Queensland
Brisbane
Baboa Gallery
5 Denning Street, The Gap 4061. T 0401-309-694. E joangwinter@gmail.com W www.omietapaartpng.com H By appt only. Omie Tapa Artists have a very rich tapa painting tradition. They entered the international arts market more than 10 years ago. They are a remote community of fine artists having transformed their ceremonial and utilitarian beaten bark cloth to enhance not only transitional cultural practices in a post colonial age but to increase their opportunities and engagement in a global context through support, training and ethical practices that will eventually lead to further education and self sustainability. To Dec 30 Bamboo and Fertility – Double Meanings In Omie Tapa beaten bark Paintings, Oro Province PNG – a new group show.
FireWorks Gallery
9/31 Thompson Street, Bowen Hills 4006. T (07) 3216-1250. E info@fireworksgallery.com.au W www.fireworksgallery.com.au H Tues-Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00, or by appt. To Nov 28 Fracture by Samantha Hobson. Also, Ronnie Tjampitjinpa – Special Edition: New screen-prints. Dec 5 to 24 Christmas Show – New works & works from stock.
Graydon Gallery
29 Merthyr Road, New Farm 4005. T 0418-740-467, 0408-719-799. E graydongallery@gmail.com W www.graydongallery.com.au Modern light-filled hire space available in 2 week blocks, booking being taken for remainder of year. Oct 27 to Nov 8 Celebrating 50 years of Wet Paint by Rick Everingham. Also, Home, Hearth & Harbingers by Sarah Hickey.
Institute of Modern Art
Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006. (07) 3252-5750. Free entry. Wed-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat– an exhibition of the fibre practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women that share an inseparable relationship to water. Featuring the work of with and . Also, . The 2020 finalists – and . And – premiering in Australia at the IMA is , a feature length video installation in dialogue with frontline Indigenous cultural workers’ struggles against threats to more than 50% of the Northern Territory from shale gas fracking. Throughout 2020,
