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As GOMA turns ten, this milestone is being marked by a new public artwork tow row by Queensland Indigenous artist Judy Watson and major exhibitions, including: ‘Lucent’, showcasing the art of Australia and the Pacific; ‘A World View: The Tim Fairfax Gift’, including a captivating new light work by renowned artist Anthony McCall; and the spectacular ‘Sugar Spin: you, me, art and everything’, including over 250 contemporary artworks exploring light, space, architecture and the senses.

From brand-new immersive works to large-scale visitor favourites, ‘Sugar Spin’ reflects our complex connections to the natural world with an explosion of colour, sensation and spinning delights. The exhibition features artworks that encourage discovery of artists’ ideas and exploration of artwork materials, sparking imaginations and inspiring creativity.

The themes of Sweetmelt, Blackwater, Soaring, Treasure and Cosmos provide a platform for dialogue about artistic concepts and subject matter.

How do the artworks inform our thoughts and feelings, represent viewpoints and communicate intentions?

KEY IDEAS TO EXPLORE

SWEETMELTImaginea happy hot little handa hand fullof sweets

BLACKWATERImagineswimming over black waterBright sunlight overheadendless depths beneath

SOARINGImagine the earth falling awaybeneath you, a sensation of lightnessThe land below is all pattern andrhythm, a dappled skin

TREASUREImagine your handholding a treasure passing it onImagine a small happy handholding this treasure

COSMOSImagine the journeyof an ancient serpentBending and rewritingspace and timeImagine you are high abovethe earth, leaving this atmosphereheading into the starsImagine you are a particle

Learn more about these artists and artworks qagoma.qld.gov.au/collectionresource

SWEETMELTGALLERY 1.1 + 1.2

BLACKWATERGALLERY 1.1

TREASUREGALLERY 3.3 + 3.4

SOARINGGALLERY 3.3

COSMOSGALLERY 3.4

I SEE . . .flowers

explosive coloursunexpected textures

energy

I THINK . . . about altered states.

How can people and buildings alter their personalities with costumes and

adornment?

I WONDER . . . about Matt.

How is the teenage boy in Walking in tall grass, Matt 2007 coping with the crowds of people

looking at him?

CONNECTFind eX De Medici’s

paintings in Sweetmelt and Blackwater.

HRAFNHILDUR ARNARDÓTTIR

AKA SHOPLIFTERNERVESCAPE V 2016

YANG SHAOBINX-BLIND SPOT NO. 4

2008

GALLERY 1.1

NICK CAVEHEARD 2012

ANNE NOBLERUBY’S ROOM NO. 17

2001

JAN NELSONWALKING IN TALL GRASS,

MATT 2007

RON MUECKIN BED 2005

ABOVE Left Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir aka Shoplifter / Iceland/United States b.1969 / Nervescape V 2016 (installation view) / Modacrylic fibre, nylon zip ties, steel staples / Commissioned 2016 for ‘Sugar Spin: you, me, art and everything’, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane / © The artist / Photograph: Natasha Harth • Centre Nick Cave / United States b.1959 / HEARD (detail) 2012 / 15 mixed-media wearable sculptures (five parts each) / Purchased 2016 to mark the tenth anniversary of the Gallery of Modern Art with funds from the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Diversity Foundation through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist • Right: Jan Nelson / Australia b.1955 / Walking in tall grass, Matt (installation view) 2007 / Oil and liquin on linen / 81.5 x 62.5cm / Purchased 2007. The Queensland Government’s Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © Jan Nelson/Licensed by Viscopy, 2016 • BELOW Left Yang Shaobin / China b. 1963 / X-Blind Spot No. 4 (installation view) 2008 / Oil on canvas / 354 x 240cm / Gift of the artist through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2010 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © Yang Shaobin 2016, Courtesy Long March Space • Centre Anne Noble / New Zealand b.1954 / Ruby’s room no. 17 (detail) 2001 / Digital colour print on Hahnemühle rag paper, ed. 6/10 / 91.5 x 119.9cm / Purchased 2006 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist • Right Ron Mueck / England b.1958 / In bed 2005 / Mixed media / 161.9 x 649.9 x 395cm / Purchased 2008. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist

I SEE . . .humanity

body languagecomplexity

fluidity

I THINK . . . about the dark side

of life and ask myself about pitfalls of consumerism

I WONDER . . . what lies beneath

the surface?How can we reveal

our feelings to others? Consider how the artists

are creating images that convey a sense of

unease, tension and drama. What visual devices are being

exploited in each work?

CONNECTFind Anne Noble’s daughter Ruby in Blackwater and

Sweetmelt.

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ABOVE Left Tobias Putrih / Slovenia b. 1972 / Connection (detail) 2004 / Cardboard on plywood / 740cm (height) (variable to a maximum height of 800cm) / Purchased 2008 with funds from Tim Fairfax, AM, through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist • Centre Doreen Reid Nakamarra / Pintupi/Ngaatjatjarra people / Australia WA/NT c.1955–2009 / Untitled (Marrapinti) (installation view) 2008 / Synthetic polymer paint on canvas / 213 x 275cm / Purchased 2009 with funds from the Bequest of Grace Davies and Nell Davies through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist / Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd 2016 Right Gabriel Orozco / Mexico b. 1962 / Double tail 2003 / Polyurethane foam / 99.1 x 152.4 x 99.1cm / Purchased 2004 with funds from an anonymous donor through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist • BELOW Left Fiona Hall / Australia b.1953 / Tender (details) 2003–06 / US dollars, wire and vitrines / Purchased 2006. The Queensland Government’s Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist • Centre Philip Corner / United States b. 1933 / Sound stones (detail) 1985 / Bronze with ball bearings enclosed, ed. 1/21 / 13 stones ranging from 2.5 x 3cm to 11 x 11.5cm (depth x diam.) / Gift of Francesco Conz through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 1995 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist • Right Unknown / Japan / Netsuke: (garden within an open clam) 19th century / Carved ivory / 3.2 x 6 x 4cm / Gift of John Riedel in memory of Gertrude Langer through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2015 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery

TOBIAS PUTRIHCONNECTION 2004

DOREEN REID NAKAMARRA

UNTITLED (MARRAPINTI) 2008

GABRIEL OROZCODOUBLE TAIL 2003

GALLERY 3.3

SOARING

FIONA HALLTENDER 2003–06

GALLERY 3.3 + 3.4 PHILIP CORNERSOUND STONES 1985

UNKNOWNNETSUKE: (GARDEN

WITHIN AN OPEN CLAM) 19TH CENTURY

I SEE . . .materials

sizefunctionmeaning

I THINK . . . about time.

How do these objects focus on the positive and negative impact we have

on each other and the environment?

I WONDER . . . about memories.

What is the relationship between memories

and objects? What makes an object treasured?

CONNECTFind wearable art in Treasure, Sweetmelt

and Soaring.

TREASURE

I SEE . . .arcs

undulating ripplespulsating linesrhythms and

movements of energy suspended in space

and time

I THINK . . . about artists.

How do they play with perception, create illusions, capture

moments in time, excite our senses and entice

audiences to look, question and explore?

I WONDER . . . what soars in our world?

What new insights might we gain if we live creatively in a world of challenge and change?

Is there a way to connect opposites?

CONNECTLearn about the lives

of Judy Watson’s grandmother, Grace

Isaacson (in Cosmos) and Vernon Ah Kee’s

grandmother, Bella Ami (in Soaring).

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Left Huang Yong Ping / China b.1954 / Ressort 2012 / Aluminium, stainless steel / Commissioned 2012 with funds from Tim Fairfax, AM, through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist • Centre Judy Watson / Waanyi people / Australia QLD b.1959 / grandmother’s song (installation view) 2007 / Pigment and pastel on canvas / Purchased 2007 with funds from Margaret Greenidge through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation and the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © Judy Watson / Licensed by Viscopy, 2016 • Right Tracey Moffatt / Australia/United States QLD/NSW b.1960 / Night spirits no.4 ‘Nunnery in yellow, youth in blue, desert in red’ (from ‘Night spirits’ series within the ‘Spirit landscapes’ series) (installation view) 2013 / Digital print mounted behind acrylic, ed. of 8 / Gift of Dr Paul Eliadis through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2014. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © Tracey Moffatt / Courtesy: Roslyn Oxley 2016

HUANG YONG PINGRESSORT 2012

JUDY WATSONGRANDMOTHER’S

SONG 2007

TRACEY MOFFATTNIGHT SPIRITS NO.4

‘NUNNERY IN YELLOW, YOUTH IN BLUE, DESERT

IN RED’ 2013

GALLERY 3.4

COSMOS

I SEE . . .skeletons

spiralsempty space

infinite reflections

I THINK . . . about creativity.

How do artists explore the depths of the worlds

within, around and beyond us?

I WONDER . . . about the unknown.

How we can learn more about ourselves and our place in the universe?

CONNECTFind Cai Guo-Qiang’s gunpowder drawing.

1 HRAFNHILDUR ARNARDÓTTIR AKA SHOPLIFTER NERVESCAPE V 2016

2 NICK CAVE HEARD 2012

3 JAN NELSON WALKING IN TALL GRASS, MATT 2007

4 YANG SHAOBIN X-BLIND SPOT NO. 4 2008

5 ANNE NOBLE RUBY’S ROOM NO. 17 2001

6 RON MUECK IN BED 2005

7 TOBIAS PUTRIH CONNECTION 2004

8 DOREEN REID NAKAMARRA UNTITLED (MARRAPINTI) 2008

9 GABRIEL OROZCO DOUBLE TAIL 2003

10 FIONA HALL TENDER 2003–06

11 PHILIP CORNER SOUND STONES 1985

12 UNKNOWN NETSUKE: (GARDEN WITHIN AN OPEN CLAM) 19TH CENTURY

13 HUANG YONG PING RESSORT 2012

14 JUDY WATSON GRANDMOTHER’S SONG 2007

15 TRACEY MOFFATT NIGHT SPIRITS NO.4 ‘NUNNERY IN YELLOW, YOUTH IN BLUE, DESERT IN RED’ 2013

PUBLISHERQueensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane PO Box 3686, South Brisbane Queensland 4101 Australia W: qagoma.qld.gov.au

Published in association with ‘Sugar Spin: you, me, art and everything’, organised by the Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) and held at GOMA, Brisbane, Australia, 3 December 2016 – 17 April 2017. © Queensland Art Gallery, 2016

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This resource has been developed by QAGOMA Learning Staff and Geraldine Barlow, Curatorial Manager, International Art, QAGOMA.

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