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501 tattoo (from 'L'a'u Pele Moana (My darling Moana)' series) 2021

Accession No.
2021.326
Date Created
2021
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Pacific Art
Dimensions A
80 x 110cm
Edition
ed. 1/5
Media Category
Textile
Medium
Eco inks on 100% natural silk
Place Created
Auckland
Credit Line
Purchased 2021 with funds from the Bequest of Jennifer Taylor through the Queensland Art Gallery l Gallery of Modern Art Foundation

501 tattoo speaks to the connections and disconnections between Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The work documents a tattoo marked on the back of the neck of a member of the 501s — a group of deportees named for the section of the Australian Migration Act initiated by 2017–21 Australian Federal Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton. The Act enabled the cancellation of visas for New Zealand residents, who could be deported to New Zealand on ‘character grounds’ after serving jail sentences. 
 

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A photograph of a person from behind with the number 501 tattooed on the back of their neck, and their long hair tied up.
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Exhibitions featuring this object

A work on copper depicting silhouettes of people emerging from bamboo shoots. / Lee Paje / The Philippines b.1980 / The stories that weren’t told (detail) 2019 / Oil on copper mounted on wood / Purchased 2021 with funds from Terry and Mary Peabody and Mary-Jeanne Hutchinson through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: QAGOMA / © Lee Paje

‘The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial’

Dec 2021 - Apr 2022

Rosanna Raymond performs within ’sis: Pacific Art 1980–2023’, pictured here with works by Jaki-ed weavers, GOMA, August 2023 / Collection: QAGOMA / © The artists / Photograph: C Callistemon, QAGOMA

‘sis: Pacific Art 1980–2023’

Aug 2023 - Sep 2024

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