This exhibition takes place on the lands of the Kombumerri families of the Yugambeh language region. My deepest respects and gratitude belong with the Traditional Custodians of these lands, to Elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded.
Here and Now: Gold Coast Triennial open at HOTA Gallery Sat 28 Sep 2024 - Sun 16 Feb 2025.
Meg Stoios, 2024, Oil on canvas, fishing spears with hook attachments, bottle caps, dimensions variable
Lilacs Out of the Dead Land is a self-portrait meditating on the hopes and apprehensions of the artist's transition from living and working in Melbourne to Queensland.
The title is borrowed from the opening of TS Eliot's poem The Waste Land, where the promises of spring are reframed as a cruelty.
Ron Robertson-Swann’s iconic Vault, which has featured in previous work by Stoios, is painted enveloped in the looming embrace of another sculpture of his, Reefbreak.