Sharon McKenzie: Exquisite Corpse

Sharon McKenzie, Exquisite Corpse, 2025. Black pen on Paper. Image Courtesy of the Artist.

4 Jun 2025 — 15 Jun 2025

Sharon McKenzie, Exquisite Corpse, 2025. Black pen on Paper. Image Courtesy of the Artist.

Dates	Wednesday 04 June to Sunday 15 June
Times	10:00am — 3:00pm
Cost	Free
Booking	No bookings are required to visit the exhibition. Opening event: Saturday 7 June 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Exquisite Corpse displays drawings from the Queensland Museum Collection of native vulnerable, endangered and extinct birds.

This is not a bird.

Exquisite Corpse mediates on death, preservation, surrealism, information, and distortion. The exhibition is an account of the fifty vulnerable, endangered, and extinct birds of Queensland; and explores what is left behind in an age of the increasing vulnerability of factual information. This exhibition is a continuation of a series of works begun by the artist in 2013, depicting the endangered birds and mammals of Ipswich and its surrounds. Sharon McKenzie’s work is about the relationship between humans and the natural world, with a particular focus on vulnerable species of birds as a way of expressing “Solastalgia” – the sense of grief experienced by humanity due to the climate crisis.

Acknowledgements

This exhibition is supported by

The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Ipswich City Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

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The Community Gallery is located in d’Arcy Doyle Place in a separate building to the Ipswich Art Gallery. The entrance to the Community Gallery building is on the corner of Limestone & Nicholas Streets (opposite the Ipswich Civic Centre).

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