Glen O’Malley records Queenslanders’ daily experiences

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   22 Mar 2016

Twenty eight years since ‘Journeys North’ was first exhibited allows us to revisit this important artistic achievement; to re-examine the subjects examined and reflect on their relevance today. Queensland has, of course, changed in myriad ways in the intervening years, however ‘Journey’s North’ provides an intriguing and enduring visual record of the people and places…

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APT8 hits half a million visitors

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   21 Mar 2016

Over half a million people have visited ‘The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT8) with the Gallery now welcoming its 500 000th visitor. Director Chris Saines presented the lucky visitor and her family with a complimentary one-year Gallery membership and copies of exhibition publications. Since the record breaking attendance on the opening night…

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Celebrate Holi at APT8

Posted by Tarun Nagesh   ●   17 Mar 2016

On Wednesday 23rd March – the eve of the Holi Festival, we invite visitors to the Queensland Art Gallery at 5pm to celebrate with a special free after-hours viewing and exhibition tour to enjoy the vibrancy and colour of the Indian works in the exhibition Kalpa Vriksha: Contemporary Indigenous and Vernacular Art of India which…

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There is no there

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   15 Mar 2016

Artists Gabriella Mangano and Silvana Mangano studied drawing before they began making video works together. Using improvised choreography and working with their own bodies and simple materials, they emphasise gesture, process and sculptural form. There is no there 2015 was inspired by the Blue Blouse theatre collective (1924–32), which created a type of performance called…

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Filipino Indie during APT8

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Anne Démy-Geroe provides an insight into our APT8 Cinema program ‘Filipino Indie’, co-curated by Yason Banal, and our special presentation of 13 works by Lav Diaz. In the early days of digital filmmaking, the portability and cost of equipment and technologies allowed filmmakers to work outside the studio system, perhaps making films that would not have previously been permissible.…

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Cindy Sherman. A renowned chameleon

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   14 Mar 2016

Cindy Sherman is renowned as a chameleon; her own image is at the centre of an astonishing gallery of character studies, developed over decades. Sherman has positioned photography as one of the most important contemporary art forms, expanding on contemporary society’s recurrent fascination with female appearance, narcissism, cults of celebrity, aspirational culture, and emotional fragility. Sherman…

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