New School of the Living and the Dead is an imaginative exhibition of new works by Brisbane-based artist Bill Platz. 

In 1972, three life-size Classical Greek bronze statues were discovered on the Mediterranean seabed off the coast of Southern Italy.

Two of the Riace Warriors are standing in a museum in Calabria as celebrated emblems of Classical beauty and the Western canon.

In this exhibition of new works, Platz imagines the third sculpture — the yawning warrior — was smuggled out of Italy, and, after a fraught journey, was jettisoned in the shallow waters of Deception Bay before it could be seized. 

This exhibition has been developed by City of Moreton Bay in collaboration with Bill Platz.

Free - no bookings required. All ages.

Image credit: Bill Platz, Pretending to Swim 01, 2025. Iron gall ink, charcoal and gouache on primed carbon fibre/aramid fibre panel. Courtesy of the artist.

Redcliffe Art Gallery is open from Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM.