‘Kin’ explores how contemporary artists in Papua New Guinea draw on traditional kinship structures to create families of support and inspiration for their work. The exhibition explores the work of Chimbu artist Mathias Kauage alongside the men and women from his family and village who have followed him; the kinship structures that exist between key Omie artists from Oro Province; and the familial ties binding members of the Haus Yuriyal collective, led by Yuriyal E Bridgeman.
Image: Melinda Pange, Papua, New Guinea b.1983 / Basket 2008 / Coil-woven Kusapa fibre and natural dyes / 36 x 48.5 x 48cm (diam.) / Purchased 2009. The Queensland Government’s Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Melinda Pange.
