Current Exhibitions at Rockhampton Museum of Art October 2024

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Current Exhibitions at Rockhampton Museum of Art – October 2024


D Harding - 25 February 2022 to 20 July 2025
Wall Composition on Darumbal is a work by Ghungalu, Bidjara and Garingbal artist D Harding. It is inspired by the ancient Aboriginal rock art of Carnarvon Gorge, exploring concepts of belonging, place and the continuity of First Nations people and their culture.

The wall-based artwork responds to gender in subtle expressions, merging human and non-human forms whilst the dominant geographical feature, Tunuba (Fitzroy River), honours ancient and ongoing Darumbal custodianship and connection to neighbouring First Nations groups.

The inclusion of bottle trees implies sacred representations. Long and short markings depict historical events that have occurred on Darumbal Country pre and post-European settlement, combining symbols of Western tools and blurring delineations of time to emphasise cultural continuity. Observers are invited to explore the work at their own leisure.

Wall Composition on Darumbal in the Long Gallery, Rockhampton Museum of Art. Pigment and acrylic binder on gallery wall. Purchased with funds provided to the Rockhampton Museum of Art from the Commissioning Collective 2021



Collection Focus: Women at Gallery 2.1 - 7 September 2024 to 6 April 2025
With works by Tracey Moffatt, Virginia Cuppaidge, Judy Watson, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott and Lindy Lee among many others, the Rockhampton Museum of Art can boast some of Australia’s most highly regarded artists within its holdings. The artists in Women represent over 80 years of creativity from women who have lived and made art locally, nationally and across the globe. Included in this story are works by First Nations women, immigrant women and Queer women, who have all played a crucial role in shaping visual arts in contemporary Australia.



Renee Kire: Twist and Turn at Vitrine Gallery- 31 August 2024 to 16 February 2025
Through the desire to champion feminist art history, Renee Kire draws inspiration from overshadowed female artists to develop new techniques for testing the precarious nature of minimalist sculpture.
Kire’s sculptures assert presence in an engaging, playful exploration of form, colour and space. The shapes bend and push, challenging and reshaping the historically male-dominated narrative and exploring the delicate balance between the presence and absence of the maker



Luke Roberts: Beyond the Great Divide at Gallery 1 - 27 July to 3 November 2024
Born in Alpha, Central Queensland, artist Luke Roberts has been at the fore of performance, photography, painting and installation for over five decades. His work pushes the boundaries of art, addressing his complex Catholic upbringing, sexuality, identity, gender and Queerness. ‘Beyond the Great Divide’ is an expansive exhibition that brings Roberts back to the region. Curated by Nicholas Tsoutas.


Wendy Sharpe: I Am All Those Who Are No More at Atrium Gallery - 15 July 2024 to 9 February 2025
Wendy Sharpe is one of Australia’s most awarded artists, painting in genres that include portraiture, parody and allegory. As a muralist, Sharpe has completed several large-scale installations across Sydney including The Women’s Empowerment Mural in Newtown, the Annette Kellerman Murals in College Street, and Vu iz dos Gesele (Where is the Little Street)? at the Jewish Museum.

Sharpe’s mural for Rockhampton Museum of Art takes its title from a line in the Argentinian-Swiss writer Jorge Luis Borges’ poem, All Our Yesterdays (1973-74). Borges references the past and his identity across generations and geography. Likewise, in Sharpe’s artwork, a central figure (resembling Sharpe) is accompanied by what the artist describes interchangeably as ‘perhaps ancestral ghosts, perhaps creatures, perhaps monsters’ floating above and around her.

Unlike a painting on canvas or a drawing on paper, a mural painted directly onto a wall carries defined limitations to its time and place.


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