PAST EXHIBITIONS – 2017
MOONLIGHTING IN MOFFATT |Karen Knight-Mudie
John Mullins Memorial Art Gallery
23 September – 14 November 2017
Paddy and Jimmy Kenniff – two young, high-spirited brothers – lived life to the full, testing the system as they went about ‘business’ in the remote Upper Warrego district of Western Queensland. They clashed with authority, pinched a few horses, and moonlighted clean skins. In 1902, their luck ran out when they faced one of the biggest court hearings in Queensland – for murder.
Moonlighting in Moffatt unearths the story of the Kenniff brothers. In the 1990s, Karen Knight-Mudie tramped the rugged Mount Moffatt region visiting strategic sites, talking with locals, and painting the landscape. Her images and words weave a true story of camaraderie and survival in outback Queensland that might otherwise be forgotten.
Karen Knight-Mudie | Forestvale (detail) 1997 | Conte on heavy brown counter paper | 240cm x 114cm
IMAGINATION IS A WONDERFUL THING | Miles State High School Visual Art Students
Curved Wall
23 September – 14 November 2017
Students from Miles State High School are challenged with many different concepts to problem solve. They learn to communicate with different symbols to express ideas, imagination and feelings to audiences. Looking into the imagination of youth is inspiring, precious and amazing. This exhibition is a collection of artworks from students in Years 7 to 12, exploring various methods, techniques, processes and concepts.
Welcome into the minds of the future adults of Miles and enjoy the way they see the world around them.
Miles State High School Visual Art Students| Exhibition view from the students’ 2016 exhibition – ‘Express This‘
REMINISCENCE: Celebrating 100 Years of Australian Visionary Judith Wright | Fiona Rafferty and Frances Smith
John Mullins Memorial Art Gallery
29 July – 19 September
Reminiscence pays tribute to Judith Wright and her life. Wright, a fiercely intelligent and passionate woman, cared deeply about the land of her birth and the first people of Australia. Artist, Fiona Rafferty, was fortunate to reside in ‘Calanthe’, the former home of Judith Wright and Jack McKinney, on Tambourine Mountain for five months. Ceramicist, Frances Smith, has spent time on Tambourine Mountain. Sharing ideas, concepts and a great respect for Judith Wright they have produced a body of work that celebrates Wright and her legacy. Rafferty produced a series of works on paper and a series of paintings, and Smith created ceramics in Southern Ice porcelain and ceramic totems that pay tribute to stages in the life of Judith Wright.
This exhibition is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland’s Playing Queensland Fund.
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Fiona Rafferty | Studio View Mount Tambourine 2013 | Original Limited Edition Giclee | 70cm x 103.5cm
Art Meets Science @ Murilla Kindy | Murilla Kindergarten
Curved Wall
29 July – 19 September
Art paves the way for scientific investigation at Murilla Kindy through a Queensland Government Artist-in-Residence Program. Logan artist Therese-Flynne Clarke, and local artist Penny Eamer, use adventures in eco-dying, printing, felting, painting and clay with the Murilla Kindy children, harnessing young children’s love of art and thirst for learning to teach early science concepts. This exhibition presents the results of their experiences.
Murilla Kindergarten | Eco Dying Watercolour Paper
John Mullins Memorial Art Gallery | Sandra Pearce and Joanne Taylor
BIG SMOKE, LITTLE SMOKE
by Sandra Pearce and Joanne Taylor
John Mullins Memorial Art Gallery
4 FEBRUARY – 4 APRIL 2017
City – Country | Urban – Rural | Coast – Paddock
Artists Sandra Pearce (Brisbane) and Joanne Taylor (Barcaldine) join forces to individually and collaboratively explore their creative relationships with place.
A series of visual investigations made by the artists within their own locality examine their relationship to the environment they live in.
Pearce and Taylor became interested in ‘our sense of place’ after spending time in each other’s home.
Pearce comments on the impacts of urbanisation on the natural world while Taylor focuses on the remoteness of living in Central Western Queensland and the long term impact of drought on people and wildlife.
As artists they share a preference for working with paper, as well as an interest in printmaking and artist books.
Joanne Taylor | Drenching (detail) 2016 | Monoprints and paper pulp installation | Variable
Sandra Pearce | Interconnection (detail) 2016 | Paper cutouts installation | Variable
Curved Wall | Carinya Craft Group
CREATING IN COMPANY
by participating Carinya residents and artist Penny Eamer
Curved Wall
4 FEBRUARY – 4 APRIL 2017
Carinya Hostel is a Miles and District elderly care facility. Carinya hosts a craft group for their residents, facilitated by local artist Penny Eamer. Penny provides both group projects for collaboration, as well as matching special projects to individuals.
All residents face different physical limitations such as arthritis, diminished eyesight, even in some cases the loss of limbs. Those who cannot participate enjoy watching the progress of the various projects. The participants enjoy this creative time, both the challenge of making things and the sense of achievement this brings.
Angus Bahnisch and Penny Eamer | The old shop (detail) | Diorama | 28cm x 37cm
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Travelling Exhibition
INDO POP
John Mullins Memorial Art Gallery
8 APRIL – 27 MAY 2017
‘Indo Pop’ presents a group of artists who were a central feature of QAGOMA’s 2012 flagship exhibition, The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT7).
These works join the State’s pioneering collection of contemporary Indonesian art, and builds on the strong relationship Australia sustains with one of its closest neighbours. The exhibition features five artists and groups who are at the forefront of contemporary Indonesian art, each having significant international profiles.
The artists included are: Uji Handoko Eko Saputro (aka Hahan), Wedhar Riyadi, Edwin Roseno, Tromarama and Tintin Wulia.
SAPUTRO (aka Hahan), Uji Handoko Eko Indonesia b.1983 | The New Prophet (from ‘Trinity’ series) 2011 | Polyester resin and air brush, ed. ½. | Purchased 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation | Collection: QAGOMA
Curved Wall | Sophie Bourne
THE LITTLE THINGS
Curved Wall | 8 APRIL – 27 MAY 2017
Young photographer Sophie Bourne explores the ‘little things’ that surround us every day, but often pass-by without recognition.
Sophie enjoys taking the time to seek out the ‘little things’, hidden within the big things. For some reason ‘little things’ catch her eye; be it their obscurity, finesse, colour, detail, and vibrancy.
This exhibition is a representation of special intrigues that Sophie has observed and captured for you to appreciate.
Sophie Bourne | Grannies gerbera (detail) |2016 | Digital photograph | Variable
MY JOURNEY: Acrylic on Canvas | Lloyd Hornsby
John Mullins Memorial Art Gallery
3 June – 25 July 2017
Lloyd Gawura Hornsby is a Koori (descendant of the New South Wales Aboriginal Yuin people). At the age of 68, his learning is continuing today through the discovery of Aboriginal culture and life. The passing down of stories and life experiences, are all adding to the richness of his understanding. Aboriginal culture is focused on recording the origins of life (Dreamtime). Lloyd has endeavoured to carry on the age-old tradition of telling Dreamtime and Historical stories through his artworks, in a passive mode. His journey into the future is reflected in his latest series of paintings, ‘Salt Water People’.
Lloyd Hornsby | My Country – Salt Water Brain Coral (detail) 2013 | Acrylic on canvas | 75cm x 130cm
LINGO | Trudy Tronc
Curved Wall
3 June – 25 July 2017
LINGO is about language and communication and a very important part of the Aboriginal culture to where its preservation is crucial to our wellbeing. Trudy Tronc has created a collection of works that highlight a remarkable journey of LINGO from a point of view that is anticipated to bring excitement and appreciation. Trudy is an Aboriginal woman from Eastern Arunta family group – HARTS Range Northern Territory. Trudy is very passionate about Aboriginal culture and has spent time exploring the different aspects of her culture to seek ways to share in knowledge and learning.
Trudy Tronc | Goanna Dreaming (detail) | Acrylic on canvas
