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Contemporary Australian art

A photograph of 49 record covers displayed on a gallery wall
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Circle Records

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YANG 2022.137

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Ruth MADDISON: ‘Christmas holiday with Bob's family, Queensland, 1978’ series

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JERREMS 2020.313

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A crop of a sepia-toned painting showing a tropical beach scene, with First Nations Australians on the shore looking out at the sea at two European boats approaching the beach
DANIE MELLOR: MARRU | THE UNSEEN VISIBLE

Frontier fluidity: The colours of Danie Mellor's Country

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2006.249 2006.250 MOJE

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An artist wearing colourful overalls places oyster shells on a sculpture
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Megan Cope | Artist

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An installation view of a large watercolour depicting guns in various shades of green, installed in a dark gallery space
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eX de Medici | Artist

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150 Years: Contemporary Queensland photography

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HENSON 2022.257

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A horizontal crop of a sepia-toned painting showing the trunks of tall trees in the foreground, through which a giant skull can be seen, appearing as though it were a rocky cliff in the background.
DANIE MELLOR: MARRU | THE UNSEEN VISIBLE

In the forest of the living: Country, memory and the unseen in the art of Danie Mellor

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2006.063 2006.064 CHASELING

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1989.133 HEANEY

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A photograph of a woman painting; she is wearing a blue sweater, and we are positioned behind her canvas.
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Monica Rohan | Artist

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Margaret Olley: A Generous Life

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Black-and-white photographs installed on a dark gallery wall, with two people looking on
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William Yang: ‘My uncle’s murder’

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YANG 2023.013

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ROONEY 2001.014a-s

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A cropped version of the infrared artwork 'The far Country' 2022, depicting Barron Falls from an aerial perspective.
DANIE MELLOR: MARRU | THE UNSEEN VISIBLE

Themes in the exhibition

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A black-and-white photograph of a man skateboarding on a steep suburban street, with houses and trees stretching out in the background, and a 'NO ENTRY' sign at left.
SUBURBAN SUBLIME

‘Suburban Sublime: Australian Photography’

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Facing away from us, an artist creates blue silhouettes of a spade handle on a white gallery wall in Reckitt's Blue paint
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d harding | Artist

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Carol Jerrems: Photographs

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LABEL: 2005.194 MELLOR

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An installation view of black-and-white photographs installed on a dark gallery wall, with a person looking on
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‘William Yang: Seeing and Being Seen’

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ROONEY 2023.098a-b

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Tracey MOFFATT: ‘Picturesque Cherbourg’ series

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A monochrome painting of a bark slab hut, with two colonial-era men standing either side of its doorway, an Aboriginal woman peering out from the dark interior, and an Aboriginal man, possibly a tracker or guide, pointing to a rainbow in the distance
DANIE MELLOR: MARRU | THE UNSEEN VISIBLE

LIST OF WORKS: Danie Mellor: marru | the unseen visible

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A detail view of a collaged photograph of a suburban street in Cherbourg, with the photo appearing to be cracked like a window or mirror
SUBURBAN SUBLIME

Images from everyday life

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A photo of an artist in her studio, surrounded by colourful artworks
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Madeleine Kelly | Artist

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A candid photograph of five men (four seated, one standing) and a little girl in a gallery space.
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Abdul Abdullah | Artist

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