Cutting Through Time Exhibition

Cutting Through Time—Cressida Campbell, Margaret Preston, and the Japanese Print

Saturday 18 May to Sunday 28 July 2024

This exceptionally beautiful Geelong Gallery-curated exhibition will examine the influence of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) on the famed contemporary Australian painter and printmaker, Cressida Campbell (born 1960), and on the groundbreaking modernist painter and printmaker, Margaret Preston (1875–1963).

This is the first major exhibition in Victoria in over a decade featuring Margaret Preston, a beloved Australian modernist printmaker, alongside the celebrated contemporary artist, Cressida Campbell. It showcases their work and highlights the serene and sophisticated aesthetics of Japanese ukiyo-e prints.