30 May 2026 - 16 August 2026
Michael Cook Nature Morte (Colonisation) 2021 inkjet print on paper (edition of 7) 91 × 122 cm Image courtesy the artist © The artist Collection of Tony Denholder and Scott Gibson
Indelible: The Poetry of Decay presents selected pieces by Australian artists who explore forms of decay through visually poetic expressions. Encompassing cultural, physical, psychological and metaphorical forms of decay, the works speak of tragedies, the hauntingly beautiful, and the perpetual nature of life and death.
Includes works by Kirsten Coelho, Michael Cook (Bidjara), Dan Elborne, Sarah Rayner, Dylan Sarra (Taribelang/Gooreng Gooreng), and Henri van Noordenburg.
A Tweed Regional Gallery initiative.
Kirsten Coelho is represented by Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore and Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane. Michael Cook is represented by Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane. Sarah Rayner is represented by Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Sydney. Dylan Sarra is represented by Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane. Henri van Noordenburg is represented by Gallerie Kunstkomplex, Wuppertal Germany.
Dan Elborne Five Hundred 2016 slipcast earthenware, glaze, custom-made decals 5.6 × 0.77 cm each (approx) Image courtesy the artist © The artist Collection of the artist, Courtesy Australian National Veterans Arts Museum
Kirsten Coelho Ithaca 2020 porcelain, satin and matte white glaze 150 × 40 × 40 cm Photograph: Grant Hancock © The artist
Sarah Rayner Flowerbones of Bundjalung (detail) 2026 hand-carved porcelain, entomology pins, hardwood, Tasmanian oak 135 × 150 × 30 cm (approx) Photograph: Ketakii Jewson Brown © The artist
Dylan Sarra (Taribelang/Gooreng Gooreng) Gulmari Shields (Burnt Series) (detail) 2025 Australian hard wood, ochre 41 × 21 × 4 cm each (approx) On loan from the Australian War Memorial Collection Image courtesy of the artist and Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane © The artist
Henri van Noordenburg Composition CXV tulip (hunger series) 2025-2026 hand carved ink on Hahnemuhle 40 × 40 cm Represented by Gallerie Kunstkomplex, Wuppertal Germany Image courtesy the artist © The artist