Queensland Gallery of Modern Art

Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)

Main entrance to GOMA.

Main entrance to GOMA.
Established December 2006 (2006-12)[1]
Location Stanley Place, South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates 27°28′14″S 153°01′02″E / 27.470606°S 153.017235°E / -27.470606; 153.017235Coordinates: 27°28′14″S 153°01′02″E / 27.470606°S 153.017235°E / -27.470606; 153.017235
Type Art museum
Visitors 1,000,000 (2010)[2]
Director Chris Saines[3]
Owner Government of Queensland
Public transit access Bus: Cultural Centre station
Train: South Brisbane station
Website qagoma.qld.gov.au

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

GOMA opened on 2 December 2006. It is the Queensland Art Gallery's second building, and is the largest gallery of modern and contemporary art in Australia. It complements the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) building, situated only 150 metres (490 ft) away. Queensland's Gallery of Modern Art also houses Australia's first purpose built cinematheque. The gallery is situated on Kurilpa Point next to the Queensland Art Gallery and State Library of Queensland and faces the Brisbane River and the CBD, which is just across the river. The Gallery of Modern Art 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.

The gallery's first purchase was made in 1895.[4]

Design

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 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]

Exhibitions

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

Past and current exhibitions at GOMA include:

Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Queensland Art Gallery. "History". Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Corporation. "GoMA tops Australia's most visited gallery list". Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Queensland Art Gallery. "Trustees & Executive Management Team". Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Collection". Queensland Art Gallery. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland". Dynamic Architecture. Australian Institute of Architects. 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  6. ↑ GOMA - 21st Century Archived September 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ Queensland Art Gallery. "Past Exhibitions". Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  8. ↑ Queensland Art Gallery. "Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT)". Retrieved 20 June 2013.

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