Final call for GoMA’s 21st Century exhibition

This exhibition has been a favourite with the crowds because it is fun, accessible, and, at times, mind-boggling.
Sophie Dixon
April 17, 2011

Overview

Brisbane-dwellers would have to have been living under a rock to have not heard about 21st Century: Art in the First Decade, an exhibition of contemporary art that has been showing at GoMA since 16 December. The exhibition is coming into its final week, after a roller-coaster ride of flood-endurance followed by record attendance numbers. If you have been meaning to see the 21st Century exhibition but have yet to follow through, this is your final call.

The exhibition occupies the entirety of the GoMA space, delivering pieces across a wide variety of mediums, including Jana Sterbak’s video installation From Here to There, a 6-channel video work following film from the perspective of a dog as it journeys through an icy Canadian winter, and Tobias Putrih’s Connection installation, a giant archway constructed out of cardboard boxes.

Much of the work is participatory, including Carsten Holler’s Left/Right Slide (yes, you can slide down it), Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Room and Martin Creed’s Work No. 956, which is a room filled to the brim with giant purple balloons (yes, you can walk through it).

This exhibition has been a favourite with the crowds because it is fun, accessible, and, at times, mind-boggling. Get yourself to GoMA before it finishes on 26 April.

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