPERFLEX (DK),
Sam Taylor-Johnson (UK),
Kawita Vatanajyankur (THA),
Claire Anna Watson (AU) and
Andy Warhol (USA).
Curator Anna Briers
Greater Shepparton Mayor, Cr Dinny Adem and SAM Director, Dr Rebecca Coates, take pleasure in inviting you to SAM’s first major exhibition for 2016, Cornucopia.
Opening remarks Mr Peter Thompson, Geoffrey Thompson Fruit Packing Co. PTY LTD.
Cornucopia showcases works by Australian and international artists and collectives who utilise food and flora as an artistic medium or point of departure. The exhibition explores the production, consumption and distribution of food, as well as its socio-cultural uses and religious significance. Cornucopia complicates the art historic lineage of the still life by interrogating and raising questions around the ethics of food today. Located within the Greater Shepparton region, known as the ‘food bowl of Australia’, the show also celebrates the culinary traditions of regional Victoria.