'Sublime'
Contemporary works from the Collection
Aug 2014 -
May 2015
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'Sublime: Contemporary works from the Collection' features artists that create effects of wonder and uncertainty by engaging with sacred architectures, sublime geometries and the power of the natural world.
The exhibition includes large-scale works from the Collection that transform perceptions of space, such as Zilvinas Kempinas's Columns 2006, Michael Sailstorfer's Wolken (Clouds) 2010, and the newly acquired HD video installation Raumlichtkunst (Space-Light-Art) c.1926/2012. This work is a landmark reconstruction by the Centre for Visual Music, Los Angeles, of filmmaker and avant-garde artist Oskar Fischinger's historic performances that brought together abstract art, cinema and music. It is being shown for the first time in Australia, after acclaimed recent exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Tate Modern, London, and Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
'Sublime: Contemporary works from the Collection' was on display at Queensland Art Gallery from 30 August 2014 to 24 May 2015.
Feature image: An installation view of 'Sublime', with work by Michael Sailstorfer (© Michael Sailstorfer/Bild-Kunst/Copyright Agency), Anish Kapoor and Lara Favaretto (© The artists), QAG / © Michael Sailstorfer/Bild-Kunst/Copyright Agency / Photograph: QAGOMA
Collection artworks featured in 'Sublime'
![Artwork A book from the sky this artwork made of Woodblock print, wood, leather, ivory, created in 1987-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1994.092a-nnnnn_127_4.jpg?itok=K-_VkYTZ)
A book from the sky 1987-91
- XU BING - Creator
![Mounir Fatmi Artwork The angel's black leg this artwork made of SD video: 9:48 minutes, black and white, stereo, 4:3, created in 2011-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2014.296.001-002_001_still_3.jpg?itok=ryVk7U7g)
The angel's black leg 2011
- fatmi, mounir - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Gummo IV 2012
- FAVARETTO, Lara - Creator
![Bill Henson Artwork Untitled this artwork made of Archival inkjet pigment print on paper, created in 2008-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.340_001_3.jpg?itok=HikEPOuR)
Untitled 2008-09
- HENSON, Bill - Creator
![© Anish Kapoor Artwork Void (#13) this artwork made of Fibreglass and pigment, created in 1991-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1998.006_005_4.jpg?itok=0koHa1jx)
Void (#13) 1991-92
- KAPOOR, Anish - Creator
![Zilvinas Kempinas Artwork Columns this artwork made of Magnetic tape, painted wood panels and nails, created in 2006-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2012.299_001_4.jpg?itok=tDcs7eL_)
Columns 2006
- KEMPINAS, Zilvinas - Creator
![Almagul Menlibayeva Artwork Wrapping history this artwork made of Duratrans print in light box, created in 2010-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.491_001.jpg?itok=PvKzgldX)
Wrapping history 2010
- MENLIBAYEVA, Almagul - Creator
![Timo Nasseri Artwork Epistrophy VI this artwork made of Polished stainless steel, created in 2012-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2012.347_001_3.jpg?itok=hRUJvauR)
Epistrophy VI 2012
- NASSERI, Timo - Creator
![Yamini Nayar Artwork Cascading Attica this artwork made of Lightjet print on paper, created in 2011-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2012.297_002_3.jpg?itok=5a-MUy_D)
Cascading Attica 2011
- NAYAR, Yamini - Creator
![Yamini Nayar Artwork Pillar this artwork made of Lightjet print on paper, created in 2011-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2012.298_002_4.jpg?itok=2zyvV4KB)
Pillar 2011
- NAYAR, Yamini - Creator
![Michael Sailstorfer/Bild-Kunst/Copyright Agency Artwork Wolken (Clouds) this artwork made of Tyre inner tubes, created in 2010-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2011.234a-_001_installation%20view_0.jpg?itok=au0m_eYP)
Wolken (Clouds) 2010
- SAILSTORFER, Michael - Creator
![Charwei Tsai Artwork Circle this artwork made of Digital video, Quicktime file, 4:3: colour, 40 seconds, ed. 2/5
Commissioned by Fondation Cartier, Paris, created in 2009-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.282_001_still_3.jpg?itok=kZYZjjX0)
Circle 2009
- TSAI, Charwei - Creator
![Taysir Batniji Artwork Watchtowers this artwork made of Digital black and white print on paper, created in 2008-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2013.167a-f_001_part%20a_3.jpg?itok=ZPNPzHi4)
Watchtowers 2008
- BATNIJI, Taysir - Creator
![Fiona Pardington Artwork Wha tekau ma tahi Auhunga Heitiki, Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum, Okains Bay, South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand Heitiki made by a Parihaka ploughman imprisoned in Dunedin (from 'Te mate o te aroha/The pain of longing' series) (from 'Quai Branly' this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph, gold toned on Forte Hungarian fibre-based archival paper, created in 2002-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2007.069_002.jpg?itok=ysIHKvMD)
Wha tekau ma tahi Auhunga Heitiki, Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum, Okains Bay, South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand Heitiki made by a Parihaka ploughman imprisoned in Dunedin (from 'Te mate o te aroha/The pain of longing' series) (from 'Quai Branly' 2002, printed 2006
- PARDINGTON, Fiona - Creator