Our focus on the incredible performances of French actress Juliette Binoche is halfway through. Here are five films not to miss before they leave the big screen at the Australian Cinémathèque, Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane. #1 Clouds of Sils Maria 2014 Boasting powerhouse performances by two actresses, Clouds of Sils Maria, is set…
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‘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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Margaret Worth’s Untitled 1968 (currently on display in the Australian Art Collection, Queensland Art Gallery) is a striking example of hard-edge abstraction by one of Australia’s outstanding abstract artists. This rare modular structure tests the boundaries of painting and sculpture in a melding of colour and form. In the mid to late 1960s, Margaret Worth…
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Harriet Jane Neville-Rolfe’s watercolour Houses of Parliament, Brisbane 1885 (illustrated) was painted just before the artist left Australia to return to England. We can clearly see Queensland’s Parliament House and other recognisable Brisbane landmarks from across the river in a depiction of the daily life of a port city named after the river that runs…
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On Sunday 28 May at the Australian Cinémathèque, Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, our fourth City Symphony Live Music & Film event features the music of composer and musician Madeleine Cocolas. Madeleine is crafting a live score for the films boasting pulsating synthesisers, lush soundscapes, experimental electronics and field recordings to subtly evoke the…
Explore the complex and fascinating subject of the self-portrait during the exhibition ‘Looking Out, Looking In’ at the Queensland Art Gallery until 6 August 2023, or follow our blog series that delves into why some artists look inwards to reflect on themselves in self-effacing ways, while others seek to project a more flamboyant image. DELVE…
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