After Changjiang #2 (blue); After Changjiang #1 (green); Long Stretch (of Gravel) with bathers; Long Stretch (of Gravel); passing; Ingenious Engineers for a sunken countryside; Along the Sunken Countryside; Retreat from a Sunken Countryside; The Basin (with bathers); Gulf #1; Changjiang drawing; and Longest Rivers

These paintings are part of the exhibition titled The Wonder and Loss of Familiar Places. This exhibition is the product of a cultural exchange between artists Xu Ze (Chengdu, China) and Tim Croucher (Hamilton, Aotearoa). Though separated by language, distance, and life experiences, each artist has absorbed a part of the other’s culture through an experience of his painting. This exhibition is a physical manifestation of this absorption and dialogue