sis Pacific Art 1980-2023

Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, Republic of the Marshall Islands/United States b.1987 / Lorro: Of Wings and Seas 2018 / Spoken word performance: 25 November 2018, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane / Commissioned for ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT9) / Courtesy: Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner. Supported through a grant from Oregon Arts / © Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner / View full image

When

26 Aug 2023 – 8 Sep 2024

Where

Gallery of Modern Art & Galleries 3.3 & 3.4 (Marica Sourris and James C. Sourris AM Galleries)

Admission

Free

About

Sis, susa, tuofefine, tuahine, tuafafine, sister eo an, tita, kauaemua, sista – there are many different words for ‘sister’ in the Pacific region. The exhibition ‘sis’ investigates three decades of art-making from a sisterhood of artists from across Oceania. Important figures, often largely unknown outside their homelands are highlighted, alongside established artists, to create an expanded vision of the art of Oceania since the early 1990s. The exhibition includes textiles, ceramics, photography, moving image, sculpture, installation and performance.

Gussie R Bento, Kanaka 'Ōiwi, Hawai‘i 1932-2020 / Na Kalaunu Me Na Kāhili (The crown with the kāhili) c.1980 / Commercial cotton cloth, synthetic batting, with hand appliqué and contour quilting / 252.7 x 266cm / Purchased 2010. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Estate of Gussie R Bento / View full image
Lisa Reihana, Nga Puhi, Ngai Tu, Ngati Hine, New Zealand b.1964 / Digital Marae 2001 / Colour cibachrome photographs mounted on aluminium and DVD: 3:30 minutes, colour, sound / Two photographs: 200 x 100 x 0.35cm (each); two photographs: 200 x 120 x 0.35cm (each); one photograph: 140 x 120 x 0.35cm / Purchased 2002 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Lisa Reihana / View full image
Yuki Kihara, Samoa/New Zealand b.1975 / Siva in Motion (still)2012 / Single-channel HD video: 8:14 minutes, looped, colour, silent / Purchased 2015 with funds from Tim Fairfax, AC, through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Yuki Kihara / View full image
Mary Gole, Papua New Guinea b.1951 / Water storage pot - woman's face 2013 / Hand-thrown earthenware with incised decoration and beeswax / 36 x 34 x 34cm / Purchased 2015. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery |Gallery of Modern Art / © Mary Gole / View full image
Lisa Reihana, Nga Puhi, Ngai Tu, Ngati Hine, New Zealand b.1964 / A Maori dragon story (still) 1995 / DVD: 15 minutes, colour, sound, ed. 1/20 / Purchased 2002 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Lisa Reihana / View full image

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Lisa Reihana, Nga Puhi, Ngai Tu, Ngati Hine, New Zealand b.1964 / Digital Marae 2001 / Colour cibachrome photographs mounted on aluminium and DVD: 3:30 minutes, colour, sound / Two photographs: 200 x 100 x 0.35cm (each); two photographs: 200 x 120 x 0.35cm (each); one photograph: 140 x 120 x 0.35cm / Purchased 2002 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Lisa Reihana — Lisa Reihana, Nga Puhi, Ngai Tu, Ngati Hine, New Zealand b.1964 / *Digital Marae* 2001 / Colour cibachrome photographs mounted on aluminium and DVD: 3:30 minutes, colour, sound / Two photographs: 200 x 100 x 0.35cm (each); two photographs: 200 x 120 x 0.35cm (each); one photograph: 140 x 120 x 0.35cm / Purchased 2002 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Lisa Reihana / View full image

sis: Pacific Art 1980–2023

Rich in imagery of process and context, the publication 'sis: Pacific Art 1980-2023' honours and celebrates the work and stories of women artists from across the Pacific, as told through the QAGOMA Collection.

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