‘Plenty’
COLLECTION FOCUS
Jun 2023 -
Jan 2024
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Over the centuries, artists have used their skills to pause the flow of time in detailed paintings of flowers and fruit, and studies of 'mother and child'. The resulting celebrations of abundance and nurture testify to our deep reliance on the natural world, and each other, to sustain our own lives.
Displayed across adjacent galleries within the International Art Collection, ‘Plenty’ not only draws on the beauty of such images but also looks beyond this to examine how these two groups of paintings might contribute to a truth-telling about the impact of European settlement on First Nations peoples in Australia.
‘Plenty’ was on display within in Galleries 7 and 9, Philip Bacon Galleries, QAG, until 28 January 2024. This resource includes artworks displayed in rotations one and two.
Cultural sensitivity warning
QAGOMA would like to respectfully advise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers that this resource contains images and references to the deceased, references to massacres and mentions of derogatory language.
Feature image: Harriet Jane Neville-Rolfe / England/Australia QLD 1850–1928 / Sedgeford outstation on the Alpha run 1884 / Watercolour over pencil on wove paper / Gift of the artist's son in her memory 1964 / Collection: QAGOMA
Collection artworks featured in ‘Plenty’
![Artwork Madonna and Child encircled by roses this artwork made of Oil on oak panel, created in 1650-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0003_001_8.jpg?itok=I4tOrId7)
Madonna and Child encircled by roses c.1650s
- KESSEL the Elder, Jan van - Collaborating artist (flowers)
- VOS, Circle of Simon de - Collaborating artist (Madonna and Child)
![Artwork Madonna and Child encircled by flowers and fruit this artwork made of Oil on oak panel, created in 1610-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0004_001_8.jpg?itok=DxXtvyVi)
Madonna and Child encircled by flowers and fruit c.1615
- DANIELSZ, attrib. to Andries - Collaborating artist (flowers and fruit)
- STUDIO OF FRANS FRANCKEN THE YOUNGER - Collaborating artist (Madonna and Child)
![Artwork Still life this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 1650-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0007_001_8.jpg?itok=YAdkha_K)
Still life c.1650s
- DE BRYER, Cornelis - Creator
![Artwork Still life this artwork made of Oil on canvas, created in 1645-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0005_001_8.jpg?itok=kM0_II_Q)
Still life c.1650
- COOSEMANS, Alexander - Creator
![Artwork Holy Family with the infant Baptist this artwork made of Oil on panel, created in 1617-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0009_001_8.jpg?itok=5kKdtpAG)
Holy Family with the infant Baptist c.1617-37
- BAROCCI, after Federico - Creator (original)
- ANTWERP SCHOOL 17th century - Creator (copy)
![Artwork Castlevale this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on wove paper, created in 1884-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0950_001_4.jpg?itok=g2HVZCLb)
Castlevale 1884
- NEVILLE-ROLFE, Harriet Jane - Creator
![Artwork Tina Loot this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on wove paper, created in 1883-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0936_001_4.jpg?itok=sG7BzLDJ)
Tina Loot c.1883
- NEVILLE-ROLFE, Harriet Jane - Creator
![Artwork Huntly this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on wove paper, created in 1883-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0989_001_4.jpg?itok=wzMWF5oV)
Huntly c.1884
- NEVILLE-ROLFE, Harriet Jane - Creator
![Artwork Kilcummin this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on wove paper, created in 1884-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0965_001_4.jpg?itok=MO8Yt1ZR)
Kilcummin 1884
- NEVILLE-ROLFE, Harriet Jane - Creator
![© Jennifer Herd/ Courtesy: The artist and FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane Artwork Resistance this artwork made of Pinhole drawing on Arches 370gsm paper, created in 2015-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2016.292_001_5.jpg?itok=7JOD7KZS)
Resistance 2015
- HERD, Jennifer - Creator
![© Jennifer Herd/ Courtesy: The artist and FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane Artwork Diamond series II this artwork made of Pinhole drawing on Arches 370gsm paper, created in 2015-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2016.294_001_5.jpg?itok=uLQHfapK)
Diamond series II 2015
- HERD, Jennifer - Creator
![© Jennifer Herd/ Courtesy: The artist and FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane Artwork Diamond series III this artwork made of Pinhole drawing on Arches 370gsm paper, created in 2015-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2016.295_001_5.jpg?itok=aX7e5m_u)
Diamond series III 2015
- HERD, Jennifer - Creator
![Artwork Frankfield this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on wove paper, created in 1883-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0940a_001_4.jpg?itok=BcWWa8eR)
Frankfield c.1884
- NEVILLE-ROLFE, Harriet Jane - Creator
![Artwork Wolfang this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on wove paper, created in 1884-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0966_001_4.jpg?itok=ENOlNhC1)
Wolfang 1884
- NEVILLE-ROLFE, Harriet Jane - Creator
![Artwork (Thunbergia) this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on wove paper, created in 1884-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0973_001_4.jpg?itok=j3V7FJJ7)
(Thunbergia) 1884
- NEVILLE-ROLFE, Harriet Jane - Creator
![Artwork (Gecko) this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on wove paper, created in 1883-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0976_001_4.jpg?itok=i6Fh1MtX)
(Gecko) c.1884
- NEVILLE-ROLFE, Harriet Jane - Creator
![Artwork Wolfang this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on wove paper, created in 1884-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0978_001_4.jpg?itok=52UTXx54)
Wolfang 1884
- NEVILLE-ROLFE, Harriet Jane - Creator
![Artwork Castle Vale this artwork made of Watercolour over pencil on wove paper, created in 1885-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-0982_001_4.jpg?itok=T3z3xcsE)
Castle Vale 1885
- NEVILLE-ROLFE, Harriet Jane - Creator
![Artwork Centipede this artwork made of Watercolour on wove paper, created in 1884-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1-1004_002_0.jpg?itok=9vfR6LHF)
Centipede 1884
- NEVILLE-ROLFE, Harriet Jane - Creator
![© Sue Buckley Artwork Mantis this artwork made of Woodcut, hand-coloured on Oriental paper, created in 1962-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2-0541_001_4.jpg?itok=AwLPZyWZ)
Mantis 1962
- BUCKLEY, Sue - Creator
Related digital stories
![An installation view of ‘Plenty’, featuring the Gallery’s [Frame] 1959 by James Bourlet & Sons, London; and the 1860 Tower carbine rifle comprising Repatriation effort: this is not mine to bear 2016 by artist d harding (Bidjara/Ghungalu/ Garibal peoples) / Courtesy: The artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane / Photograph: C Callistemon, QAGOMA An installation view in a dark room with gallery walls painted black; an empty gold frame on the wall, in the centre of the photo, frames the darkness; beneath it, a rifle is displayed in a glass cabinet.](/system/files/styles/large/private/2023-10/QAG_G7-9_installationview_20230403_ccallistemon_011.jpg?itok=wWGaxSBE)
ESSAY: ‘Plenty’
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DIDACTIC: Harriet Jane Neville-Rolfe
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