Tag: Sculpture

Intimately sized plaques allude to public memorials

Posted by Katina Davidson   ●   26 Dec 2022

Indigenous Australian objects and remains were removed from their resting places and collected by museums throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In To know and possess 2021 (illustrated), which adopts the commemorative trope of the bronze plaque, Kamilaroi artist Warraba Weatherall highlights this history, and the debate that continues around repatriation, for contemporary audiences. ARTWORK…

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Inaugural acquisitions: The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Charitable Trust Collection

Posted by Chris Saines, CNZM   ●   23 Jun 2022

Win Schubert was one of this Gallery’s greatest friends and most ardent and involved donors, gifting and supporting work that always encouraged and lifted our ambition. Win truly believed in the potential of art to touch lives, to open minds and excite the imagination. And, at its best, to bring people together in shared curiosity…

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Founding works: The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Charitable Trust Collection

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   27 May 2022

In May, the QAGOMA Trustees announced the first artworks to be acquired through The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Charitable Trust, established in 2018 with the extraordinary $35 million bequest of the late Win Schubert AO (1937–2017). Here, curators Geraldine Kirrihi Barlow, Sophie Rose and Samantha Littley introduce these landmark acquisitions. Win Schubert AO was…

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Ceramic installations evoke the landscape from which they are produced

Posted by Ellie Buttrose   ●   23 Nov 2021

Australian artist Yasmin Smith is known for her research-based ceramic installations that formally and chromatically evoke the landscape from which they are produced. As part of her investigative method, Smith gathers natural materials and, through analysis, determines how she can harness their chemical properties. Key to the artist’s process is burning plant material as a…

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Snowman makes Brisbane its home

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   4 Nov 2021

Defined by warm weather for most of the year, sun seekers flock to Brisbane to enjoy the Queensland capital’s subtropical climate, perfect weather to enjoy the great outdoors. Therefore, you wouldn’t expect to see a snowman on your travels or would you? When you visit, come face to frosty face with our surprising out-of-season snowman,…

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One moment in time which cannot be repeated

Posted by Ellie Buttrose   ●   1 Nov 2021

Brisbane-born Lindy Lee’s engagement with Buddhist thought has become increasingly important to the way that she both conceptually and physically approaches the creation of new works. Reflecting upon the inspiration for her bronze sculptures, Lee cites her desire to extend the traditional Chinese meditation technique of flung ink calligraphy, ‘in which you meditate, then take…

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