Jill Orr, Exhume the grave: Medium, 1999. C type print. Photographers: Bruce Parker and Joanne Haslam for Jill Orr. Courtesy: the artist and Geelong Gallery, Geelong. Purchased through the Victorian Public Galleries Trust, 1999.

Frederick McCubbin’s enduringly popular narrative paintings set within the Australian bush have been the inspiration for post-modernist interpretations by contemporary Australian artists. Drawing largely from the Gallery’s permanent collection, this exhibition brings together works by Juan Davila, Jill Orr, Polixeni Papapetrou and Anne Zahalka that re-interpret key paintings by McCubbin and recurring themes in his work through the lens of cultural diversity and feminism.