Tag: Foundation Appeal

A meeting of minds: Kumantje Jagamara and Imants Tillers

Posted by Simon Wright   ●   11 Jun 2018

Metafisica Australe 2017 (illustrated) is a rich, contemporary symbiosis of the personal, professional and cultural reflections of two great Australian artists. Metafisica Australe is a significant 72-panel painting that is the latest artwork resulting from the collaborative efforts of Kumantje (Michael Nelson) Jagamara AM and Imants Tillers. Simon Wright was present when this important working…

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Kumantje Jagamara and Imants Tillers collaborate on ‘Metafisica Australe’

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   14 May 2018

Warlpiri/Luritja artist Kumantje (Michael Nelson) Jagamara AM and Imants Tillers have collaborated on 24 artworks together since 2001, and the latest of these, the striking 72-panel painting Metafisica Australe 2017 (illustrated). The expansive and compelling work holds special meaning, as it reflects on how the artists embarked on a working relationship that developed following Tillers’s…

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Watch how James Turrell’s Architectural Light will transform GOMA

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   4 Jul 2017

This animation gives a sense of how GOMA in Brisbane will be transformed by James Turrell’s magnificent Architectural Light commission. QAGOMA is dedicated to bringing a long-dormant vision for the GOMA building to life some ten years after its opening. The city and community can equally share in this truly public artwork which will be…

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From the Director: James Turrell light commission to transform GOMA

Posted by Chris Saines, CNZM   ●   12 Jun 2017

I am delighted to unveil our plan to transform Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art’s  ‘white box’ into a monumentally-scaled solid light wall. Part of the architects’ design concept by Architectus + Davenport Campbell lead architects Kerry Clare, Lindsay Clare and James Jones was for GOMA to have an artist-illuminated ‘white box’ on the building’s eastern…

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James Turrell to create a new work for GOMA

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   4 May 2017

A major architectural light installation by internationally renowned light artist James Turrell (United States, b.1943) is set to transform Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA). QAGOMA Director Chris Saines said the James Turrell commission would illuminate GOMA’s facade at night with support from the Queensland Government, generous donations from leading benefactors, and the 2017 QAGOMA…

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Ben Quilty captures strength, fragility, trauma and resolve

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   24 Apr 2017

Ben Quilty’s striking portrait Sergeant P, after Afghanistan 2012 was acquired through the 2014 Foundation Appeal with generous support from Foundation members and donors, including a lead donation from the Returned & Services League of Australia (Queensland Branch). Commissioned by the Australian War Memorial in the role of official war artist, Quilty spent three weeks…

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