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pillow for the dead 1998

Artwork pillow for the dead this artwork made of Silk organza, thread, air on medium density fibreboard painted pedestal with perspex cover, created in 1998-01-01
Accession No.
1999.117a-c
Date Created
1998
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Contemporary Asian Art
Dimensions A
6.3 x 4.5 x 3cm
Media Category
Sculpture
Secondary Media Category
mixed media
Medium
Silk organza, thread, air on medium density fibreboard painted pedestal with perspex cover
Place Created
New York, United States
Credit Line
Purchased 1999. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant

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A delicate, tiny sculpture of a white pillow, photographed with a white background.
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AIR: Rei Naito

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A delicate, tiny sculpture of a white pillow, photographed with a white background.

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Tomás Saraceno b.1973 / Drift: A cosmic web of thermodynamic rhythms 2022 / Dimensions and installation variable / Purchased 2022 with funds from the Neilson Foundation through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: QAGOMA / © Tomás Saraceno / GOMA, March 2023 / Photograph: J Ruckli, QAGOMA

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Works by Yasumasa Morimura, Masami Teraoka and Takashi Murakami installed for ‘We Can Make Another Future’ at GOMA, December 2014 / © The artists / Photograph: M Sherwood, QAGOMA

‘We Can Make Another Future’

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Sriwhana Spong's Costume for a mourner (still) 2010 / Hard Drive (transferred from standard-definition video): 8:22 minutes, black and white, sound / Purchased 2011. John Darnell Bequest / © Sriwhana Spong

'Inscribing a Life'

Sep 2025 - Oct 2026

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