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Brisbane
artisan
45 King Street, Bowen Hills 4006. T (07) 3215-0800.
E info@artisan.org.au W www.artisan.org.au
H Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00.
Closed Sun-Mon. artisan is Queensland’s home of craft and design. Gallery, store, and workshop space supporting and promoting contemporary craft and design practice for both makers and their audiences.
FireWorks Gallery
9/31 Thompson Street, Bowen Hills 4006
T (07) 3216-1250. E art@fireworksgallery.com.au
W www.fireworksgallery.com.au H Tues-Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00. To Oct 15 Jennifer Herd: Mother’s Country. Also, Joe Furlonger: Land and Sea. Oct 21 to Nov 26 Evidence of Scale II: Drawings & Sculpture. Also, Super Sale 2022.
Institute of Modern Art
Judith Wright Arts Centre, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006. T (07) 3252-5750.
E ima@ima.org.au W www.ima.org.au Free entry.
H Tues-Sat 10.00 to 5.00.
Oct 22 to Dec 23 A MURRIALITY: Gordon Hookey - this is the first survey of renowned Waanyi artist Gordon Hookey, charting three decades of practice where artmaking and activism fuse. Hookey’s work is known for its biting satire of Australian culture and politics, its witty critique of racism, and an exploration of oral and image-based history-making traditions.
Across sculpture, printmaking, video, and large-scale painting, presents perspectives on historical and contemporary issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through the lens of lived experience as a Murri person, this includes legal injustices, international conflict, cultural representations, and language. The exhibition features a new commission that draws inspiration from the artist’s vast collection of political posters and continues his acclaimed series of protest banners. Made for use in the public realm at Invasion Day marches and rallies recognising Aboriginal resistance fighter Dundalli, the banners provide timely socio-political commentary while also