FEATURED WORK
Tony Albert
Natalya Hughes
Silent conversation (03) 2020
Synthetic polymer paint and vintage appropriated aboriginal fabric on canvas board
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Acquired in 2020 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist. Photography by Carl Warner.
Silent conversations was a collaborative project initiated during the coronavirus lockdowns. The artist friends posted canvas boards back and forward multiple times – each work becoming a letter, ensuring connection during a time of physical separation.
The project continues the decades-long academic dialogue between Tony Albert and Natalya Hughes. Both artists explore western decorative traditions and how these have been dismissed and appropriated, but also played a role in shaping national discourse around the concept of identity.
The collaged self-portrait by Albert references his 2020 solo exhibition You Wreck Me, responding to the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s voyage to Australia and the simplistic representations of national history reinforced by selected visual imagery.
The RAG Collection continues to grow each year as a result of cultural gifts, donations and carefully selected acquisitions. This selection of recently acquired works from 2021 showcase the diversity and significance of the RAG Collection. Our thanks go out to our generous donors.
2020 – 2021 RAG Collection acquisitions follow:
Megan Cope
NYANBA TAHBIYILBANJARA NGANANY (He knew his saltwater country) 2019
Lithograph on paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Acquired in 2021 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist.
Photography by Carl Warner.
Katarina Vesterberg
The Cape Cliffs 2008
Oil on linen
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Katarina Vesterberg, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Photography by Carl Warner.
Katarina Vesterberg
Bribie Island pines 2018
Oil on linen
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Katarina Vesterberg, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Photography by Carl Warner.
Dylan Mooney
Away from Country 2021
Lithograph on paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Acquired in 2021 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist.
Photography by Carl Warner.
Dylan Mooney
Blak Superheroes (Kaigani) 2021
Digital illustration on cotton paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Acquired in 2021 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist.
Photography by Carl Warner.
Marian Drew
Possum with five birds 2003
Archival pigment on cotton paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Acquired in 2020 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist.
Photography by Carl Warner.
Michael Cook
Nature morte (Exploitation) 2021
Inkjet print on paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Acquired in 2021 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist.
Pamela See
For tomorrow’s ancestors… cotton 2019
Arches watercolour paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Acquired in 2021 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist. Photography by Carl Warner.
Pamela See
For tomorrow’s ancestors… ginseng 2019
Arches watercolour paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Acquired in 2021 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist.
Photography by Carl Warner.
Pamela See
For tomorrow’s ancestors… sandalwood flower 2019
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Arches watercolour paper
Acquired in 2021 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist.
Photography by Carl Warner
Tamika Grant-Iramu
Fragments of Redlands: the eucalyptus 2020
Linocut on paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Acquired in 2021 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist.
Photography by Carl Warner.
Tamika Grant-Iramu
Fragments of Redlands: the ocean pandanus 2021
Linocut on paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Acquired in 2021 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist.
Photography by Carl Warner.
Pat Hoffie
Afternoon light (Amity Point) 2020
Oil on paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Acquired in 2021 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist.
Photography by Carl Warner.
Elisa Jane Carmichael
When the lorikeets call 2019
Ungaire, mullet scales, lorikeet feathers, merino wool, talwalpin and oyster shells
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Acquired in 2021 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist.
Photography by Carl Warner.
Jennifer Stuerzl
Memories of a Xanthorrhoea 2020
Charcoal and graphite on Arches paper with linen thread
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Acquired in 2021 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist.
Photography by Carl Warner.
Jennifer Stuerzl
Turtle Swamp: trees and water 2018
Frottage and charcoal on linen
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Acquired in 2021 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist.
Photography by Carl Warner.
Kyra Mancktelow
Born under a tree 2020-21
Ceramic, woven natural fibres, emu feathers, bronze cast, tarlatan
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Acquired in 2021 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist. Photography by Carl Warner.
Tony Albert
Natalya Hughes
Silent conversation (03) 2021
Synthetic polymer paint and vintage appropriated aboriginal fabric on canvas board
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Acquired in 2021 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds.
Courtesy of the artist. Photography by Carl Warner.
Frank Sherrin
At Victoria Point n.d.
Watercolour on paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated on behalf of June Marie Sherrin’s estate, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Frank Sherrin
Untitled (seascape with tree) n.d.
Oil on board
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated on behalf of June Marie Sherrin’s estate, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Frank Sherrin
Boatbulders shed 1955
Oil on canvas board
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated on behalf of June Marie Sherrin’s estate, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Frank Sherrin
Untitled (boats at low tide) n.d.
Oil on board
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated on behalf of June Marie Sherrin’s estate, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Frank Sherrin
Untitled (boats and hill) n.d.
Oil on board
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated on behalf of June Marie Sherrin’s estate, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Frank Sherrin
Untitled (people and boats) 1964
Watercolour on paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated on behalf of June Marie Sherrin’s estate, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Frank Sherrin
Boonah landscape 1963
Watercolour on paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated on behalf of June Marie Sherrin’s estate, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Frank Sherrin
Untitled (road and mountains) n.d.
Oil on board
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated on behalf of June Marie Sherrin’s estate, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Frank Sherrin
Springbrook from the Merrimac n.d.
Oil on board
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated on behalf of June Marie Sherrin’s estate, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Frank Sherrin
Untitled (mountain) n.d.
Watercolour on paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated on behalf of June Marie Sherrin’s estate, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Frank Sherrin
Untitled (landscape) n.d.
Watercolour on paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated on behalf of June Marie Sherrin’s estate, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Frank Sherrin
Untitled (pavilion) n.d.
Oil on canvas
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated on behalf of June Marie Sherrin’s estate, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Frank Sherrin
Untitled (palm trees) n.d.
Watercolour on paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated on behalf of June Marie Sherrin’s estate, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Frank Sherrin
Untitled (intersection) n.d.
Oil on board
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated on behalf of June Marie Sherrin’s estate, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Frank Sherrin
Poinciana I – 4 n.d.
Watercolour on paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated on behalf of June Marie Sherrin’s estate, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.
Frank Sherrin
Landscape I – 18 n.d.
Watercolour on paper
Redland Art Gallery Collection.
Donated on behalf of June Marie Sherrin’s estate, 2021.
Courtesy of the artist.