Woolloongabba Art Gallery
613 Stanley St, Woolloongabba Qld 4102
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open: Tue-Fri 10am-5pm ~ Sat 10am-3pm
Closed for Holiday break 24/12/2024 - 1/1/2025
PNG Omie tapa (beaten bark cloth) in Australia by The Omie Cultural Business Group PNG
12 April ~ 4 May
(downstairs)
Buborero Jo'e ie – The Hornbill Sings
featuring
The Omie Cultural Business Group PNG. A community of tapa painted beaten bark cloth artists.
The Omie world is alive with the minutia of nature – grub eggs, beetle homes, insects, hornbill beaks, teeth, feathers, the lizards jaw bone, stars, the moon. The micro and macro worlds intersect. The Omie live in the mountains between Kokoda and Mt Lamington, Oro. They have a diverse and highly coloured tapa aesthetic. The Omie welcome you to this exhibition and to their remote Omie territory.
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