‘In the Flesh’
‘Looking Out, Looking In: Exploring the Self-Portrait’
![An installation view from ‘Looking Out, Looking In’ featuring Tyza Hart’s Untitled 2015 and SO HAPPY 2 b in yr photo 2014 and Gwendolyn Grant’s Standing nude (Self-portrait) c.1919, March 2023 An installation view of a gallery visitor looking at two self-portraits by Tyza Hart, with another smaller self-portrait by Gwendoline Grant at right, installed on a white gallery wall.](/system/files/styles/wide/private/2023-04/QAG_LookingOutLookingIn_installationview_20230324_ccallistemon_005.jpg?itok=drI11Z6m)
An installation view from ‘Looking Out, Looking In’ featuring Tyza Hart’s Untitled 2015 and SO HAPPY 2 b in yr photo 2014 and Gwendolyn Grant’s Standing nude (Self-portrait) c.1919, March 2023 / Collection: QAGOMA / Photograph: Joe Ruckli, QAGOMA
‘In the Flesh’ examines the body as a site of self-assertion and empowerment, with works ranging from traditional representations such as Marjorie Fletcher’s bronze Self-torso 1934, to Justine Cooper’s video Rapt 1998, which maps her internal organs via an MRI scan.
![© Justine Cooper Artwork Rapt this artwork made of Videotape: 5 minutes, colour, stereo, created in 1998-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1999.031_001_filmstill_4.jpg?itok=PGK5FULq)
Rapt 1998
- COOPER, Justine - Creator
![©Heather Dorrough/Copyright Agency Artwork Self portrait no. 26 this artwork made of Silk organza screen printed with a photographic image of the artist and applied with hexagonal patchwork pieces and coloured threads, created in 1982-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1984.015_001_0.jpg?itok=YKLcaEjp)
Self portrait no. 26 1982
- DORROUGH, Heather - Creator
![© Courtesy the artist and Darren Knight Gallery Artwork SO HAPPY 2 b in yr photo this artwork made of Oil on panel, created in 2014-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2020.236_001_6.jpg?itok=3f44B_E5)
SO HAPPY 2 b in yr photo 2014
- HART, Tyza - Creator
![© Courtesy the artist and Darren Knight Gallery Artwork Untitled this artwork made of Oil on panel, created in 2015-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2020.237_001_5.jpg?itok=KUAYh7NK)
Untitled 2015
- HART, Tyza - Creator
![©Marjorie Fletcher/Copyright Agency Artwork Self-torso this artwork made of Bronze, created in 1934-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2005.011_001_5.jpg?itok=g61PDyIE)
Self-torso 1934, cast 1992
- FLETCHER, Marjorie - Creator
![© Hollie Artwork Self portrait (standing nude) this artwork made of Charcoal on paper, created in 1998-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1998.069_23-1.jpg?itok=-oMQE1Gi)
Self portrait (standing nude) 1998
- HOLLIE - Creator
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![Chatchai Puipia / Thailand, b.1964 / Siamese smile: Siamese intellectual (from 'Siamese smile' series) 1995 / Oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas / 202 x 303cm / Purchased 1996. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Accession No: 1996.218 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Chatchai Puipia A painting of a huge-scale male-appearing head set amongst lotus flowers, with a ladder leaning against the person's eyebrow.](/system/files/styles/large/private/2023-03/1996.218_001%28crop%29_AM.jpg?itok=hbnxauQ9)
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![Chatchai Puipia / Thailand, b.1964 / Siamese smile: Siamese intellectual (from 'Siamese smile' series) 1995 / Oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas / 202 x 303cm / Purchased 1996. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Accession No: 1996.218 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Chatchai Puipia A painting of a huge-scale male-appearing head set amongst lotus flowers, with a ladder leaning against the person's eyebrow.](/system/files/styles/large/private/2023-03/1996.218_001%28crop%29_AM.jpg?itok=hbnxauQ9)