Art Exhibitions
The University of Queensland Art Museum will stage a series of special exhibitions throughout the Centenary year. The following exhibitions have already been scheduled.
100 Years/100 Treasures
Highlights from The University of Queensland Art Collection
16 April 2010 to 4 July 2010
Historic and contemporary artworks will be juxtaposed in an exhibition that highlights the depth of collecting by The University of Queensland. Ranging from the first artwork gifted to the University in 1929 – Mary Christison’s Self Portrait (c.1870) – to contemporary works by artists such as Rosella Namok and Xiao Xian Liu, the exhibition will draw on old favourites and little known gems. The exhibition will represent works acquired by gift, bequest and purchase, and will include works from The University of Queensland National Collection of Artists’ Self Portraits. A fully illustrated catalogue will include texts discussing the development of the Art Collection and individual works.
Before Time Today: Art from Aurukun
16 July 2010 to 17 October 2010
Over the past decade contemporary art production from the remote Cape York Aboriginal community of Aurukun has flourished. Artists of all ages are producing a wide range of canvas painting, sculpture, weaving and works on paper. Whilst there is much stylistic and formal innovation in this contemporary art, it derives from a worldview and ethos that has been inherited and maintained from past generations and cultural traditions. This exhibition places focus on a continuous tradition in how visual art registers a system or process of interconnectedness between the natural environment of Aurukun and the people who belong there. The exhibition will track how the present generation of artists adapt traditional forms and cultural principles and translate them into an art form that addresses life today in Aurukun.
The process of adaptation and translation is facilitated by exhibiting early to mid contact artworks from Anthropological Collections alongside contemporary art work. Two significant collections of Aurukun material from the UQ Anthropology Museum and the UQ Art Museum will underpin a selection of artworks loaned from public art and cultural institutions across Australia. These objects will be displayed within a fabric of contextual material including:
- Archival photography of visual culture in the context of ceremony
- Photography of artists at work in Aurukun today
- DVD footage of the people and places that underpin the art
- Sound recordings of music
- Educational material that integrates the biodiversity and mythological character of the country
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