‘Courage and Beauty’
The James C. Sourris AM Collection
Sep 2022 -
Jun 2023
![Ross Manning’s Spectra XIII 2017, installed for ’Courage and Beauty’, GOMA, September 2021 / The James C. Sourris AM Collection. Gift of James C. Sourris AM through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2023. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program / © Ross Manning / Photograph: J Ruckli, QAGOMA](/index.php/system/files/styles/wide/private/2024-04/GOMA_CourageAndBeauty_installationview_20230118_jruckli_004.jpg?itok=1xkKoWVc)
Celebrating the vision and generosity of Queensland art collector and philanthropist James C. Sourris AM, ’Courage and Beauty’ is dedicated to Mr Sourris’s gifts to the Gallery, with major works by contemporary Australian artists including Vernon Ah Kee, Richard Bell, Gordon Bennett, Vivienne Binns, Jon Cattapan, Peter Cripps, Bonita Ely, d harding, Robert Hunter, Peter Kennedy, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Ross Manning, Rosslynd Piggott and Judy Watson.
Surveying two decades of Sourris’s collecting, ’Courage and Beauty’ includes works from the QAGOMA Collection, as well as works on loan from the James C. Sourris AM Collection. Find out more about Collection works featured in ‘Courage and Beauty’ below, or explore the full exhibition catalogue.
’Courage and Beauty: The James C. Sourris AM Collection’ was on display in the Marica Sourris and James C. Sourris AM Galleries (3.3 and 3.4), GOMA, from 3 September 2022 to 18 June 2023.
Feature image: Ross Manning’s Spectra XIII 2017, installed for ’Courage and Beauty’, GOMA, September 2021 / The James C. Sourris AM Collection. Gift of James C. Sourris AM through the QAGOMA Foundation 2023. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program / © Ross Manning / Photograph: J Ruckli, QAGOMA
Collection artworks featured in ‘Courage and Beauty’
![© Vernon Ah Kee/Copyright Agency Artwork Lenny (Timer) Miller this artwork made of Charcoal, crayon and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, created in 2008-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2022.084_001.jpg?itok=CMPmW9Hm)
Lenny (Timer) Miller 2008
- AH KEE, Vernon - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
brutalities 2014
- AH KEE, Vernon - Creator
![© The Estate of Howard Arkley, Courtesy Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Artwork Organic Model F (Liquid) this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, created in 1976-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2017.252_001_3.jpg?itok=X_iIDcEQ)
Organic Model F (Liquid) 1976
- ARKLEY, Howard - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Bible for Dummies 2014
- BELL, Richard - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Landscape painting 1988
- BENNETT, Gordon - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Number nine 2005
- BENNETT, Gordon - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Points of Transition 1984
- BINNS, Vivienne - Creator
![© Estate of Mike Brown Artwork Train home this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint and paper on board, created in 1962-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2022.129_001.jpg?itok=F0GGJpsm)
Train home 1962
- BROWN, Mike - Creator
![© Courtesy the Artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane Artwork The bowl this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint and oil on linen, created in 2018-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2022.178_001_1.jpg?itok=fI55jpBb)
The bowl 2018
- CATTAPAN, Jon - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Room (negative form) 1967
- CRIPPS, Peter - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Room (positive form) 1967
- CRIPPS, Peter - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Mirror studies 1970-76
- CRIPPS, Peter - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Mirror studies 1970-76
- CRIPPS, Peter - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Mirror studies 1970-76
- CRIPPS, Peter - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Mirror studies 1970-76
- CRIPPS, Peter - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Display Culture 2002
- CRIPPS, Peter - Creator
![D. Harding Artwork We breathe together this artwork made of Ochre, charcoal, Reckitt's blue on glass, created in 2017-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2019.056a-l_001_composite_6.jpg?itok=8837aq4x)
We breathe together 2017
- HARDING, D - Creator
![© Michael Johnson/Copyright Agency Artwork Bologna this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, created in 1969-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2022.128_23-01.jpg?itok=Ew_eLCnU)
Bologna 1969
- JOHNSON, Michael - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Sports Carnival 1972-74
- JOHNSON, Tim - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Spectra XIII 2017
- MANNING, Ross - Creator
![Ross Manning Artwork Ambient painting #1 this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint, stainless steel and dichroic glass on canvas, created in 2018-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2019.055_001_4.jpg?itok=TYEaOmrJ)
Ambient painting #1 2018
- MANNING, Ross - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Passing 2018
- MILANI, Lyndall - Creator
![Yukultji Napangati/Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Artwork Untitled this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen, created in 2014-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2015.142_001_5.jpg?itok=1LeLXSBM)
Untitled 2014
- NAPANGATI, Yukultji - Creator
![John Peart/Copyright Agency Artwork Shoot point this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, created in 1967-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2014.376_001_4.jpg?itok=dhYUtSuj)
Shoot point 1967
- PEART, John - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Canine capers VII 1969-79
- ROONEY, Robert - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
House of breath no.3 2014
- SNOWBALL, Arryn - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
August 1966
- STAUNTON, Madonna - Creator
![Dick Watkins/Copyright Agency Artwork The Mooche this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint (PVA) and oil on canvas, created in 1968-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2014.287_002.jpg?itok=K8O-z00v)
The Mooche 1968
- WATKINS, Dick - Creator
![© Normana Wight Artwork Untitled yellow-green this artwork made of Screenprint on canvas, created in 1970-01-01](/index.php/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2012.465a-f_23-1.jpg?itok=47mHJFgz)
Untitled yellow-green 1970
- WIGHT, Normana - Creator