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EARTH AND ELSEWHERE:
CONTEMPORARY WORKS
FROM THE COLLECTION
Drawing together works from the Gallery’s contemporary collections,
‘Earth and Elsewhere’ examined how artists around the world frame
the past and help us understand the links between memory and
history, empathy and reception.
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The exhibition was inspired by
Patricio Guzmán’s extraordinary
film
Nostalgia de la luz
(
Nostalgia for
the Light
) 2011, which positions memory
as central to understanding the human
condition. A retrospective of the works of the
acclaimed Chilean filmmaker was presented
by QAGOMA’s Australian Cinémathèque in
conjunction with the exhibition | Production
still from
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 |
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Image courtesy:
Icarus Films
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Installation view of Simryn Gill’s
Dalam
(detail) 2001 | The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer
Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2003
with funds from The Myer Foundation, a project of the
Sidney Myer Centenary Celebration 1899–1999, through
the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation | Collection:
Queensland Art Gallery | GOMA | May 2013 | Photograph:
Brodie Standen
