Category: Queensland artists

Queensland artist & curator to represent Australia at Venice Biennale in 2024

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   8 Feb 2023

Queensland artist Archie Moore (Kamilaroi/ Bigambul people) and Ellie Buttrose, Curator of Contemporary Australian Art, QAGOMA, have been selected as the artist and curator for Australia’s representation at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (Biennale Arte) in 2024. We are thrilled about the recent announcement made by the Australia Council, the…

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Queensland Contemporary Art

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   31 Jan 2023

The exhibition ‘Embodied Knowledge’ may have closed, however you can still delve into our video archive of Queensland contemporary art and artists from the far north, the Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait Islands to Moreton Bay and surrounding Brisbane. ‘Embodied Knowledge: Queensland Contemporary Art’ journeys through the state’s vast artistic landscape, discovering works of…

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Lloyd Rees: The process of observation & composition

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   16 Jan 2023

Brisbane-born Lloyd Rees (1895–1988) is known for his fluid, light-saturated paintings of the Australian landscape in which the human figure and built environment harmonise with trees, cliffs and bodies of water. The artist is also remembered for his expert drafting skills honed over a lifetime of close observation and drawing. Lloyd Rees ‘Bamboos near corner…

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Go back in time to an evening at Ghost Gully in Stanthorpe

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   3 Jan 2023

Offering an alternative to Australia’s traditional sun-soaked image, Henry Rielly’s painting Ghost Gully evening 1894 (illustrated) suggests a somewhat melancholy sentiment, with a group of three dead trees in the middle ground and two lone Bushmen setting up camp as the darkening shadows of evening descend. The scene is set at Ghost Gully, a small…

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Obery Sambo creates unique responses to Meriam spirit guardians & medicine men

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   2 Jan 2023

Obery Sambo comes from a long line of master mask- and headdress‑makers from Mer (Murray Island), home to the Meriam people of the eastern Torres Strait. In addition to producing customary headdresses from the region, Sambo creates experimental interpretations of masks and headwear that are often activated through dance by the Meuram Murray Island Dance…

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