Come to the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) and see why German artist Katharina Grosse is one of the most exciting and innovative abstract painters working today.

Painting with a spray gun, Grosse works in-situ, responding to a space’s architecture and ambience by working directly on the walls, floor and ceiling. Having exhibited widely through the United States and Europe, ‘Picture Park’ is Grosse’s first solo museum exhibition in Australia.

Grosse has transformed GoMA’s long gallery into an extraordinary environment that confounds conventions of museum display and challenges our expectations of painting.

Young children will be able to discover the ideas behind Katharina’s work in ‘Picture Lab’ on both levels of the Children’s Art Centre. It features a colourful maze for the kids to explore as well as a specially made documentary, which goes behind the scenes into Katharina’s studio in Germany.

Admission is free.

The catalogue, Katharina Grosse: Picture Park, will be available from the Gallery Store in August (Large format, 48 pp.) for $39.95. To pre-order online visit the Gallery bookstore.
 

Public programs
Artist talk
2.00pm Saturday 28 July

Join Katharina Grosse for an insight into her recent work and the ‘Picture Park’ exhibition.
Cinema B, GoMA

Lecture
Recent trends in painting
5.30pm Friday 21 September

Norbert Loeffler, Lecturer, Visual Art Theory & History, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, discusses developments and trends in German painting and art since the nation’s reunification, including the work of artists such as Jörg Immendorff, Anselm Kiefer and Katharina Grosse. Lecture supported by the Goethe-Institut Australia.
Bookings essential as seating is limited. Telephone (07) 3840 7061 or email
River Lounge, GoMA

Floortalk
2.00pm Sunday 19 August

Presented by Dr Andrew McNamara, Senior Lecturer in Visual Arts, Queensland University of Technology. Gallery 1.2, GoMA

Lecture
Modern paints — uncovering the choices
2.00pm Saturday 20 October

Many of the new paints that have appeared in the last 70 years — including those intended for household or industrial markets — are likely to have been used by artists. This talk will discuss works by artists including David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Morris Louis, Jackson Pollock, Bridget Riley and Andy Warhol in the context of artists’ choices and application of pigments, and the ongoing understanding of these materials. Presented by Dr Thomas J Learner, Head of Contemporary Art Research, Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles. No bookings necessary, however, seating is limited.
Cinema B, GoMA