Category: QAGOMA

Cai Guo-Qiang ‘Heritage’ inspired by Queensland’s North Stradbroke Island

Posted by Russell Storer   ●   17 Mar 2014

The major installation work Heritage (illustrated), a ‘last paradise’ inspired by Queensland’s North Stradbroke Island, moves visitors with the symbolism behind the work. On first encountering Cai Guo-Qiang’s 2013 installation, many visitors gasp in awe and surprise, a visceral response that is at once sensory and emotional. While many contemporary works of art evoke a…

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Richard Stringer: A gift of works

Posted by Michael Hawker   ●   11 Mar 2014

The recent gift of 25 photographs by Queensland artist Richard Stringer, which are included in the current exhibition ‘Pleasure of Place: Photographs by Richard Stringer’, makes a splendid addition to the existing ten works held in the Gallery’s Collection. ‘Pleasure of Place’ on display at the Queensland Art Gallery until Sunday 16 March explores the varied subjects…

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Sounding out the Collection

Posted by David Burnett   ●  

The Gallery holds a number of artworks in which sound or music are significant. Recent gifts of music and pop culture ephemera, along with important multimedia Collection works, are the inspiration behind the new exhibition ‘Seen + Heard: Works and Multiples from the Collection’. ‘Seen + Heard: Works and Multiples from the Collection’ considers some…

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Highlight: Mika Rottenberg ‘Mary’s cherries’

Posted by Ellie Buttrose   ●   4 Mar 2014

Questions of labour and the exploitation of women’s bodies lie at the heart of Mika Rottenberg’s humorous video installations, one of which was recently purchased for the Gallery’s Collection. Often in Mika Rottenberg’s video works, female characters with striking physical presences and in unusual environments, undertake a mundane, productive task that results in an unexpected…

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Harvest: Good enough to eat

Posted by Christina Pagliaro   ●   3 Mar 2014

Former Executive Chef Josue Lopez acquired quite the loyal following of dedicated Brisbane epicurists thanks to the magic that spilled out of his kitchens since taking over the Gallery’s Restaurant in 2012. But it was the respect in the industry he had already cooked up for himself that saw GOMA transform into a set for…

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Fred Williams: Painter, Printmaker

Posted by Julie Ewington   ●   25 Feb 2014

‘Fred Williams: Painter, Printmaker‘ explores the Gallery’s significant holdings of works by Fred Williams (1927–82): dating from the 1940s and 50s to the portfolio ‘Fred Williams lithographs 1976–1978’, his last great print series. Comprising more than 90 works, many never before shown at the Gallery, this is a reassessment of a kind — a way for…

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