‘A Third Language’
Feb 2023 -
Sep 2023
![A brightly coloured, large-scale mural.](/system/files/styles/wide/private/object-images/2018.370.001-456_QAG_AThirdLanguage_installationview_20230414_ccallistemon_002.jpg_0.jpg?itok=0btqtOJb)
Whenever we translate from one tongue to another, we arrive at a third form of speech that sits somewhere between the two. This exhibition suggests that we all live and speak through a third language: a hybrid mode borne of the translations and generative mistranslations between words, cultures, and histories.
Featured artworks abound with pattern and repetition, for some artists, this visual multiplicity is used to express the more abstract concept of cultural multiplicity, in which the whole is made from many heterogenous yet interlocking parts.
Artists also explore what happens when artistic traditions roam, mutate and brush up against one another. As images are copied and re-copied in different locations, they become enriched by the inevitable mistranslations or ‘glitches’ in the chain of reproduction. We live in a world of echoes and amalgamations. The artists in ‘A Third Language’ capture this cacophony.
‘A Third Language’ was on display in QAG’s Gallery 5 (Henry and Amanda Bartlett Galleries) and Watermall from 11 February to 9 July 2023.
Feature image: Iman Raad’s Days of bliss and woe 2018 / Purchased 2018 with funds from Tim Fairfax AC through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / © Iman Raad
Collection artworks featured in ‘A Third Language’
![Artwork Days of bliss and woe this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on plywood and timber, created in 2018-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2018.370.001-456_QAG_AThirdLanguage_installationview_20230414_ccallistemon_002.jpg_0.jpg?itok=xpLonlSF)
Days of bliss and woe 2018
- RAAD, Iman - 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)
Mary 2011
- IATAPAL CULTURAL GROUP - 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)
Mary 2011
- IATAPAL CULTURAL GROUP - 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)
Mary 2011
- IATAPAL CULTURAL GROUP - 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)
Mary 2011
- IATAPAL CULTURAL GROUP - 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)
Mary 2011
- IATAPAL CULTURAL GROUP - 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)
Mary 2011
- IATAPAL CULTURAL GROUP - Creator
![Vunapaka Cultural Group Artwork Tokatokoi this artwork made of Headdress: wood, feathers, synthetic polymer paint, grass fibre, created in 2011-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2011.389.001_001_3.jpg?itok=9dFpctD9)
Tokatokoi 2011
- VUNAPAKA CULTURAL GROUP - Creator
![Vunapaka Cultural Group Artwork Tokatokoi this artwork made of Headdress: wood, feathers, synthetic polymer paint, grass fibre, created in 2011-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2011.389.002_001.jpg?itok=hnT2TfSu)
Tokatokoi 2011
- VUNAPAKA CULTURAL GROUP - Creator
![Vunapaka Cultural Group Artwork Tokatokoi this artwork made of Headdress: wood, feathers, synthetic polymer paint, grass fibre, created in 2011-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2011.389.003_001_0.jpg?itok=Z3Gwc2EK)
Tokatokoi 2011
- VUNAPAKA CULTURAL GROUP - Creator
![Vunapaka Cultural Group Artwork Tokatokoi this artwork made of Headdress: wood, feathers, synthetic polymer paint, grass fibre, created in 2011-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2011.389.004_001.jpg?itok=13MUQW4v)
Tokatokoi 2011
- VUNAPAKA CULTURAL GROUP - Creator
![Vunapaka Cultural Group Artwork Tokatokoi this artwork made of Headdress: wood, feathers, synthetic polymer paint, grass fibre, created in 2011-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2011.389.005_001_0.jpg?itok=tev69DsV)
Tokatokoi 2011
- VUNAPAKA CULTURAL GROUP - Creator
![Vunapaka Cultural Group Artwork Tokatokoi this artwork made of Headdress: wood, feathers, synthetic polymer paint, grass fibre, created in 2011-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2011.389.006_001_0.jpg?itok=V9dEh8Dn)
Tokatokoi 2011
- VUNAPAKA CULTURAL GROUP - Creator
![© Mella Jaarsma Artwork Hi inlander this artwork made of Treated skins (kangaroo, frog, fish and chicken), created in 1999-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2000.116a-d_GOMA_SugarSpin_installationview_20170612_nharth_001.jpg.jpg?itok=Az5ymoAw)
Hi inlander 1999
- JAARSMA, Mella - Creator
![QAGOMA Artwork Allegorical painting (from 'Works from the People's Republic of Spiritual Revolution' series) this artwork made of Watercolour with pencil on paper, created in 1989-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1990.232.008_002_4.jpg?itok=lu0TBNUq)
Allegorical painting (from 'Works from the People's Republic of Spiritual Revolution' series) 1989
- BENNETT, Gordon - Collaborating artist
- CARCHESIO, Eugene - Collaborating artist
![QAGOMA Artwork The great necrophiliac (from 'Works from the People's Republic of Spiritual Revolution' series) this artwork made of Watercolour with collage on paper, created in 1989-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1990.232.007_002_4.jpg?itok=gQoQoxv8)
The great necrophiliac (from 'Works from the People's Republic of Spiritual Revolution' series) 1989
- BENNETT, Gordon - Collaborating artist
- CARCHESIO, Eugene - Collaborating artist
![QAGOMA Artwork Untitled (from 'Works from the People's Republic of Spiritual Revolution' series) this artwork made of Watercolour with collage on paper, created in 1989-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1990.232.009_002_4.jpg?itok=mAmbnYJE)
Untitled (from 'Works from the People's Republic of Spiritual Revolution' series) 1989
- BENNETT, Gordon - Collaborating artist
- CARCHESIO, Eugene - Collaborating artist
![QAGOMA Artwork Untitled (from 'Works from the People's Republic of Spiritual Revolution' series) this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 1989-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1990.232.010_002_4.jpg?itok=C46qVb7h)
Untitled (from 'Works from the People's Republic of Spiritual Revolution' series) 1989
- BENNETT, Gordon - Collaborating artist
- CARCHESIO, Eugene - Collaborating artist
![© QAGOMA Artwork The small brown house (with test patterns for thought) (from 'Works from the People's Republic of Spiritual Revolution' series) this artwork made of Watercolour with pencil and collage on paper, created in 1989-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1990.232.003_002_5.jpg?itok=bIDQBgn9)
The small brown house (with test patterns for thought) (from 'Works from the People's Republic of Spiritual Revolution' series) 1989
- BENNETT, Gordon - Collaborating artist
- CARCHESIO, Eugene - Collaborating artist
![QAGOMA Artwork The School of Arts (imaginary landscape) (from 'Works from the People's Republic of Spiritual Revolution' series) this artwork made of Watercolour with collage on paper, created in 1989-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1990.232.006_002_4.jpg?itok=96VwLKMu)
The School of Arts (imaginary landscape) (from 'Works from the People's Republic of Spiritual Revolution' series) 1989
- BENNETT, Gordon - Collaborating artist
- CARCHESIO, Eugene - Collaborating artist
![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)
Rhythm of the Gods 2 date unknown
- UNKNOWN - 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)
Species date unknown
- UNKNOWN - 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)
Operation Scorpio date unknown
- UNKNOWN - 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)
My Father's Love 2 date unknown
- UNKNOWN - 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)
A Chinese Ghost Story date unknown
- UNKNOWN - 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)
From one cloth 1987
- 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)
Tala 2005
- VONGPOOTHORN, Savanhdary - Artist
- VONGPOOTHORN, Mungsamai - Collaborating artist
![Estate of Gordon Bennett Artwork Number three this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on linen, created in 2004-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2020.369a-b_053_composite_3.jpg?itok=GLYeu4uu)
Number three 2004
- BENNETT, Gordon - Creator
![Gordon Bennett Artwork Number twelve this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on linen, created in 2007-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.171a-b_001_composite_3.jpg?itok=8cnbVekt)
Number twelve 2007
- BENNETT, Gordon - Creator
![The artist Artwork Gumatj larrakitj this artwork made of Wood (Eucalyptus tetrodonta) with natural pigments, created in 2008-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.195_001_4.jpg?itok=eAdZfJkh)
Gumatj larrakitj 2008
- YUNUPINGU, Yalpi - Creator
![Lincoln Austin Artwork Interloper this artwork made of Stainless steel mesh, created in 2009-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.346_001_3.jpg?itok=T2blYsJW)
Interloper 2009
- AUSTIN, Lincoln - Creator
![Baatarzorig Batjargal Artwork Nomads this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, created in 2014-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2015.010_001_4.jpg?itok=AWwhkcOn)
Nomads 2014
- BATJARGAL, Baatarzorig - Creator
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