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Death Before Defeat 2020

Artwork Death Before Defeat this artwork made of Found vintage ceramic plate with enamel paint and lacquer, created in 2020-01-01
Accession No.
2023.044
Date Created
2020
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Contemporary Asian Art
Dimensions A
35.5 x 28cm (irreg.)
Media Category
Ceramic
Medium
Found vintage ceramic plate with enamel paint and lacquer
Place Created
Pakistan
Credit Line
The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art.
Purchased 2023 with funds from Michael Sidney Myer through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation

Through lavishly painted found objects, Adeela Suleman contemplates humanity’s fascination with violence and its continued presence across histories and geographies. The objects feature the techniques and motifs of South Asian miniature painting. They are inspired by a range of historical events, sites and artistic traditions, from Mughal courts to European medieval knights. 
 

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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

APT10

Dec 2021 - Apr 2022

'Rising Voices' at the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, London, May 2025, guarded by Michael Parekōwhai's Kapa Haka (Whero) 2003, and with glimpses of headdresses by Ken Thaiday Snr / © The artists / Image courtesy and © The V&A, South Kensington

ON TOUR: Rising Voices

May 2026 - Jan 2027

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