Celebrating the vision and generosity of Queensland art collector and philanthropist James C. Sourris AM, Courage and Beauty is dedicated to Mr Sourris’s gifts of the past decade, with major works by contemporary Australian artists including Vernon Ah Kee, Richard Bell, Gordon Bennett, Vivienne Binns, Jon Cattapan, Peter Cripps, Bonita Ely, d harding, Robert Hunter, Peter Kennedy, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Ross Manning, Rosslynd Piggott and Judy Watson.

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Image one: Bonita Ely / Australia b.1946 / c.20th Mythological Beasts: At home with the Locust People 1975 / Mixed media, video: 19 minutes, colour, sound / 207 x 389 x 236cm (installed) / The James C. Sourris AM Collection. Purchased 2014 with funds from James C. Sourris AM through the QAGOMA Foundation / © Bonita Ely / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art | Photograph: Natasha Harth, QAGOMA
Image two: Installation view of ‘Courage and Beauty: The James C. Sourris AM Collection’, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2022, including works by (l-r) Gareth Sansom, Mike Brown and Vivienne Binns / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon, QAGOMA
Image three: Ross Manning / Australia QLD b.1978 / Spectra XIII 2017 (Installation view in ‘Courage and Beauty: The James C. Sourris AM Collection’, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2022) / Coloured fluorescent tubes, oscillating fans, wires, wood, cables / dimensions variable / The James C. Sourris AM Collection / © Ross Manning / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon, QAGOMA
Image four: Installation view of ‘Courage and Beauty: The James C. Sourris AM Collection’, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2022 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon, QAGOMA (l) Judy Watson / Waanyi people / wanami 2019 / The James C. Sourris AM Collection / © Judy Watson/Copyright Agency, 2022 (r) Jon Cattapan / The Bowl 2018 / The James C. Sourris AM Collection. Gift of James C. Sourris AM through the QAGOMA Foundation 2022. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program / Collection: QAGOMA / © Jon Cattapan 9
Image five: Ross Manning / Australia b.1978 / Ambient painting #1 2018 / Synthetic polymer paint, stainless steel and dichroic glass on canvas / 200 x 200 x 12.5cm / The James C. Sourris AM Collection. Gift of James C. Sourris AM through the QAGOMA Foundation 2019. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program / Collection: QAGOMA / © Ross Manning / Photograph: Natasha Harth, QAGOMA}