Social Networking
Patricia Piccinini | Australia b.1965 | Bedroom, 10.30pm (from ‘The Fitzroy Series’) 2011 | The James C Sourris, AM, Collection. Purchased 2011 with funds from James C Sourris, AM, through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation | Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
3 March — 1 July 2012 | Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) | Free admission
GOMA Opening Hours
10.00am — 5.00pm Monday to Friday
9.00am — 5.00pm Saturday and Sunday
9.00am — 5.00pm Public Holidays
This exhibition shows how contemporary artists are exploring social contact with their subjects and audiences. Many are interested in historical events, but others look at the ways we perceive the world today and our place within it. Addressing themes including human rights, sustainability and cultural exchange, the works reflect on the ways that individuals shape, and are shaped by, their social networks.
The exhibition features work by Destiny Deacon and Virginia Fraser (Australia), Pat Hoffie (Australia), Sutee Kunavichayanont (Thailand), Jompet Kuswidananto (Indonesia), James Newitt (Australia), Raquel Ormella (Australia), Tsuyoshi Ozawa (Japan), Patricia Piccinini (Australia), Stuart Ringholt (Australia), Darren Siwes (Australia), Michel Tuffery (New Zealand), You Are Here (Australia) and Zhang Huan (China).
In Conversation
Thursday 29 March | 2.30pm
Brisbane-based artist Pat Hoffie and Peter McKay, Curator, Contemporary Australian Art, explore a growing engagement with social strategies among visual artists in dealing with issues of conscience.
