The Seventh Seal
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. (Revelation 8:1) Looking at Albrecht Dürer’s representations of the ‘last days’ – as…
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Friday 10 May 2013
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Wednesday 3 April 2013
An Eloquent Glance
We all love images of children. Politicians, aware of their capacity to evoke empathy and a sense of shared humanity, are endlessly being photographed with them. Social media is littered with thousands upon…
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Monday 25 March 2013
Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth
Cai Guo-Qiang made significant contributions to the Gallery’s Asia Pacific Triennials in 1996 and 1999, with his memorable gunpowder drawing and bamboo bridge across the Watermall. He was also involved in the first Kids’…
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Tuesday 19 March 2013
A Private Collection — Artist’s Choice: Michael Zavros
Brisbane-based painter, sculptor and video artist Michael Zavros uses perfection as the overarching theme in his work, evident in his faultless renderings of images from fashion magazines, and vistas of the most sumptuous…
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Tuesday 11 December 2012
Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT)
Edited version of Suhanya Raffel’s Foreword from ‘The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT7) publication. Two decades ago, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) affirmed this Gallery’s commitment to programs of…
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Thursday 6 December 2012
Twentieth anniversary of APT: Detonating Cai Guo-Qiang
Cai Guo-Qiang is one of the most significant Chinese artists of his generation. One of the earliest figures among the Chinese avant-garde of the 1980s to gain recognition outside of China, he was…
