Country Arts SA pays respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and recognises their continuing connection and spiritual relationship to these lands, waters and skies. We are committed to listening and helping care for Country, and to safeguard, share and celebrate First Nations’ living cultures.
‘Three Well Known Australians’
The Streaky Bay Visitor Information Centre Gallery is pleased to be hosting the Three Well Known Australians exhibition; a nationally touring show that has been travelling the country continually for 30 years.
Who are these three well known Australians? The portrait titled Three Well Known Australians by Martin Shaw has been posing this question to gallery viewers since it began touring in 1983. The clues are in the painting but artist Martin Shaw won’t reveal the answer. What can be revealed though, is the black and white dog, sitting in the corner of the canvas is named ‘Pea’.
The mystery of the identities of the three figures in the painting has inspired many guesses by members of the public throughout the years. Guesses as to the identity of the Three Well Known Australians are recorded in ‘year books’ which are displayed alongside the painting. These guesses often reflect and reveal trends and values in the communities that the exhibition travels to.
Visitors can search through the year books and are invited to record their own suggestions of the identiy of the mystery figures. This is a great opportunity to have your name recorded in a unique, historicol document.
Three Well Known Australians will be on display
Where: Streaky Bay Visitor Information Centre Gallery, 21 Bay Road
When: July to Friday August 9. Monday to Friday 9am – 12:30pm and 1:30 – 5pm.
The exhibition is made possible with the support of Country Arts SA and the District Council of Streaky Bay.
To contact the artist Martin Shaw in Sydney please email: [email protected]
For more information on the Country Arts SA Visual Arts Touring program click here