Bathurst Regional Art Gallery presents Corrugated Town by Laura Baker. Crumbly buildings with tin roofs, chicken wire fences and hand-painted signs. The small town we grew up in; got stuck in; left; returned to; retired to; resign to. Australian country towns have long been criticised for their unsympathetic design. Scarce funds are spread across large land, resulting in reoccurring potholes during wet summers, and businesses closing during drought, bushfire, and flood. The weather is always too hot; too dry; too wet; too. But through rarely relenting adversity presses the spirit of the people. These are communities and homes and farms and livelihoods. Lived together. Supporting each other. Through a reflective and laborious practice, fragile representations explore the harsh qualities of the Australian landscape. Fences, buildings and annual fallen leaves appear, suggesting a nostalgia, acceptance, and appreciation of this place. This is an ode to the regional town; a body of work celebrating the unique landscape of power lines, uneven footpaths and corrugated everything. mage: Laura Baker, The old water heater (detail), 2022. hand cut paper, 33 x 24cm. Photo courtesy of the artist.