Queensland Gallery of Modern Art

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The Queensland Gallery of Modern Art is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre at the South Bank area of South Brisbane. It holds most of Queensland Art Gallery's contemporaneous works, while also being the joint host to the current Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. The fifth APT ^[1] is also being shown in the Queensland Art Gallery building, with displays across both sites making the exhibition twice the scale of previous Triennials.

On 2 December 2006, the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) opened. It is the Queensland Art Gallery’s much-anticipated second building, and is the largest gallery of modern and contemporary art in Australia. The Queensland 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 m² and the largest exhibition gallery is 1100 m². The building was designed by Sydney architecture firm Architectus.

The gallery features art works from Australia, Asia, and countries within the Pacific region.

The Queensland Gallery of Modern Art is seen by many as a welcome addition to the Queensland Cultural Centre.

[edit] Architecture

Architect's statement In July 2002, Sydney-based company Architectus was commissioned by the Queensland Government following an Architect Selection Competition, to design the Gallery's second site, the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art (QGMA).

A main theme of Architectus's design is 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.