Group Exhibition, Four decades of art from China and beyond – the Geoff Raby Collection. Courtesy: the artists, Bendigo Art Gallery and La Trobe Art Institute.

This is the inaugural exhibition of selected works from La Trobe Art Institute’s Geoff Raby Collection, featuring nearly 70 artworks exhibited together at Bendigo Art Gallery by artists working in China and in Australia, as members of the Chinese diaspora.

Through art imbued variously with humour, fantasy and sarcasm, the collection addresses diverse themes ranging from urban life, Chinese philosophy and cultural difference to social justice, human rights and nationhood. The represented artists work in media including painting, photography, drawing, ceramics, sculpture and textiles.