Taking old drawings by her father as inspiration, Ethel Murray describes the creation of her larger-than-life shagpile tapestries realised in the unique shape of a rainforest shield. Bigin were customarily made by the rainforest peoples of north Queensland, whose lands stretch from Paluma in the south to near Cape Tribulation in the north. Murray draws on this rich history to create Bumbil Bigin Nguma 2022 featured in ‘Embodied Knowledge: Queensland Contemporary Art’.

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‘Embodied Knowledge: Queensland Contemporary Art’ / Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery 4, Gallery 5 (Henry and Amanda Bartlett Gallery) and the Watermall / 13 August 2022 to 22 January 2023

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

Acknowledgment of Country
The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which the Gallery stands in Brisbane. We pay respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present and, in the spirit of reconciliation, acknowledge the immense creative contribution First Australians make to the art and culture of this country.

It is customary in many Indigenous communities not to mention the name or reproduce photographs of the deceased. All such mentions and photographs are with permission, however, care and discretion should be exercised.

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