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Visual Arts
Ken Thaiday Snr. Beizam headdress, (Shark with bait fish) 1995. Purchased 1995. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation. Reproduced by permission, from the Collection of the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Sydney’s Carriageworks and Performance Space have come together to realise a significant commission – the largest installation created by the celebrated Torres Strait Island artist, Ken Thaiday Snr.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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