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Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

Coordinates: 27°28′14″S 153°01′02″E / 27.470606°S 153.017235°E / -27.470606; 153.017235
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Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
Main entrance to GOMA.
Main entrance to GOMA.
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EstablishedDecember 2006 (2006-12)[1]
LocationStanley Place, South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates27°28′14″S 153°01′02″E / 27.470606°S 153.017235°E / -27.470606; 153.017235
TypeArt museum
Visitors667,657 (2016)[2]
DirectorChris Saines[3]
OwnerGovernment of Queensland
Public transit accessBus: Cultural Centre station
Train: South Brisbane station
Websiteqagoma.qld.gov.au

The Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) is an art museum located within the Queensland Cultural Centre in the South Bank precinct of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA.

Opened on 2 December 2006, the GOMA is the largest gallery of modern and contemporary art in Australia,[4] and houses Australia's first purpose-built cinematheque. The gallery is situated on Kurilpa Point next to the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) building and the State Library of Queensland, and faces the Brisbane River and the CBD.

The GOMA has a total floor area over 25,000 square metres (270,000 sq ft) and the largest exhibition gallery is 1,100 square metres (12,000 sq ft). The building was designed by Sydney architecture firm Architectus.

Design

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The architecture of GOMA was designed to replicate a "pavilion in the landscape".

In July 2002, Sydney-based company Architectus was commissioned by the Queensland Beattie Government following an Architect Selection Competition, to design the Queensland Art Gallery's second site, the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA). A main theme of Architectus's design was a pavilion in the landscape, one which assumes its position as both hub and anchor for this important civic precinct. Critical to this is the building's response to the site, its natural topography, existing patterns of urban generation, and the river. Architectus was awarded the 2007 RAIA National Award for Public Architecture for the design of GOMA.[5] The final construction cost was around 107 million dollars.[6]

Exhibitions

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Entrance to GOMA during the exhibition "21st Century: Art in the First Decade"

Past and current exhibitions at GOMA include:

  • Fairy Tales (2 Dec 2023 – 28 Apr 2024)[7]
  • Water (07 December 2019 – 26 April 2020)[8]
  • I, Object (3 August 2019 - 29 August 2021)[9]
  • Work, Work, Work (3 August 2019 - 19 July 2020)[10]
  • Perceptions of Time (25 May 2019 - 28 June 2020)[11]
  • Geometries (25 May 2019 - 2 February 2020)[12]
  • Quilty ( 29 June - 13 October 2019)[13]
  • Margaret Olley: A Generous Life ( 15 June - 13 October 2019)[14]
  • Patricia Piccinini: Curious Affection (24 March - 5 August 2018)[15]
  • Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow (4 November 2017 - 11 February 2018)[16]
  • Gerhard Richter: The Life of Images (14 October 2017 - 4 February 2018)[17]
  • Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe (27 May - 3 September 2017)[18]
  • Cindy Sherman (28 May - 3 October 2016)[19]
  • David Lynch: Between Two Worlds (14 March - 8 June 2015)
  • Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion (1 November 2014 – 15 February 2015)
  • Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth (23 November 2013 – 11 May 2014)
  • Matisse: Drawing Life (3 December 2011 – 4 March 2012)
  • Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Man, The Image & The World (28 August - 27 November 2011)
  • Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams (11 June - 2 October 2011)
  • 21st Century: Art in the First Decade (18 December 2010 – 26 April 2011)[20]
  • Valentino, Retrospective: Past/Present/Future (7 August – 14 November 2010)
  • Ron Mueck (8 May – 1 August 2010)
  • The China Project (28 March – 28 June 2009)
  • Picasso & his collection (9 June - 14 September 2008)
  • Andy Warhol (8 December 2007 – 13 April 2008)[21]

Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

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The Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) hosts the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art jointly with the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG), since opening in 2006.

  • The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT10) (4 December 2021 - 25 April 2022)[22]
  • The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9) (24 November 2018 - 28 April 2019)[23]
  • The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT8) (21 November 2015 - 10 April 2016)[24]
  • The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT7) (8 December 2012 – 14 April 2013)[25]
  • The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT6) (5 December 2009 – 5 April 2010)[26]
  • The 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT5) (2 December 2006 – 27 May 2007)[27]
  • The 4th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT4) (12 September 2002 - 27 January 2003)[28]
  • The 3rd Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT3) (9 September 1999 - 26 January 2000)[29]
  • The 2nd Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT2) (27 September 1996 - 19 January 1997)[30]
  • The 1st Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT1) (17 September -5 December 1993)[31]

Select exhibits

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Queensland Art Gallery. "History". Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Visitor Figures 2016" (PDF). The Art Newspaper Review. April 2017. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ^ Queensland Art Gallery. "Trustees & Executive Management Team". Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  4. ^ QAGOMA. "Our Story - History, Architecture, Strategic Plans & Review". QAGOMA. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland". Dynamic Architecture. Australian Institute of Architects. 2013. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  6. ^ Stead, Naomi (2015). "The Brisbane Effect: GOMA and the Architectural Competition for a New Institutional Building" (PDF). Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand. 32 (' Architecture, Institutions and Change' (edited by Paul Hogben and Judith O’Callaghan)): 627-639. Archived from the original on 25 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Fairy Tales". Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  8. ^ QAGOMA. "Water". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  9. ^ QAGOMA. "I, Object". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  10. ^ QAGOMA. "Work, work, work". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  11. ^ QAGOMA. "Perceptions of time". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  12. ^ QAGOMA. "Geometries". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  13. ^ QAGOMA. "Quilty". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  14. ^ QAGOMA. "Margaret Olley". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  15. ^ QAGOMA. "Patricia Piccinini". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  16. ^ QAGOMA. "Yayoi Kusama". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  17. ^ QAGOMA. "Gerhard Richter". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  18. ^ QAGOMA. "Marvel". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  19. ^ QAGOMA. "Cindy Sherman". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  20. ^ GOMA - 21st Century Archived 6 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ Queensland Art Gallery. "Past Exhibitions". Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  22. ^ "The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT10)". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  23. ^ "The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9)". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  24. ^ "The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT8)". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  25. ^ Queensland Art Gallery. "Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT)". Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  26. ^ "The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT6)". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  27. ^ "The 5th Asia–Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT5)". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  28. ^ "The 4th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT4)". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  29. ^ "The 3rd Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT3)". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  30. ^ "The 2nd Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT2)". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  31. ^ QAGOMA. "The 1st Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT1)". Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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