Diverse family legacies in Logan City, one of the most diverse and multicultural cities in Australia, are being celebrated through a new exhibition at Logan Art Gallery.
Photographer Shehab Uddin has worked with local families over the past 18 months to develop his exhibition Reconnect memories – a family history.
Old family portraits have been integrated with new images to form the exhibition which is among four on display from last Friday (March 5) until Saturday, April 17.
Mr Uddin said he chose to exhibit at the Logan Art Gallery because of how multicultural the city is.
“Logan City is a very diverse place and I thought this fitted in well with my exhibition,” Mr Uddin said.
“Reconnect Memories: A Family History is a collaborative showcase of migrant family stories. This photo documentary art project explores and shares the family history and migration journey to embrace family connection and depicts family heritage to celebrate multicultural Australia.
“For this project, I collaborated with families, now living in the Logan Shire, who came from different continents around the world. We used family portraits from their country of origin as a backdrop in their new family house in Australia to create a current family portrait.
“In collaboration with family members, we selected images from each family archive to represent the families’ layered memories. In addition, memorable but everyday items that families bought with them in their migration—necklaces, cooking utensils, childhood dresses, childhood shoes, etc—denote their associations with extended families and the country of origin.
“These archive photographs, everyday objects and family portraits along with participants own written text create a bridge between past, present and future of the family legacies.”
A touring exhibition by Sharka Bosakova titled UnMasked will also feature during this exhibition round.
This multimedia exhibition uses 3D printing and natural materials to capture Sharka’s collaborations with various artists and includes elements produced through community participation.
Kingston artist Lynne Mullen has used bitumen, oil and acrylic paint to create her latest large-scale paintings.
Lynne has depicted the crucifixion of Christ in this exhibition which is timed for Easter.
This exhibition round is rounded out by Workshop wonders XIX featuring artworks developed in Logan Art Gallery’s practical art workshop program.
It will also feature a selection of sketches by well-loved local artist Esther Austin.
Logan Art Gallery is on the corner of Jacaranda Ave and Wembley Rd, Logan Central. It is open from 10am to 5pm between Tuesday and Saturday. Shehab Uddin’s exhibition will be up until April 17.
Mr Uddin said he was very thankful for his collaborators: Aldwyn (Alvin) Rostant (migrated from Trinidad and Tobago), Devote Matenqa (migrated from Democratic Republic of the Congo), Franca Fiore (migrated from Italy), Lee Gerrard (migrated from New Zealand), Mohammad Anisur Rahman (migrated from Bangladesh) and Stig Hokanson (migrated from Sweden).
