O & J & L Gallina, Blue Ribbon Mangoes, Mutchilba, Far North Queensland
Former two-piece carton 
Cartons at the ready for packing in two days’ time 
The Gallinas look at old photos 
Lucas Gallina as a youngster 
The old Tobacco sheds with the Granite logo (including the outline of the tobacco leaf) 
Jenny Gallina alongside evidence of Lucas Gallina’s fascination with machinery 
Looking from the former tobacco shed filled with empty cartons ready to be packed 
More cartons at the ready
Blue Ribbon Mangoes was part of Market Place (2017), a project commissioned by The Museum of Brisbane that drew upon a subset of the Cartonography collection. The project’s central work is a diorama made using artwork cutouts from this selection of cartons, which are arranged in the space according to their farm’s location. Like many fruit cartons the diorama is pun-like; it is a Characterisation of a rural landscape, an Australia imagined with only the artwork of fruit cartons as reference. A third component of the installation — an interactive image of each element of the diorama — serves as a catalogue linking the project’s source materials with their packaging. The above video was originally part of this interactive image.
