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Pacific Art 1980–2023

Lana Lopesi, Ruth McDougall, Ruha Fifita , Moale James

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Qld Art Gallery
05 September 2023

Art & Architecture; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections

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.

By: Lana Lopesi
Text by: Moale James
Imprint: Qld Art Gallery
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 171mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 738g
ISBN: 9781925922141
ISBN 10: 1925922146
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 05 September 2023
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Lana Lopesi, author, art critic, editor and multidisciplinary researcher from Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland). She is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon. Ruth McDougall, Curator, Pacific Art, and curator of 'sis: Pacific Art 1980-2023' Ruha Fifita, Curatorial Assistant, Pacific Art Moale James, independent writer, creative producer and storyteller Emily Nguyen-Hunt, Assistant Curator, Urban Art Projects