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segar Passi
Deum tepki
2011
Kerkar meb 1
2011
Kerkar meb 2
2011
Lidlid
2011
Ap gegur
2011
Irmerira baz
2011
Te bubum
2011
Mi kes
2011
Dad
2011
in these works, segar passi documents
aspects of the knowledge held by torres
strait islanders that allows them to read
the weather.
each of these ten watercolours shows a
cloud formation that heralds an impending
change in the weather: from some cloud
formations, passi can even foretell sad
family news.
these works are a major instructional
series for young torres strait islanders and
a stunning artistic statement by one of the
strait’s most senior and respected artists.
they were acquired with funds from anne
best through the Queensland art gallery
Foundation.
Segar Passi
/ Meriam Mir people / Australia b.1942 /
Irmerirabaz
2011 /
Synthetic polymer paint on paper / 70 x 195cm / Purchased 2011 with
funds from Anne Best through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation
Jonathan Jones
untitled
(
domestic heads or tails
) 2009
the motif of light, and the notion of ‘shining
a light’ on emotionally and politically
difficult subjects, is a major feature of
Jonathan Jones’s work.
untitled
(
domestic
heads or tails
) 2009 was inspired by an
historical image of tasmanian aboriginal
people made by an artist on one of the early
French exploration voyages of 1792–93.
best known in the engraving of 1817 by
Jacques- louis copia (1764–99), the
image is of a group of aboriginal people
fishing beside a river, with a fallen scar
tree in the middle ground. For Jones,
this image provided the start of a train
of associations emblematic of the fate
of many australian aboriginal people.
however, his remembering the tree has a
certain emotional resonance that allows
one to consider not only the past but also
the future.
this work was a gift of patrick corrigan,
am
,
through the Queensland art gallery
Foundation, donated through the australian
government’s cultural gifts program.
Jonathan Jones
/ Kamilaroi/Wiradjuri people / Australia b.1978 /
untitled
(
domesticheadsor tails
) 2009 / Neon sculptures and electrical
cord, ed. 15–16/26 / Pair: 62 x 34cm (diam.) (each) / Gift of Patrick
Corrigan,
am
, through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2011.
Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program
nellie stewart
Punu wara
2010
nellie stewart’s paintings of country, using
elementary shapes and patterns executed
in bold and gestural brushstrokes, are
considered important works from the recent
anangu painting movement located on the
border of south australia and the northern
territory. in this work, stewart displays
great power in her dramatic portrayal of
the two sisters (minyma kutjara) story,
of which she is a senior custodian. the
minyma kutjara tjukurpa connects a large
swathe of country from central australia
to the great australian bight through the
creative journeys of these ancestral women,
and stewart’s depiction of this story befits a
narrative of such cultural and geographical
import.
this works was acquired with funds from
margaret mittelheuser,
am
, and cathryn
mittelheuser,
am
, through the Queensland
art gallery Foundation.
Nellie Stewart
/ Pitjantjatjara people / Australia b.c.1930s /
Punuwara
2010 / Synthetic polymer paint on canvas / 147 x 195cm /
Purchased 2011 with funds from Margaret Mittelheuser,
am
, and
Cathryn Mittelheuser,
am
, through the Queensland Art Gallery
Foundation / © Nellie Stewart 2010. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney, 2011
