GOMA for Kids
There is so much going on at the Gallery of Modern Art we decided to devote a whole post to it. Not only are all the child exhibitions FREE but you can expect your Brisbane Kids to leave inspired and full of wonder! What a gift to give your child this Christmas Holidays. http://qag.qld.gov.au/kids/exhibitions
We Miss you Magic Land: Pip and Pop Free
- 26 Nov- 4 March
- A series of magical fantasy worlds- achieving the gift of helping to teach your Brisbane Kids about art. It will appeal
to children at their very essence from the whimsical approach to the colour and vibrancy. - It makes reference to myths, children’s stories, video games and folk tales.
- Multiple pathways, tunnels and peepholes will lead you on an amazing journey of discovery.
- You will encounter a magical forest with strange foliage, flowers, mushrooms and animals.
Yayoi Kusama: Look Now, See Forever: FREE
a free exhibition at GoMA, open to the public until 11 March 2012. This exhibition of senior Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s most recent work includes sculpture, paintings and immersive installations in a play of colour, light and form. Included in the exhibition are towering, polychromatic flower sculptures and a two-metre-tall pumpkin distorted by a profusion of convex mirrors. www.qag.qld.gov.au/kusama
Matisse: Drawing Life: Cost Involved
opens from 3 December 2011 – 4 March 2012 at the Gallery of Modern Art. This is the most comprehensive exhibition of Matisse’s prints and drawings ever mounted. Presented in partnership with the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the exhibition includes more than 300 drawings, prints and illustrated books, providing a unique insight into the artist’s daily practice of drawing. www.qag.qld.gov.au/matisse
2 Comments on "GOMA for Kids"
Review from Brisbane Mum:::: Home. Is a wonderful exhibit although I think that it is aimed at the older children. I left my three year old with Dad in the City for some city fun and just headed over there with Amelia (6) There is no touching or taking of photographs in Yayoi’s exhibit. The children (I was there with 13 other children) had a marvellous time in the obliteration room. They were all handed a sheet of spotty stickers on entering and told that they could put them where ever they liked. The aim is to have no white by March. It would be wonderful to head back and see it a little down the track but unfortunatly we are moving away from Brisbane:( With all GoMa exhibits, I would try and get there early in the morning, we were in when they opened and almost at the place to ourselves.
The Pip and Pop exhibit is AMAZING, but waisted on the 5and6 year olds. Again no touching. At the end of this exhibit is a few computers where they can make there own magical wonderland. This program is also able to use at home through the GoMa website.
I also didn’t feel that the Pip and Pop was all that it was advertised as. You walked through a door – children were told to hold onto Mum’s hand so she didnt touch anything. We then walked in and around a set up areas and out into a computer room. A colourful bridge and peep wholes were on the way out (but the were all a little over it by the end of ‘don’t touch, just look)
I also wrote up a blog post on my blog
http://mealyandi.blogspot.com/2011/11/going-spotty.html