| ISBN |
9781925922141 |
| Title |
Sis : Pacific art 1980-2023 / [exhibition curator, Ruth McDougall]. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
South Brisbane, QLD : Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art, 2023. |
| ©2023. |
| Description |
232 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Published for 'sis: Pacific Art 1980-2023', an exhibition organised by the Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) and held at GOMA, Brisbane Australia, 26 August 2023 - 8 September 2024. |
| Statement of responsibility from colophon. |
| Bibliography |
Selected bibliography pages 226-228. |
| Contents |
Voice / Julia Mage'au Gray -- Foreword / Chris Saines -- Voice / Haunanu-Kay Trask -- sis: Pacific Art 1980-2020 / Ruth McDougall -- Voice / Teresia Teaiwa -- Diasporic sisterhoods and the 'always already' feminists / Lana Lopesi -- Voice / Sālote Tupou III Queen of Tonga -- Ways of seeing: Women, art and gifts / Teresia Teaiwa -- Voice / Teweiariki Teaero. |
| Part one: Bernice Akamine -- Adelaide Mekea Aniona and Helen Dusimoi Miriona -- Pauline Kimei Anis -- Verna Apio-Takashima -- Kiria Asike and the Nakas Clan -- Gussie R Bento -- Joyce Mary Arasepa Gole Ol. |
| Voice / Ruth Vatoa Saovana -- Taloi Havini -- Alice Hunai -- Jaki-Ed -- Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner -- Alexia Kimgimani -- Kapulani Landgraf -- Lehuauakea -- Christina Patailalii -- Veniana Maraia Paulina, Laweni Tekina Laiseane and Apenisa Bainivalu -- Voice / Latai Taumopeau -- Latai Taumoepeau -- Imelda Vaevavini Teqae -- Lesieli Katokakala Tohi Tupou -- Wotje Weaves -- Voice / Kathy Jentil-Kijiner. |
| Part Two: Edith Amituanai -- Tungane Broadbent -- Julia Mage'au Gray -- Lonnie Hutchinson -- Florence Jaukae-Kamel -- Elisabet Kauage -- Yuki Kihara -- Micheline Neporon -- Fiona Pardington. |
| Voice / Tusiata Avia -- Rosanna Raymond -- Lisa Reihana -- Emma Tamarii -- Salote Tawale -- Angela Tiatia -- Jasmine Togo-Brisby -- Robin White. |
| Voice / Jully Makini. |
| Summary |
'sis: Pacific Art 1980-2023' honours and celebrates the work and stories of women artists from across the Pacific, as told through the QAGOMA Collection. At a time when many art museums are dedicated to redressing their under-representation of women artists, 'sis: Pacific Art 1980-2023' speaks to the decades-long partnerships QAGOMA has developed with women artists in the region, and to the Collection-building focus and commissioning of important new work over ten iterations of the Gallery's Asia Pacific Triennial.Informed by concepts of cultural resilience, self-determination, re-visioning colonial and postcolonial histories, and the rejection of convention, 'sis: Pacific Art 1980-2023' presents a range of new scholarship, which captures the diversity of artistic practice from across the region. Much of its content focused on global and social issues, including the imminent threats borne of rising sea levels and the degradation of ocean and island habitats, accompanied by a deep determination to maintain culture as a means of healing and restoring communities. The works featured in 'sis: Pacific Art 1980-2023' convey what survival means for our island neighbours, as they derive their strength from matrilineal leadership drawing on the power, unity and humility of Pacific women. Comprising works that can be considered both contemporary and customary, 'sis' showcases textiles, ceramics, photography, moving image, sculpture, installation, painting, performance, printmaking and tattooing.Rich in imagery of process and context, this volume includes original photography from QAGOMA's curatorial team's extensive travel throughout the Pacific over many years.'sis: Pacific Art 1980-2023' - 240 pages with over 120 illustrations - is a beautiful and inspiring publication, and a significant resource on contemporary Pacific culture. |
| Subjects |
Art, Pacific Island -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Polynesian -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Papua New Guinean -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Australasian -- Exhibitions |
| Art -- Pacific area -- Exhibitions |
| Women artists -- Pacific area |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
McDougall, Ruth (author) (curator) |
| Lopesi, Lana, 1992- (author) |
| Teaiwa, Teresia (author) |
| Saines, Chris (writer of foreword) |
| Other Corporate Bodies |
QAGOMA (Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art) (issuing body) |
| Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane, Qld.) (host institution) |
| Call number |
2024.044 |
