Category: Australian Collection

Women’s Wealth Interactive extends beyond Gallery walls

Posted by Ruth McDougall   ●   15 Feb 2019

The ‘Women’s Wealth’ project focuses on what contemporary art can mean for women living in villages in Bougainville and the Solomon Islands. Envisaged as a collective collaboration rather than a static installation, the project involves public engagement that extends beyond the walls of the gallery, including the Women’s Wealth website. The website introduces audiences to…

Continue reading » “Women’s Wealth Interactive extends beyond Gallery walls”

Vale: Mavis Ngallametta

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   13 Feb 2019

On 28 January, Mrs Waal-Waal Mavis Ngallametta (1944–2019), one of Queensland’s most esteemed senior artists, passed away at the age of 74, surrounded by family at her home in Aurukun, in far north Queensland. A traditional owner, elder of the Putch clan and cultural leader of the Wik and Kugu people, Mavis Ngallametta is remembered…

Continue reading » “Vale: Mavis Ngallametta”

Noel McKenna appreciates the things of Australia

Posted by Peter McKay   ●   23 Jan 2019

The Gallery has been gifted three of Brisbane-born artist Noel McKenna’s map paintings, the artist’s gentle and good humoured appreciation for the ‘things’ of Australia makes us better acquainted with our country, and with ourselves. Peter McKay profiles our three new works and delves into their inspiration. Australian Racecourse Locations Australian Racecourse Locations 2002 is, in…

Continue reading » “Noel McKenna appreciates the things of Australia”

Bask in purple bloom of the jacaranda all year round

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   15 Nov 2018

Paintings of jacarandas in bloom have become a popular and appealing subject for Brisbane artists, the most famous image of the jacaranda is R. (Richard) Godfrey Rivers’s painting Under the jacaranda, which has achieved enormous popularity since it was painted and acquired by the Gallery in 1903. The image depicts Rivers and his wife Selina…

Continue reading » “Bask in purple bloom of the jacaranda all year round”

Passage to Belle-Île: A motif for John Russell’s paintings

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   31 Oct 2018

John Russell, like his contemporaries Claude Monet and Henri Matisse, were particularly captivated and inspired by the small island of Belle-Île, with its vivid turquoise waters, steep cliffs and craggy rock formations. Roger Benjamin visited France’s wild Atlantic coast to explore the island’s resonance as a motif in French painting. In June 2018, before the…

Continue reading » “Passage to Belle-Île: A motif for John Russell’s paintings”

LJ Harvey and his school

Posted by Glenn R Cooke   ●   22 Oct 2018

Lewis Jarvis (LJ) Harvey (1871−1949) was the single greatest influence on visual culture in Queensland in the first half of the twentieth century, this important artist and teacher, and his students, highlights why Harvey was such an inspirational figure. Harvey was a distinguished modeller, woodcarver, potter and teacher active in Queensland during the first half…

Continue reading » “LJ Harvey and his school”