Category: Exhibition

See two irresistible exhibitions: eX de Medici & Michael Zavros

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   29 May 2023

Preparations are underway for our winter program of two irresistible exhibitions ‘eX de Medici: Beautiful Wickedness’ and ‘Michael Zavros: The Favourite’, presented side by side at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in Brisbane from 24 June 2023. Focused on the practice of two highly regarded mid-career Australian artists, these exhibitions offer opportunities for unique…

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Strike a pose: Exploring the self-portrait

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   17 May 2023

‘Strike a pose’ presents artworks made in the first decades of the twentieth century where artists assume the posture of the Grand Manner or ‘swagger’ portrait, exemplified by George Lambert’s The artist and his wife. These paintings are juxtaposed against Yasumasa Morimura’s modern-day parody Doublonnage (Marcel) which riffs on art history and the photographs of Marcel Duchamp, disrupting…

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Looking Out, Looking In: Exploring the Self-Portrait

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   10 Apr 2023

The exhibition ‘Looking Out, Looking In: Exploring the Self-Portrait’ considers the complex and fascinating genre of the self-portrait — a distinct form of portraiture in which subject and artist are one, here we examine the enduring human interest in the self-image, revealing artistic tendencies towards both introspection and flamboyance. ‘Looking Out, Looking In’ is devised…

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Subject of chalkboard drawing also composed of chalk

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   27 Mar 2023

This cliff in Chalk Fall 2018 (illustrated) seems solid, like the massive wall of a fortress, however on closer inspection, we see the rough waves churning beneath, and realise the cliff-face is giving way, falling into the ocean. Tacita Dean’s monumental chalkboard drawing evokes the famous White Cliffs of Dover which are eroding evermore swiftly…

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