Category: Exhibition

My history: This land is mine / This land is me

Posted by Bruce McLean   ●   1 Oct 2013

‘My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia’ (GOMA 2013) examines strengths within the Queensland Art Gallery collection of Indigenous art and recognises three main central themes: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander versions of history; responses to contemporary politics and experiences; and connections to place. These themes are expressed in the…

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My life: This land is mine / This land is me

Posted by Bruce McLean   ●   26 Sep 2013

‘My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia’ examined strengths within the Queensland Art Gallery collection of Indigenous art and recognised three main central themes: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander versions of history; responses to contemporary politics and experiences; and connections to place. These themes are expressed in the three main…

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Last days: Quilts 1700-1945

Posted by Sally Foster   ●   17 Sep 2013

Quilts stimulate memories of warmth, comfort and security. They are familiar objects, yet carry a range of hidden histories and untold stories about textiles, women’s creativity and individual families. British quilts were often intended for display as much as for use in the bedroom. Whether exchanged as commodities, made in professional workshops or created in…

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Wartime quilts share the spirit of modern day fashion recycling

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   11 Sep 2013

Carla Binotto and Carla van Lunn, designers from Brisbane’s Maison Briz Vegas talked about their 100% recycled French rubbish – transforming secondhand clothing into designer fashion through craft at a recent Quilts Sunday Stitch-Ups public program. ‘Quilts 1700–1945′ is on display at the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) until 22 September. If you have visited the ‘Quilts 1700-1945′…

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My country: This land is mine / This land is me

Posted by Bruce McLean   ●   4 Sep 2013

‘My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia’ examines strengths within the Queensland Art Gallery collection of Indigenous art and recognises three main central themes: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander versions of history; responses to contemporary politics and experiences; and connections to place. These themes are expressed in the three main…

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My Country: This land is mine / This land is me

Posted by Bruce McLean   ●   3 Sep 2013

The opening two verses of this epic song about Australian life, by Kev Carmody and Paul Kelly, provide an insightful glimpse into a critical dichotomy in Australian history and society — a dichotomy that is at the heart of the 2013 exhibition ‘My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia’. This…

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