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Bruce Johnson McLean

Wierdi/Birri-Gubba peoples | Former Curator, Indigenous Australian Art, QAGOMA

ESSAY: Albert Namatjira’s family

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Portrait of an Indigenous man with a cloudy sky behind him

BIOGRAPHY

Albert Namatjira

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Albert Namatjira / Arrernte people / Australia NT 1902–59 / (Ghost gums and mountains) c.1945 / Bequest of Cedric Powne 1979 / © Namatjira Legacy Trust/Copyright Agency

DIDACTIC

‘Namatjira to Now’

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EXPANDED LABEL: 2003.023 WATSON

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ESSAY: Judy Watson’s ‘our bones in your collection’

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A view of shields installed on plinths in a gallery space.

I, OBJECT

ESSAY: ‘I, Object’

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EXPANDED LABEL: 2017.353 GABORI

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A detail view of an abstract painting made with bright red, blue and black paint against a white background.

LAND OF ALL

ESSAY: ‘Gabori's Makarrki 2008’

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A detail view of an abstract artwork made with deep pinky-purple, light pink and yellow paint.

LAND OF ALL

ESSAY: ‘A gift of works by Sally Gabori’

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A detail view of an abstract painting made with bright pinks, oranges and teals with white and black lines.

BIOGRAPHY

Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori

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ESSAY: Danie Mellor's Whether you like it or not

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A bright watercolour painting of a landscape in Central Australia, with yellows, pinks, greens and blues.

THE HERMANNSBURG SCHOOL

ESSAY: Namatjira and the Hermannsburg School

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A detail view of a painting by Vincent Namatjira of himself and his grandfather Albert side-by-side.

ESSAY: Namatjira's Albert and Vincent 2014

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Feature image: Installation view of ‘I, Object’, featuring fighting clubs c.1900, GOMA, August 2019 / Collection: QAGOMA / © The artists / Photograph: N Harth, QAGOMA

ESSAY: Fighting clubs

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TJUTJUNA, Harry; Wanka (Spider)

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ESSAY

Watkin’s The Queen & I

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THORNTON, Warwick; Stranded

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ESSAY: Vernon Ah Kee’s family portraits

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A photograph of QAGOMA's Collection of ku' (camp dog) sculptures

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Ku’ (camp dogs)

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Brook Andrew: The Island V

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COOK, Michael; Broken Dreams series

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ESSAY: Wawiriya BURTON and Nellie Ngampa COULTHARD

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BARAMBAH POTTERY

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A detail view of an abstract painting made with black and white paints.

Sally Gabori: Dibirdibi Country 2012

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ARTLINES: 'Ngallametta's Wutan #2'

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An installation view of a sculptural work that spells out the word 'DISPERSED'

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Fiona Foley’s DISPERSED

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ESSAY: ‘Three Ceramic Pots’

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ESSAY

Kunmanara (Nellie) Stewart’s Punu wara

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An installation view of a work of public art photographed on a sunny day; it takes the form of a large fishing net, cast in bronze, and it is set in front of GOMA, near the grass. It casts a net-like shadow on the concrete.

ESSAY

Judy Watson’s tow row

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ESSAY: Daniel Boyd’s Untitled (HNDFWMIAFN) 2017

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