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Pamela See (Xue Mei-Ling)
Contributing artists
Born: 1979, Brisbane
Works: Brisbane
Yanni Floros
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Yanni Floros is an Adelaide based artist who trained at the National Art School in Sydney graduating as a sculpture major. Since then he has shown his work both locally and internationally in Berlin, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide.
Dylan Mooney
Artists and Collectives
Dylan Mooney, a proud Yuwi man from Mackay, Queensland, based in Meanjin/Brisbane, works across painting, printmaking, digital illustration and drawing, visually translating stories of resilience, survival, connection and love.
Oz Punk
Sends a permanent shiver down my spine
General content
In 1976, without having been blooded on the Sydney or Melbourne pub circuit, The Saints recorded a single – ‘(I’m) Stranded’ – earning them the distinction of releasing a punk single before The Sex Pistols did.
Jan Nelson
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Jan Nelson was born in Melbourne. She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1983 and has been exhibited her work in both solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia since that time including at the MCA, Sydney, National Gallery of Victoria, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane and the Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide.
Christopher Bassi
Artists and Collectives
Known for his representational painting, Meriam and Yupungathi man Christopher Bassi, based in Meanjin/Brisbane, addresses issues surrounding cultural identity, alternative genealogies and colonial legacies.
Friendship’s rhyme and reason
Nearest & Dearest
Poetic trio
Oz Rock
Gettin’ robbed, gettin’ stoned, gettin’ beat up, broken boned
General content
Two of the music industry’s highest-selling performers originated in suburban Australia. The Bee Gees started out in Brisbane, for instance, and AC/DC played their first gigs at a nightclub in inner Sydney.
Leah King-Smith
Contributing artists
Born: 1957, Gympie, QLD
Works: Brisbane
Carol McGregor
Contributing artists
Born: 1961, Hastings, New Zealand
Works: Brisbane
Mia Boe
Artists and Collectives
Mia Boe is a Narrm/Melbourne-based artist known for her haunting and evocative painting practice, informed by her Butchulla and Burmese ancestry.
Li Cunxin, 2017–2018
by Jun Chen
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by Tim Fairfax AC 2018
Australian racing legends and best friends
Devotion
The mane thing is trust
Literary lovers’ life liaison
Lust
Desire drives forbidden love
Of Pansy, plastiques and prudes
Lust
Near-naked subversion
Immediately, there was a crackle
It's Complicated
A meeting of minds