The work of 43 Australian artists has been brought to Hong Kong for a three-week exhibition of cultural exports from Down Under.
'Australia art and about', organised by the Australian Trade Commission, showcases exhibitions of fine art and glass items simultaneously at nine galleries.
Jane Courie, based in Singapore for the past two years, is one of 17 artists being shown at Gaffer Studio Glass in Aberdeen. She moved from Adelaide to Singapore to explore the Asia of which Australia is keen to become a part.
'In Asia not much contemporary glass art is going on,' said Courie, in Hong Kong for a week. 'There's a very strong contemporary glass art movement in Australia that I have not seen elsewhere.'
One of the most important aspects some of the Australian artists feel has come out of 'Australia art and about' is the opportunity not only to interact with other Australian artists, who they often do not have time to meet back home, but also the conversations that they have had with Hong Kong visitors.
'Particularly for Australian people, it's important to spend time in Asia, because there's a huge number of Asian people living in Australia and certainly it informs the way I think and understand Asian people in Australia,' said Giles Bettison, a glass artist who uses a technique created along the Mediterranean Sea about 4,000 years ago.