Marvel Hulkbuster

Bringing computer-generated imagery to the real world

One of the most dynamic action sequences in Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015 involves Iron Man and the Hulk. Spellbound by Scarlet Witch’s powers of telekinesis, the Hulk rampages through city streets before being stopped by Tony Stark in his Hulkbuster armour. Amanda Slack-Smith, exhibition curator ‘Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe’ speaks with Marc Klinnert, Studio…

Doctor Strange 2016

Doctor Strange embraces the mystical

‘Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe’ screens all the films including Doctor Strange 2016. This is a great opportunity to see the films then the never-before-seen set pieces which have inspired the exhibition. In Doctor Strange, director Scott Derrickson takes on the origin of masterful, but narcissistic, neurosurgeon Dr Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), who irreversibly damages the…

Find the Infinity Stones in Marvel’s alternate dimensions

The ‘Alternate dimensions’ room in ‘Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe’ looks at the realms beyond Earth traversed by Ant-Man, Doctor Strange and the Guardians of the Galaxy. Through artwork, costumes, props and film sequences, their adventures into the Quantum Realm (Ant-Man 2015), Astral and Mirror Dimensions (Doctor Strange 2016), and other galaxies (Guardians of the Galaxy…

Ginger Riley Munduwalawala, Garimala (The Two Snakes) 1988

Albert Namatjira’s lasting legacy

The life and work of Albert Namatjira have left a lasting legacy for artists throughout the country. As a boy in the 1950s, Ginger Riley Munduwalawala, a Mara painter from the Gulf of Carpentaria, met Albert Namatjira. For many artists, Namatjira’s use of non-traditional colours and techniques was a liberating influence and, when Riley took…

Thor: Ragnarok 2017

Go behind the scenes of Thor: Ragnarok

Working closely with the director and producer, production design teams are responsible for defining the look and feel of a film. The team is led by the Production Designer, who oversees the artists and designers tasked with translating the design concepts into physical costumes, props, sets and locations. This video offers insights into these processes…

Installation view of 'The Avengers' room with Captain America: Civil War props, 'Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe', GOMA 2017

The conflict ignites in Captain America: Civil War

Should super heroes remain free to defend humanity without government interference? The debate ensues and escalates into an all-out feud in Captain America: Civil War 2016. Visit the Gallery of Modern Art’s Australian Cinémathèque then head over to ‘Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe’ to see never-before-seen set pieces from the film. ‘I’m doing what needs to be…