Join QUT Galleries and Museums Engagement Coordinator, Renae Belton on a tour of Current: Gail Mabo, Lisa Waup, Dominic White and Decades: 80 Years of Collecting at QUT Art Museum.

Accredited Auslan interpreter Kelly Cooper will accompany this tour for our Deaf community.

Current features newly commissioned and recent work by three First Nations artists, Gail Mabo (Meriam), Lisa Waup (Gunditjmara/Torres Strait Islands), Dominic White (Palawa/Trawlwoolway).

Their work affirms their powerful connection to their lands, waters and ancestors. The exhibition highlights the three vital and contemporary multidisciplinary practices and references the movement in the passages of water along the eastern coast of Australia connecting land and people of the Torres Strait in the far north to Tasmania in the south.

Current is a travelling exhibition organised by McClelland.

Decades: 80 Years of Collecting is a compilation of well-known and rarely seen works by significant Australian and international artists, including paintings, sculpture, ceramics and works on paper. A small sample of more than 3000 art objects acquired by QUT over nine decades, the exhibition reveals hidden patterns and unexpected connections.

Image credit: Lisa WAUP oneness 2022 (detail) screen-painted somerset cotton rag paper 250gsm, ink, reflective glass road beads, ochre, cotton thread, adhesive. Courtesy the artist.

Organisers will photograph and record events for use in marketing and communications. If you do not wish to be photographed and recorded please advise staff upon arrival.

For any queries, contact QUT Art Museum on +61 7 3138 1384 or artmuseum@qut.edu.au.