Exhibition Opening: Mia Boe: Guwinganj & Picturing the End

Join us for the launch of 2 new exhibitions at Hervey Bay Regional Gallery.

Depictions and predictions of civilisational collapse, looming planetary limits and existential threats reverberate through contemporary culture. While the cause and appropriate response to these apocalyptic visions may be a point of debate across the political spectrum, the assurance of mass human suffering just around the corner has popular appeal. As “the End” of humanity flashes across our screens, what can we learn about ourselves and our public cultures by examining these narratives?
Bringing together works from significant Australian artists Tiyan Baker, Joseph Breikers, Michael Cook, Kinly Grey, Guy Louden, Dana Lawrie, Tracey Moffatt, Grant Stevens, and more, Picturing the End reflects on how our relationship with our own mortality intersects with narratives of humanity’s downfall.

Mia Boe is a Melbourne-based painter from Brisbane with Butchulla and Burmese ancestry. Her work is influenced by the inheritance and ‘disinheritance’ of these two cultures, often responding to the British Empire’s deliberate and violent interferences with the cultural heritages of Burma/Myanmar and K’gari. Through her unique depiction of elongated figures and stylised landscapes, Boe records and recovers Indigenous histories in a contemporary context, fusing the personal and historical.
Mia Boe’s solo exhibition will be developed on Butchulla Country as the recipient of the 2024 Fiona Foley residency.

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