Gail Mabo mines her personal and emotional archive to share a testament to the lives of her parents, Eddie Koiki Mabo and Bonita Mabo, as well as her own adult life in all its fragility. Through life-sized impressions of their respective childhood homes and laborious detail, viewers are transported through time to each mis-en-scene.
Gail Mabo in her exhibition ‘House of Cards,’ Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Gurambilbarra (Townsville) 2021. Courtesy Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts.
An Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts exhibition