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CAIRNS ART GALLERY

QUEEN’S LAND
BLAK PORTRAITURE
LATE 19TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
17 May – 11 August 2019

Presented by the Cairns Art Gallery in
partnership with the Cairns Indigenous
Art Fair, the exhibition explores the
relationships between personal, cultural
and national identity in relation to historical
and contemporary portrait images by
Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists.
Archival photographs and modernist
paintings are juxtaposed with contemporary
images, in a range of media, where blak
artists represent themselves and others as
they want to be seen. NAOMI HOBSON
NAOMI HOBSON
ADOLESCENT WONDERLAND
17 May - 11 August
BLACK BAMBOO ADOLESCENT WONDERLAND
Naomi Hobson’s new series of
CONTEMPORARY BAMBOO FURNITURE 17 May – 11 August 2019
DESIGN FROM MER photographs looks at the lives and
aspirations of young people in her
14 June – 25 Aug 2019 Naomi Hobson’s new series of photographs
community of Coen, Cape York.
looks at the lives and aspirations of young
Hobson explains that, for young
Presented by the Cairns Art Gallery, in people in her community of Coen, Cape
people growing up in Coen, pop
partnership with the National Gallery of York. Hobson explains that, for young
culture and indigenous culture are
fusing and allowing them to express
Victoria and Gab Titui Cultural Centre, the people growing up in Coen, pop culture
their own style of individuality that
exhibition presents some of the best and and indigenous culture are fusing and
is captured in her photographic
most exciting developments in creative allowing them to express their own style
portraits.
contemporary furniture design being of individuality that is captured in her
developed in Australia today. The exhibition photographic portraits.
showcases unique items of furniture made MORE: cairnsartgallery.com.au
from native bamboo by artists/designers
from the Island of Mer in the Torres Strait. MORE:cairnsartgallery.com.au
IMAGE LEFT IMAGE TOP IMAGE ABOVE
Dr Christian THOMPSON AO Black Bamboo: Contemporary Naomi HOBSON
Bidjara people, Born Gawler, Bamboo Furniture Design From Mer, Southern Kaantju and Umpila, Born
PARTNERS AND SPONSORS South Australia,1974 artists Bob Kevin Kaigey, Meddy Coen, Cape York, Queensland 1979,
IMAGE LEFT
IMAGE TOP
IMAGE RIGHT
Untitled #6 from the King Billy Robert Kaigey and James Samuel Road Play “She told Mum she was
Black Bamboo: Contemporary Bamboo Furniture
Naomi HOBSON
Dr Christian THOMPSON AO
series 2010C-type print144 x 100 cm Blanco working on the collaborative taking me for a ride down the street
Design From Mer, artists Bob Kevin Kaigey,
Southern Kaantju and Umpila, Born Coen, Cape
Bidjara people, Born Gawler, South Australia,1974
Untitled #6 from the King Billy series 2010
Meddy Robert Kaigey and James Samuel Blanco
York, Queensland 1979,
Private collector, Melbourne seating design Sik Utem but she not.” Laine 2019
working on the collaborative seating design Sik
This project has been assisted C-type print (Sleeping bed) digital print Road Play “She told Mum she was taking me for
Utem (Sleeping bed)
by the Australian Government’s 144 x 100 cm Photography Simone LeAmon 81x110 cm a ride down the street but she not.” Laine 2019
digital print
Visions of Australia Program and is Private collector, Melbourne Photography Simone LeAmon Courtesy of the artist
81x110 cm
supported by the John Villers trust. Courtesy of the artist
PARTNERS AND SPONSORS PARTNERS AND SPONSORS
PARTNERS AND SPONSORS PARTNERS AND SPONSORS
Naomi Hobson has received financial assistance from the Queensland
Government through the Arts Queensland Backing Indigenous Arts initiative.
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