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Redland Art Gallery

Locality: Cleveland, Queensland

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25.01.2022 IN FOCUS 2020 | SHORE STUDIO | Learn more about the local art groups who feature in this year’s In Focus 2020 exhibition at RAG, Capalaba. This fortnight we're talking to Dr Michelle Mansford from Shore Studio. #thisisqueensland #redlandcity #redlandscoast #seeaustralia #seequeensland #redlandsanyday #brisbaneart #artgroup

21.01.2022 COLLECTION FEATURE - NAIDOC 2020 | 'Our life and the Back Beaches life is intertwined. A feather star sits at the top of my design, as they sometimes wash up on shore. They are a sight to see. They look dangerously beautiful, you want to touch them, but you don’t, as it’s very painful. Eugarie shells are a big part of our lives, since the beginning of time and still today. We use our eugaries in many different ways. My Mum still makes a broth into medicine for our colds and f...lues and it still tastes good, my favourite is eugarie curry and rice and bush lemons. In the background, lines depict the tide coming in and going out leaving behind sandlines. Large deep green kelp also washes upon the Ocean Beach and scattered eugarie shells sit on the beach lines. This design is very special to me it’s in my heart and soul.' Belinda Close is a proud Quandamooka woman, with family connections to Gorenpul, Ngugi and Noonuccal clans. Her practice draws inspiration from being a lifetime resident on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) and shares her memories, stories and experiences. 'I paint my country and the stories that belong to home and I want to keep on painting because there is so much that I want to share and tell to the generations coming behind. I let the paintings tell my stories.' Image: Belinda Close, 'Eugaries at Back Beach in my heart and soul 2' (detail), 2015. Linoprint with water based ink on cotton. Redland Art Gallery Collection. Acquired in 2015 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds. Courtesy of the artist. #thisisqueensland #redlandcity #redlandscoast #seeaustralia #seequeensland #redlandsanyday #brisbaneart #collectionfeature #NAIDOC2020

20.01.2022 COLLECTION FEATURE - NAIDOC 2020 | 'My practice explores the relationship between environment, geography and identity. I often use maps in my work, drawing on toponymy (the study of place names) to probe myths and methodologies around colonisation. Renaming places and replacing Aboriginal names was an assertion of colonial power and dominance, as was the continued mining and excavation of Indigenous sacred sites. It renders a landscape void of markers once used to navigate... through Country, to find our way home. By transposing names and places significant to Aboriginal groups onto old military and topographical maps that depict the land devoid of Aboriginal occupation, I seek to reveal multilayered and multiple histories and perspectives. In this way my work aims to re-image and remap history and recreate our sense of place and identity. My work is inspired by the stories of my people and our Country, coastal North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah), and the sense of connection we have to the landscape. When I’m there I feel like I am back to where I belong, I am welcome there. It is our place, it will always be our place and being there reminds me of who I am and where I am going.' Image: Megan Cope, 'Myora', 2011. Military maps, Indian ink and synthetic polymer paint on canvas. Redland Art Gallery Collection. Acquired in 2014 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds. Courtesy of the artist. #thisisqueensland #redlandcity #redlandscoast #seeaustralia #seequeensland #redlandsanyday #brisbaneart #collectionfeature #NAIDOC2020

12.01.2022 NAIDOC 2020 | Always Was, Always Will Be, this year's NAIDOC Week theme, recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years. Over the next week, we will be featuring works from First Nations artists from the RAG Collection, and the story behind these brilliant pieces. For more information on the history of the week and events you can get involved in, head to the link below!... https://www.naidoc.org.au/ #thisisqueensland #redlandcity #redlandscoast #seeaustralia #seequeensland #redlandsanyday #brisbaneart #collectionfeature #NAIDOC2020

12.01.2022 COLLECTION FEATURE - NAIDOC 2020 | After being taught to weave by her mother, Elisa Jane Carmichael developed a passionate to expand her understandings of traditional fibre practices. After viewing historical museum collections, Carmichael was inspired by the possibilities of using fibre to create wearable objects, and how traditional weaving practices can be revived through fashion. Traditional fibres and techniques such as string weaving have become significant elements in ...Carmichael’s art, where she simultaneously maintains their continuation and honours their importance to her heritage. '‘Carrying Home’ is a dual portrait of myself. It’s about who I am today and my place as an Aboriginal woman: a saltwater woman living in desert country. By living in desert country, I have learnt that saltwater is with me wherever I go. I am carrying home with me. Wearing my own woven garments, fish traps, and adornments, I stand in locations five minutes away from my home in saltwater country and five minutes away from my home in desert country. I carry the sea with me wherever I go.' In the saltwater image Carmichael explains: 'I wear a woven dress depicting the Aboriginal flag and emerge, a saltwater woman, from the ocean at Home Beach. The fish trap extends my thinking about our women and how they would gather food in the beach environment, but also describes the change inherent in being an Aboriginal women today, in times which remain difficult.' Image: Elisa-Jane Carmichael, 'Carrying home #1 (saltwater)', 2017. Digital print on rag peal paper. Redland Art Gallery Collection. Acquired in 2017 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds. Courtesy of the artist. #thisisqueensland #redlandcity #redlandscoast #seeaustralia #seequeensland #redlandsanyday #brisbaneart #collectionfeature #NAIDOC2020

11.01.2022 On 11 November 1918, the guns on the Western Front fell silent after four years of continuous warfare. With their armies retreating and close to collapse, German leaders signed an Armistice, bringing an end to the First World War. In Australia, the bright red poppy belongs to this day, Remembrance Day, and is a symbol that reminds us to commemorate the men and women who have served (and continue to serve) in our defence forces and recall those who have died or suffered in ...conflict. This year we called upon local artists to explore what Remembrance Day meant to them in our exhibition ‘In Focus 2020’. Their work is currently on display at RAG, Capalaba until 12 January 2021. Image: Helena Henniker, Smart Arts Creative Textile Group, ‘Field of poppies 2020’, delica beadwork with glass beads. Courtesy of the artist. #remembranceday2020 See more