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Exhibition | Guns, Spears & Spectres

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From:Friday 29 March 2024
To:Sunday 20 August 2023
Time:12:00am -  Friday 29 March 2024
Location:Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, 531 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba, QLD 4350 Australia
 

FREE ADMISSION | GALLERY OPEN: Wednesday to Sunday 10.30am – 3.30pm | Closed Monday, Tuesday & Public Holidays

‘the past continues to haunt the present’ – Aileen Moreton-Robinson, a Goenpul woman of the Quandamooka people

Australia possesses a colonial past and is possessed by it. Frontier wars still discharge into the present, not least in their visual legacy and remembrance. To explore the unsettling presence of the past, this exhibition regards First Nations countries occupied by, but unceded to, the State of Queensland. It presents contemporary works by First Nations artists alongside colonialist images of dispossession. Its themes are invasion, resistance and the prospects of reconciliation and reparation.

Displays are selected the Gallery’s permanent collections. Featured artists include Tony Albert, Gordon Bennett, Meg Hansen, Livingston Hopkins, Norman Lindsay, Frank Mahony, Vincent Serico and Judy Watson. Through their art, a haunted state comes into view.

Exhibition on display 27 May – 20 August

 

Image: Judy WATSON / inspection tour 2020 / etching / edition 6/80 / 19.7 x 13.0cm plate / Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery – Toowoomba City Collection 2356.2 / © Judy Watson

Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
531 Ruthven Street
Toowoomba
QLD
4350
Australia
 
Entry charges - AdultFree
Entry charges - ChildFree
Entry charges - ConcessionFree
Entry charges - FamilyFree
Entry charges - GroupFree
Entry charges - StudentFree
Contact phone 07 4688 6652
Booking information
Event websitewww.tr.qld.gov.au/trag
Contact organisationToowoomba Regional Art Gallery
Is food and drink available?No
Are toilets available?Yes
Is there disabled access?Yes
Facility opening hours: Sunday: 10.30am – 3.30pm | Monday: Closed | Tuesday: Closed | Wednesday: 10.30am – 3.30pm | Thursday: 10.30am – 3.30pm | Friday: 10.30am – 3.30pm | Saturday: 10.30am – 3.30pm

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