
International Art | Sculpture
Satyr with wineskin cast 19th century
after UNKNOWN ROMAN
International Art | Sculpture
Satyr with wineskin cast 19th century
after UNKNOWN ROMAN
International Art | Painting
The prodigal son c.1780-1840
UNKNOWN
International Art | Sculpture
Spinario cast late 19th century
after School of PASITELES
Asian Art | Print
Courtesans (reprint) unknown
after EISEN
Asian Art | Sculpture
Flying horse of Kansu cast 1973
after EASTERN HAN ARTIST
International Art | Sculpture
Bust of Niccolo da Uzzano unknown
after DONATELLO
International Art | Sculpture
Borghese warrior 19th century
after AGASIUS THE EPHESIAN
Pacific Art | Fibre
Jipai (mask) 2011
AFEX, Ben
International Art | Glass
Decanter c.1875-1900
AESTHETIC STYLE
International Art | Glass
Vase c.1880-1900
AESTHETIC STYLE
International Art | Glass
Vase c.1880-1900
AESTHETIC STYLE
Contemporary Australian Art | Installation
Blackboards with pendulums 1992
KENNEDY, Peter
International Art | Drawing
Design
ADAM, Sicander
International Art | Metalwork
Tea urn c.1770-1800
ADAM STYLE
International Art | Ceramic
Long necked vase c.1900-50
ACOMO PUEBLO
Pacific Art | Photograph
'Te Waiherehere', Koroniti, Wanganui River, 29 May 1986 1986, printed 1997
ABERHART, Laurence
Pacific Art | Photograph
Nature morte (silence), Savage Club, Wanganui, 20 February 1986 1986, printed 1999
ABERHART, Laurence
Pacific Art | Photograph
Angel over Whangape Harbour, Northland, 6 May 1982 1982, printed 1991
ABERHART, Laurence
Australian Art | Drawing
A memory of Gumeracha (study of flies) 1908
HEYSEN, Hans
Pacific Art | Print
The boxer 2009
ABEL, Patrik
APT10
Orokaiva people
Born 1941, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
Lives and works in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Joyce Mary Arasepa Gole (Mary Gole) came to prominence in the early 1980s with her highly sculptural pottery and distinctive textile designs. Though Gole’s drawings and works in clay are inspired by the rich ceramic and barkcloth traditions of the Orokaiva people of Oro Province, her creations are undeniably contemporary.
The head and face, coiled, paddled and sculpted to create Gole’s Water storage pot – woman’s face are iconic images created to acknowledge and honour the significance of women in Papua New Guinea. More recent figurines respond to stories published in the Post Courier (the daily national newspaper); one of these, a young susu (breastfeeding mother), was motivated by a story of rising intolerance in Papua New Guinea to women breastfeeding in public. Incensed, Gole began creating figures to honour and support these women in the face of the criticism roused by imposed, foreign ideas of morality. In 2007 Gole was made an Officer of the Order of Logohu (OL) for her contributions to contemporary art in Papua New Guinea.
Joyce Mary Arasepa Gole OL (Mary Gole) / Orokaiva People / Papua New Guinea b. 1941 / Susu mama with baby 2009; Water storage pot – woman’s face 2009; Young girl sitting down 2009; Pregnant mother sitting down 2003 / Hand-thrown earthenware with applied decoration, natural wax and knotted commercial cotton wool (bilum) / Various dimensions / © Mary Arasepa Joyce Gole OL / Photograph: Merinda Campbell, QAGOMA