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OUTCOMES
Exhibitions
QAGOMA Foundation Appeal 2013
The Apocalypse
: Albrecht Dürer
11 May – 21 July 2013 | QAG
Albrecht Dürer’s woodcuts illustrating the Revelation of
St John revolutionised the graphic arts in Europe and
established Dürer’s reputation as the most infuential and
collected artist of the northern Renaissance. This display was
presented as part of the Foundation Appeal to complete the
Gallery’s holdings by acquiring the six prints not yet held in the
Collection.
William Robinson
11 May – 7 October 2013 | QAG
This display in the QAG Watermall featured two paintings and
a group of delicate pastels by Queensland’s William Robinson,
one of the most celebrated landscape artists working in
Australia today.
Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art 2013
11 May – 11 August 2013 | GOMA
Organised by the Department of Education,Training and
Employment and supported by QAGOMA, this annual initiative
showcased the outstanding achievements of senior visual art
students from schools throughout Queensland.
Voice and Reason
18 May 2013 – 21 April 2014 | GOMA
Since the colonial era, Indigenous artists have actively
examined the conversations and conficts involving their
ancestors and settlers in Australia. Their works affirm the
place of their peoples’ cultures in interactions involving
different histories and beliefs. ‘Voice and Reason’ drew on
the Gallery’s Collection to highlight contrasting voices and to
draw attention to the reasoning, knowledge and experience
informing the work of Indigenous artists, some in dialogue with
works by non-Indigenous artists.
Earth and Elsewhere: Contemporary Works
from the Collection
25 May 2013 – 27 January 2014 | GOMA
‘Earth and Elsewhere’ brought together works by Australian
and international artists from the Gallery’s contemporary
collections that highlighted the way artists frame the past
and explore delicate connections between memory, history
and empathy.
Death and Life: rakuny ga walnga:
Contemporary Arnhem Land Art
25 May – 1 September 2013 | GOMA
The Gallery’s first Collection-based exhibition dedicated to
contemporary art from Arnhem Land featured bark paintings,
hollow log memorial poles, sculptures and weavings exploring
the circulatory nature of death and life, an idea integral to
Arnhem Land art. The arrangement of works refected artists’
clan affiliations and languages, and their connections with
country. The centrepiece yingapungapu sand sculpture was
installed at GOMA in a special ceremony by artists from Yirrkala.
My Country, I Still Call Australia Home:
Contemporary Art from Black Australia
1 June – 7 October 2013 | GOMA
‘My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary
Art from Black Australia’ was the Gallery’s most extensive
exhibition of contemporary art by Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander artists to date. The exhibition explored three
central themes — Indigenous views of history (My history),
contemporary politics and experiences (My life), and
connections to place (My country).
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Queensland’sBacking IndigenousArts initiative.
Sugar
8 June – 13 October 2013 | QAG
‘Sugar’ explored the industry that first brought South Sea
Islanders to Australia. It featured historical photographs
of South Sea Islanders working in Queensland from the
collections of QAGOMA and the State Library of Queensland,
along with contemporary works. These were accompanied
by recordings of stories and music exploring historical and
contemporary Australian South Sea Islander experiences.