Blak & Abstract - 21st Century Indigenous Explorer

Wayne McDonnell, Fireworks under the Lunar Eclipse (detail), 2024, photograph, 61cm x 43cm, Image courtesy of the artist.

Cynthia Copley, Coomba Falls II (detail), 2024, oil, 90cm x 120cm, Image courtesy of the artist. 

Brick [2009.041], Bundanba Brick & Tile Co. (1886-1897) Ipswich Art Gallery Collection. Gift of a private donor through the Ipswich Art Gallery Foundation, 2009

David Pearce, The Inventor (detail), 2023, Images courtesy of the artist.

Connecting to Country, photograph Sarima Chong 2022

Countermeasures, 2024, silicone, pins, wool, pigment, variable dimensions.
Image courtesy of the artists.

Alex Beitz, The Eyes of a Man, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 455mm x 355mm, Image: Courtesy of the artist.

Christopher Bentley, Television Portrait , 2024, Mixed Digital, 350 mm x 350 mm, Image courtesy of the artist.

Lillian Whitaker, Ritual Collaboration, 2022, Natural beeswax, hexagonal plywood plinths, 1050 x 350 x 350 mm, Image courtesy of the artist.

Jason Castro
Aunty Antionette House 2023 | Photograph, 42 cm x 60 cm.
Image courtesy of the artist.

Reg P Smith
No. 10 2023 | Oil paint with iridescent pigment powder, 105 cm x 105 cm x 5.5 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.

Doug Spowart
Greg Versace 1993 | Silver gelatin photograph, 30.3cm x 30.3cm
Ipswich Art Gallery Collection, 1993

Photograph of videographer Kate Ellovee and Russell Clifford with the prize surfboard.
Photo by Thomas Oliver www.thomasoliver.photo

Photo credit: Craig Myers

Bobbi Lockyer
For Our Elders 2023. The 2023 National NAIDOC Week Poster incorporating the Aboriginal Flag and the Torres Strait Islander Flag (licensed by the Torres Strait Island Council).

Emily McGuire