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A Warrior without a Weapon (series) 2018

Artwork A Warrior without a Weapon (series) this artwork made of Digital photographic print on paper, created in 2018-01-01
Accession No.
2019.008.001-010
Date Created
2018
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
Ten sheets: 1: 90.1 x 90cm; 2: 89.9 x 90cm; 3: 89.9 x 76.5cm; 4: 89.9 x 89.9cm; 5: 90.1 x 75.7cm; 6: 90 x 89.9cm; 7: 90.1 x 74.1cm; 8: 90 x 60cm; 9: 90 x 90cm; 10: 90.3 x 89.2cm
Edition
ed. 1/6 (+ 2 A.P.)
Media Category
Photograph
Medium
Digital photographic print on paper
Place Created
Coen
Credit Line
Purchased 2019 with funds from the Future Collective through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation

In this series, Naomi Hobson aims to counter negative stereotypes of Australian Indigenous men in the public domain by affirming their capacity for caring and beauty. Hobson has witnessed firsthand the harm that this stigmatising can cause, and worked with men from her Lockhart River and Coen communities to produce this series.

Significantly, many Christian evangelists introduced restricting gender roles to Indigenous communities through the ‘missionisation’ of First Nations peoples. Because of these imposed values, much of the cultural adornment practised by Kaantju and Umpila men ceased. By photographing her male subjects decorated with flowers, Hobson reinvigorates this aspect of her culture and enforces the nurturing compassion of Aboriginal men.

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A detail view of a bright, abstract work.
SEEDS AND SOVEREIGNTY

QAGOMA COLLECTION: ‘Seeds and Sovereignty’

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Three artworks installed on a white gallery wall.
I, OBJECT

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An installation view of a wood sculpture of a dog / Camp dog (Ku)

‘I, Object’

Aug 2019 - Aug 2021

An installation view of ‘Seeds and Sovereignty’, including works by (l–r) Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Minnie Pwerle (© Minnie Pwerle) and Evelyn McGreen and (foreground) mats by Judy Baypungala, Bonny Burarngarra, Lorna Jin-Gubarangunyja and Shirley Malgarrich, March 2024 / © The artists/Copyright agency (unless noted) / Photograph: C Callistemon, QAGOMA

‘Seeds and Sovereignty’

Mar 2024 - Sep 2024

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