Annual Review 2016

This exhibition of the work of senior Kaiadilt artist Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, from Bentinck Island in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria, included the artist's early paintings, her large collaborative works with other Kaiadilt women, and her almost monochromatic late paintings and works on paper. Sally Gabori's abstract depictions of her homeland retain representational elements, mapping traditional country and cultural identity in these monumental paintings. ABOVE Board of Trustees Chair, Prof Sue Street, AO ; Bruce McLean, Curator, Indigenous Australian Art; Isobelle (Bella) Gabori; Elsie Gabori; Amanda Gabori; Premier and Minister for the Arts, the Hon Annastacia Palaszczuk, MP ; His Excellency the Hon Paul de Jersey, AC , Governor of Queensland; Bobby Thompson; Courtney Gabori; Dorothy Gabori; and QAGOMA Director Chris Saines at the Official Opening / May 2016 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood / Dibirdibi Country 2012 / Purchased 2014 with funds from Margaret Mittelheuser, AM , and Cathryn Mittelheuser, AM , through the QAGOMA Foundation BELOW Curator Bruce McLean gives a tour of the exhibition during NAIDOC Week / July 2016 / Works from the Estate of the artist and a private collection / Photograph: Joe Ruckli / All artworks © Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda. Licensed by Viscopy, 2017 MIRDIDINGKINGATHI JUWARNDA SALLY GABORI: DULKA WARNGIID – LAND OF ALL 21 MAY – 28 AUGUST 2016 QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY The texture of this tabletop, on which Sally Gabori completed many smaller works, reveals how she mixed wet paints together on the surface of the canvas and pushed the excess over the edges. OPPOSITE PAGE Photograph: Natasha Harth 18 ▼  REVIEW 2016 REVIEW 2016 ▼ 19 2016 IN REVIEW 2016 IN REVIEW