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Earth and Elsewhere:
Contemporary works from the Collection
25 May 2013 – 27 January 2014 | GOMA | Free admission
‘Earth and Elsewhere’ brought together works from the Gallery’s
contemporary collections that highlighted the way artists frame
the past and help us understand the delicate connections between
memory, history and empathy. Please see the detailed exhibition
overview on page 28.
My Country, I Still Call Australia Home:
Contemporary Art from Black Australia
1 June – 7 October 2013 | GOMA | Free admission
‘My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from
Black Australia’ was the Gallery’s largest exhibition of contemporary
art by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to date.
Please see the detailed exhibition overview on page 14.
Death and Life: rakuny ga walnga:
Contemporary Arnhem Land Art
25 May – 1 September 2013 | GOMA | Free admission
Belief in the circulatory nature of death and life is integral to
Arnhem Land art. ‘Death and Life: rakuny ga walnga’ — the Gallery’s
first Collection-based exhibition dedicated to contemporary art from
Arnhem Land — featured bark paintings, hollow log memorial poles,
sculptures and weavings embodying this idea. This project has
been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia
Council for the Arts, its funding and advisory body. Please see the
detailed exhibition overview on page 30.
This project has received financial assistance
from the Queensland Government through Arts
Queensland’s Backing Indigenous Arts initiative.
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Sugar
8 June – 13 October 2013 | QAG | Free admission
‘Sugar’ considered the history of one of the industries that first
brought South Sea Islanders to Australia. The exhibition featured a
selection of historical photographs of South Sea Islanders working
in Queensland, drawn from the collections of the Queensland Art
Gallery and the State Library of Queensland.
