Annual Review 2016

HRAFNHILDUR ARNARDÓTTIR: MIRROR MIRROR 19 NOVEMBER 2016 – 17 APRIL 2017 For GOMA Turns 10, the Children's Art Centre worked on the interactive installation ‘Mirror Mirror’ with New York-based Icelandic artist Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir (Shoplifter, aka Shoppy), who creates spectacular artworks using synthetic hair. She believes that hair is a conduit for personal creativity and allows us to express who we are. Young visitors created their own extraordinary paper hairstyles using templates, and helped style a wall of artificial hair. Photographs: Chloë Callistemon and Mark Sherwood LUCENT: ABORIGINAL AND PACIFIC WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION 26 NOVEMBER 2016 – 30 JULY 2017 GALLERY OF MODERN ART NUSRA LATIF QURESHI: ENCHANTED SPACES 3 DECEMBER 2016 – 17 APRIL 2017 Nusra Latif Qureshi's 'Enchanted Spaces', first displayed in 2006 as part of APT5, introduced young visitors to the traditional techniques of Mughal miniature painting. These beautiful artworks, first made for the royal court, have since been revived in the practice of contemporary artists, who use the genre to explore life and culture in Pakistan, both past and present. Photograph: Chloë Callistemon Works from the Gallery’s Aboriginal and Pacific collections illuminated connections and differences between the cultures. Light and its absence were explored through majestic installations and intimate body adornments. Here, feathered Banumbirr (Morning star) poles by artists from Galiwin’ku (Elcho Island) in Arnhem Land tell creation stories, and engage with Gunybi Ganambarr’s Nganmarra , a stunning re‑use of galvanised water-tank steel. Nganmarra 2015 / Purchased 2015 in memory of David Barnett through the QAGOMA Foundation / Banumbirr (Morning star) poles  / Purchased 2010 with funds raised through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Appeal / © The artists. Licensed by Viscopy, 2017 / Photograph: Natasha Harth 48 ▼  REVIEW 2016 REVIEW 2016 ▼ 49 GOMA TURNS 10 GOMA TURNS 10