FEATURE ARTIST AND ARTWORK STORIES

D Harding What is theirs is ours now (I do not claim to own) 2018

D Harding / Bidjara/Ghungalu/Garingbal peoples, b.1982 / What is theirs is ours now (I do not claim to own) 2018 / Reckitt's Blue, ochre, dry pigment and binder on linen / Purchased 2019. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © D Harding 
 

QAGOMA Collection Online | D Harding

QAGOMA Learning | D Harding Wall Composition in Reckitt’s Blue 2017

QAGOMA YouTube | D Harding introduces Wall composition in Reckitt's Blue

QAGOMA YouTube | Watch our time-lapse of D Harding’s Wall Composition in Reckitt’s Blue

Milani Gallery | D Harding

Tate Shorts | Artist D Harding – Environment is Part of Who You Are 

University of Sydney | D Harding with Kate Harding
 

The Hermannsburg School watercolours

Albert Namatjira Jr, (West MacDonnell Ranges) 2009

NAMATJIRA Jr, Albert / Australia b.1949 d.2013 / (West MacDonnell Ranges) 2009 / 
Watercolour on paper with board backing 26 x 36cm Acc. 2016.372 / The Glenn Manser Collection. Gift of Glenn Manser through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2016. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

QAGOMA Blog | An enduring art tradition: the Hermannsburg School

QAGOMA Blog | Arrernte watercolours integral in the Namatjira Story

QAGOMA Collection Online | Albert Namatjira Mt Hermannsburg, James Range c.1946

Iltja Ntjarra artists, Homeless on my Homeland 2019 

(Featured artworks hanging left to right in ‘North by North-West’) George Tjungarrayi, Pintupi people, Australia b.c.1943 / Untitled (Mamultjulkulnga) 2007 / Purchased 2008.  The Queensland Government’s Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund / © George Tjungurrayi / Douglas Kwarlpe Abbott, Arrernte people, Australia b.1954 / Organ Pipes at Finke River 2009 / The Glenn Manser Collection. Gift of Glenn Manser through the QAGOMA Art Foundation 2016. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program / © Douglas Kwarlpe Abbott/Many Hands Arts Centre / Elton Wirri, Western Aranda/Luritja/Pintupi people, Australia b.1990 / Palm Valley 2013 / The Glenn Manser Collection. Gift of Glenn Manser through the QAGOMA Foundation 2016. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program / © Elton Wirri/Copyright Agency / Dellina Inkamala, Western Aranda people, Australia b.1984 / Rutjipma (Mt Sonder), NT 2021 / Purchased 2021 with funds from the Estate of Jessica Ellis through the QAGOMA Foundation / © Dellina Inkamala/Copyright Agency / Hubert Pareroultja, Arrernte/Luritja people, Australia b.1952 / Tjoritja (West MacDonnell Ranges), NT 2021 / Purchased 2021 with funds from the Estate of Jessica Ellis through the QAGOMA Foundation / © Hubert Pareroultja/Copyright Agency / Peter Tjutjatja Taylor, Southern Arrernte/Luritja people, Australia 1944‑2014 / Stanley Chasm 2006 / The Glenn Manser Collection. Gift of Glenn Manser through the QAGOMA Foundation 2016. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program / © Peter TjutjatjaTaylor/Copyright Agency / Kumantje Jagamara, Warlpiri/Luritja people, Australia c.1946‑2020 / Lightning 1998 / Purchased 1998.  QAG Foundation Grant / © Estate of Kumantje Jagamara/Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency / Kumantje Jagamara, Warlpiri/Luritja people, Australia c.1946‑2020 / Wild yam 1998 / Purchased 1998. QAG Grant / © Estate of Kumantje Jagamara/Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency / All artworks featured are from the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Collection / Photograph: C Callistemon © QAGOMA

Desart TV | Homeless on my Homeland

Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands Art Centre | Namatjira School of Art

Aubrey Tigan Riji (pearlshell pendants) 2006

Aubrey Tigan / Bardi/Jawu people, b.1945 / Riji (pearlshell pendant): Man/Beast Ilyarrgan/Jawi 2006 / Pearlshell, hair string with natural pigment / Purchased 2006. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Aubrey Tigan/Copyright Agency

QAGOMA Collection Online | Aubrey Tigan

ABC Local | Aubrey Tigan and the wealth of Mayala Kimberley Island culture

Cooee Art | Aubrey Tigan

Short St. Gallery | Aubrey Tigan

Paddy Bedford Wirwirji - Police Hole 2004

Paddy Bedford / Gija people c.1922–2007 / Wirwirji – Police Hole 2004 / Natural pigments with acrylic binder on Belgian linen / The Taylor Family Collection. Gift of Paul, Sue and Kate Taylor through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2020. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Estate of Paddy Bedford

QAGOMA Collection Online | Paddy Bedford, Wirwirji - Police Hole 2004

MCA | Paddy Bedford (Nyunkuny)

The Sydney Morning Herald | ‘On white wings, a reminder of one of the greats of Indigenous art’ 2021 by Nick Miller

QAGOMA EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTION – CURRENT & UPCOMING

North by North-West

11 Feb 2023 – 2 Mar 2025 | Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery 1 & Gallery 2

mudunama kundana wandaraba jarribirri

23 Mar – 11 Aug 2024 | Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery 3 (Kenneth and Yasuko Meyer Gallery, Gallery 4 & Watermall

Seeds and Sovereignty

2 Mar – 2 Sep 2024 | Gallery of Modern Art, Gallery 3.5

Judy Watson, tow row 2016

Permanent | GOMA

Australian Art Collection 

Permanent | QAG
 

Indigenous Australian Art Collection

The Indigenous Australian Art collection has a focus on contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, printmaking, photography, video and installation. 

PLACES TO VISIT

• Blaklash Creative
• QAGOMA Research library
• Queensland Museum
• State Library of Queensland | kuril dhagun

ONLINE RESOURCES

• QAGOMA YouTube | Australian Indigenous Art playlist
• ABC Local | Local History – West End
• AIATSIS | Map of Indigenous Australia
• Australia Council | Protocols for using First Nation Cultural and intellectual property in the arts
• Australian Human Rights Commission | Australian South Sea Islanders: A century of race discrimination under Australian Law (2003)
• Mapping Brisbane History | Indigenous Aboriginal Sites of Southside Brisbane
• NAVA | First Nations engagement guide
• Queensland Government – Australian South Sea Islanders
• SBS On Demand | Art + Soul
• State Library of Queensland | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collections  
• State Library of Queensland | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages
• State Library of Queensland | Community history
• State Library of Queensland | International Year of Indigenous Languages | Aboriginal placenames of South-East Queensland
• State Library of Queensland | James C Sourris AM Collection artist interview series | Fiona Foley
• State Library of Queensland | Australian South Sea Islanders 150 years: What does it mean?
• Queensland State Archives | Research Guide to Australian South Sea Islander records
• Crown Law | Native Title information - Brisbane CBD & surrounding areas
• Australian Government | Native Title information
• Terrie Janke and Company | Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP)

BOOKS

• Bruce Pascoe | Dark Emu | Magabala Books, 2014   
• Bruce Pascoe | Young Dark Emu | Magabala Books, 2019
• Judy Watson | women of brisbane | Museum of Brisbane 2021
• Larissa Behrendt | Finding Eliza: power and colonial storytelling, 2016
• Margo Neale, Lynne Kelly | Songlines: The Power and Promise | Thames and Hudson, 2020
• Michael Aird | Brisbane Blacks | Keeaira Press, 2001
• Indigenous Australian Art Books published by QAGOMA
• Books about Indigenous Australian art and culture available at QAGOMA Store

SEE ALSO

• First Artists: Cultural Experiences at QAGOMA