Gallery 2.2 | Free
Cane explores the history of indentured South Sea Islander workers in the Queensland sugarcane industry. This exhibition brings together personal accounts with contemporary artworks from local, national and international artists including Shivanjani Lal, Dylan Mooney, Shari O’Dywer, Sancintya Mohini Simpson, Jasmine Togo-Brisby and Luis Vasquez La Roche.
Bringing local stories into dialogue with international perspectives, this exhibition makes connections between agricultural and labour practices across colonies of the British Empire in the 19th century. Through a process of truth-telling and creative exchange, Cane celebrates the enduring spirit and cultural legacy of Australian South Sea Islanders in the Fraser Coast.
Rockhampton Museum of Art is working with the Australian South Sea Islander United Council (Rockhampton) to include local perspectives in this Rockhampton iteration of Cane.
Cane is a Hervey Bay Regional Gallery exhibition. Curated by Llewellyn Millhouse with Keely Eggmolesse.
Dylan Mooney Eden 2024, watercolour and digital print, 59.4 x 84.1 cm. Image courtesy of N. Smith Gallery.
Cane is a Hervey Bay Regional Gallery exhibition.
Exhibition Launch | Saturday 28 February 10:00AM