QAGOMA | Heather Marie (Wunjarra) Koowootha creates work about leaders who have shaped her Indigenous family @QAGOMA_Australia | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
Heather Marie (Wunjarra) Koowootha discusses how she was compelled to create works of art that would teach younger generations about leaders who have shaped her Indigenous family. The result is 'The struggle of spokes people' 2022 featured in ‘Embodied Knowledge: Queensland Contemporary Art’, a series of portraits including educators and social justice advocates. The full spectrum of political figures are shown alongside a self-portrait to show how affairs of the state and social justice campaigns directly impact individuals.
DELVE DEEPER: https://blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/tag/embodied-knowledge
QUEENSLAND ARTISTS: https://blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/category/queensland-artists
‘Embodied Knowledge: Queensland Contemporary Art’ / Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery 4, Gallery 5 (Henry and Amanda Bartlett Gallery) and the Watermall / 13 August 2022 to 22 January 2023
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
Acknowledgment of Country
The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which the Gallery stands in Brisbane. We pay respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present and, in the spirit of reconciliation, acknowledge the immense creative contribution First Australians make to the art and culture of this country.
It is customary in many Indigenous communities not to mention the name or reproduce photographs of the deceased. All such mentions and photographs are with permission, however, care and discretion should be exercised.
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Brisbane Australia
© Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees, 2022
#EmbodiedKnowledgeQAG #QAGOMA #HeatherMarieKoowootha
Heather Marie (Wunjarra) Koowootha discusses how she was compelled to create works of art that would teach younger generations about leaders who have shaped her Indigenous family. The result is 'The struggle of spokes people' 2022 featured in ‘Embodied Knowledge: Queensland Contemporary Art’, a series of portraits including educators and social justice advocates. The full spectrum of political figures are shown alongside a self-portrait to show how affairs of the state and social justice campaigns directly impact individuals.
DELVE DEEPER: https://blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/tag/embodied-knowledge
QUEENSLAND ARTISTS: https://blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/category/queensland-artists
‘Embodied Knowledge: Queensland Contemporary Art’ / Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery 4, Gallery 5 (Henry and Amanda Bartlett Gallery) and the Watermall / 13 August 2022 to 22 January 2023
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
Acknowledgment of Country
The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which the Gallery stands in Brisbane. We pay respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present and, in the spirit of reconciliation, acknowledge the immense creative contribution First Australians make to the art and culture of this country.
It is customary in many Indigenous communities not to mention the name or reproduce photographs of the deceased. All such mentions and photographs are with permission, however, care and discretion should be exercised.
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Brisbane Australia
© Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees, 2022
#EmbodiedKnowledgeQAG #QAGOMA #HeatherMarieKoowootha
