Puppetry magic to star at #QAGOMA in #Brisbane. #JimHensonLegacy #TheMuppets #FraggleRock www.gourmetontheroad.com/2026/02/pupp...
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A Southeast Asian woman is depicted walking while carrying an orange basket in one hand and holding a closed black parasol in the other. She wears simple 19th-century attire with a teal tunic and black pants, her figure shown with careful outlines and bright colors characteristic of reverse glass painting. She stands near bamboo trees on a path lined with a short patterned stone wall. “Untitled (Woman carrying a basket and umbrella),” a 19th-century reverse glass painting of unknown authorship in the Queensland Art Gallery, is a delicate yet vivid glimpse into everyday life as imagined through a demanding artistic medium. The image presents a woman in motion, balancing a basket—likely filled with goods for market or domestic use—while holding an umbrella, a dual symbol of practicality and refinement. Her figure, simple yet dignified, captures a fleeting moment of ordinary life, transformed into something luminous through the unique qualities of reverse glass painting. The technique, which involves applying paint to the back surface of a glass panel and viewing the completed image from the front, demands unusual precision: fine details such as facial features or decorative motifs must be painted first, followed by successive layers that gradually build the background. This inversion of the common process of painting creates sharp outlines, jewel-like colors, and a striking clarity that has made reverse glass works prized across continents. The subject here—a lone woman carrying her daily burdens—reflects a visual language attuned to ordinary labor, but her inclusion of an umbrella also suggests aspirations of status and gentility. In many Asian contexts, parasols symbolized protection from the sun, fair complexion, and social grace, while baskets of produce or wares represented the economic backbone of rural and urban households alike. As such, this work embodies both survival and respectability: the rhythms of work and the cultural codes of appearance.
Untitled (Woman carrying a basket and umbrella) by Unknown artist - Reverse glass painting / 19th century - Queensland Art Gallery (Brisbane, Australia) #WomenInArt #art #GlassArt #GlassPainting #artText #PortraitofaWoman #BlueskyArt #artwork #QueenslandArtGallery #QAGOMA #ChineseArt #artbsky #1800s
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It was great to see a more than full house at #qagoma for Koyaanisqatsi this evening, almost 45 years after its release. I know it's an incredible film, but I somehow always forget what a totally overwhelming experience it is to see it on the big screen.
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Earth and Air
Porcelain ewers 1850s
Meissen Manufacturer
Germany est. c.1710
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
#Art, #Porcelain #MeissenPorcelain, #Earth, #Air, #QAGOMA
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A timber desk sits in the middle of a gallery room. Apparently exploding from the desk's surface are hundreds of sheets of paper, bursting upwards like a flock of birds, spreading out in an inverted cone of leaves. Each sheet is suspended from multiple fine black lines, and the entire room is filled with hundreds and hundreds of fine, floor-to-ceiling lines.
Chiharu Shiota - A Question Of Perspective
Queensland Art Gallery Of Modern Art
#BlueSkyArtShow #lines
#photography #art #ChiharuShiota #QAGOMA #EastCoastKin
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Get ready for a free maximalist exhibition at Brisbane’s QAGOMA, 28 June to 6 October:
#qagoma #whatsonbrisbane #artgallery #exhibition #wonderstruck #qld #australianarts
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As south-east Queensland braces for the dangerous Cyclone Alfred, Brisbane's art precinct, poised on the edge of the Brisbane River, braces for flooding.
Read more: https://vist.ly/3mwf42q
#qldtheatre #qpac #qldartgallery #qagoma #cyclonealfred #arts #brisbane #brisbaneart #australianart
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Olafur Eliasson, Patricia Piccinini, Nick Cave, Yayoi Kusama, Archie Moore’s Venice work – just some of the headlining artists at @QAGOMA in 2025.
#qagoma #whatsonbrisbane #visualarts #olafureliasson #patriciapiccinini #nickcave #yayoikusama #arts
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“I want to understand my soul and where it belongs”
Chiharu Shiota: The Soul Trembles, 2022
Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) in Brisbane
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#ChiharuShiota #TheSoulTrembles #QaGOMA #BrisbaneArt #Australia #SonyA7III #Museum #Photography
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Beat the heat by checking out art! #qagoma This piece conjures memories of my many deaths in #EldenRing
#apt
#asiapacifictriennial #qagoma
#brisbane #visualart #exhibition
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When you go to the gallery, but don't make it inside because it's just so nice to sit and draw the beautiful Bodhi tree near the entrance 😁 #qagoma #brisbane #sketching
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"Sensitivity over the spectacular makes for a more nuanced survey of the region," writes Gina Fairley.
#review #apt #asiapacifictriennial #qagoma #whatsonbrisbane #visualart #exhibition
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Beautiful intriguing exhibition catalog, Fairy Tales in Art and Film at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art. #museumexhibitions #exhibit #qagoma #fairytales
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