‘Fairy Tales’
Dec 2023 -
Apr 2024
![Feature image: Del Kathryn Barton / Australia b.1972 / Brendan Fletcher b.unknown / The Nightingale and the Rose (still) 2015 / Gift of Del Kathryn Barton through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2022. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program / © Del Kathryn Barton / Image courtesy: The artist and RoslynOxley9 Gallery, Sydney](/system/files/styles/wide/private/2024-01/2022.264.001-002_NG_Stills_FINAL_yellow%20Rose%20%282%29.jpg%20%281%29.jpg?itok=UfrBMqiY)
Step into the enchanting world of once upon a time. From opulent carriages to sumptuous gowns, twisted woodlands to mystical mirrors, ‘Fairy Tales’ at GOMA explores centuries of beloved folk stories through art, design and film.
‘Fairy Tales’ features the work of artists Abdul Abdullah, Del Kathryn Barton, Destiny Deacon, Gustave Doré, Rachel Feinstein, Trulee Hall, Carsten Höller, Anish Kapoor, Yayoi Kusama, Ron Mueck, Tracey Moffatt, Henrique Oliveira, Polixeni Papapetrou, Patricia Piccinini, Kiki Smith, Jana Sterbak and many others. It includes original papercuts by Hans Christian Andersen, a nineteenth-century photograph by Lewis Carroll and a costume designed by Henri Matisse for the Ballets Russes adaptation of ‘The Nightingale’. Also featured are film costumes and props from Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête 1946, Jacques Demy’s Donkey Skin 1970, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth 1986, Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are 2009, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland 2010, Tarsem Singh’s Mirror Mirror 2012, Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella 2015 and more.
‘Fairy Tales’ was on display in GOMA’s Foyer, Gallery 1.1 (The Fairfax Gallery), Gallery 1.2 & Gallery 1.3 (Eric and Marion Taylor Gallery) until 24 April 2024. A free curated film program screens alongside the exhibition in the Gallery’s Australian Cinémathèque.
Find out more about Collection works featured in ‘Fairy Tales’ below, or explore the full exhibition catalogue.
Feature image: Del Kathryn Barton / Australia b.1972 / Brendan Fletcher b.unknown / The Nightingale and the Rose (still) 2015 / Gift of Del Kathryn Barton through the QAGOMA Foundation 2022. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program / © Del Kathryn Barton / Image courtesy: The artist and RoslynOxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Collection artworks featured in ‘Fairy Tales’
![© Del Kathryn Barton / Image courtesy: The artist and RoslynOxley9 Gallery, Sydney Artwork The Nightingale and the Rose this artwork made of 3D-computer animation: 13 minutes, colour, stereo, 16:9
Australia, English / Directors/Script: Del Kathryn Barton, Brendan Fletcher / Animators: Chris Breeze, Simon Bronson, David Edwards, Liz Ellis, Richard Swan / Music: Sarah Blasko, created in 2015-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2022.264.001-002_NG_1%20%282%29.jpg.jpg?itok=IySK25QT)
The Nightingale and the Rose 2015
- BARTON, Del Kathryn - Director and Script
- FLETCHER, Brendan - Director and Script
![© Charles Blackman/Copyright Agency Artwork The Blue Alice this artwork made of Tempera, oil and household enamel on composition board, created in 1956-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2000.001_23-01.jpg?itok=y4roZBuG)
The Blue Alice 1956-57
- BLACKMAN, Charles - Creator
![© Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine Artwork You Were In My Dream this artwork made of Custom animation bench: Duncan Jack; Programming: Touch My Pixel; Sound: James Cecil
Interactive installation: live-feed webcam and single-channel video constructed from stop-motion animation exhibited as Shockwave Flash from hard drive, wood, 16:9, colour, sound
An Experimenta commission, created in 2010-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.473a-c_008_detail_videostill_0.jpg?itok=6HnT8bIk)
You Were In My Dream 2010
- KNOWLES, Isobel - Artist
- SOWERWINE, Van - Artist
![YAYOI KUSAMA Artwork Pumpkin this artwork made of Colour screenprint on paper, created in 1992-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1996.203_001_3.jpg?itok=ft25AlhF)
Pumpkin 1992
- KUSAMA, Yayoi - Creator
![©Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz Artwork Traveler 201 this artwork made of Snow globe](/system/files/styles/large/private/2024-01/Traveler%20201%2C%202007%20%C2%A9Walter%20Martin%20%26%20Paloma%20Mu%C3%B1oz.jpg?itok=S7bzUx84)
Traveler 201 2007
- MUÑOZ, Paloma - Artist
- MARTIN, Walter - Artist
![©Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz Artwork Traveler 225 this artwork made of Snow globe](/system/files/styles/large/private/2024-01/Traveler%20225%2C%202007%20%C2%A9Walter%20Martin%20%26%20Paloma%20Mu%C3%B1oz.jpg?itok=xFTIOBs0)
Traveler 225 2007
- MUÑOZ, Paloma - Artist
- MARTIN, Walter - Artist
![©Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz Artwork Traveler 263 this artwork made of Snow globe](/system/files/styles/large/private/2024-01/Traveler%20263%20%C2%A9Walter%20Martin%20%26%20Paloma%20Mu%C3%B1oz.jpg?itok=V_X2g-zr)
Traveler 263 2009
- MUÑOZ, Paloma - Artist
- MARTIN, Walter - Artist
![©Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz Artwork Traveler 277 this artwork made of Snow globe](/system/files/styles/large/private/2024-01/Traveler%20277%2C%202009%20%C2%A9Walter%20martin%20%26%20Paloma%20Mu%C3%B1oz.jpg?itok=x-tBaIpt)
Traveler 277 2009
- MUÑOZ, Paloma - Artist
- MARTIN, Walter - Artist
![©Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz Artwork Traveler 289 this artwork made of Snow globe](/system/files/styles/large/private/2024-01/Traveler%20289%2C%202012%20%C2%A9Walter%20Martin%20%26%20Paloma%20Mu%C3%B1oz.jpg?itok=EI0K85fG)
Traveler 289 2012
- MUÑOZ, Paloma - Artist
- MARTIN, Walter - Artist
![©Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz Artwork Traveler 306 this artwork made of Snow globe](/system/files/styles/large/private/2024-01/Traveler%20306%2C%202015%C2%A9%20Walter%20Martin%20%26%20Paloma%20Mu%C3%B1oz.jpg?itok=wuwSc4bj)
Traveler 306 2015
- MUÑOZ, Paloma - Artist
- MARTIN, Walter - Artist
![©Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz Artwork Traveler 311 this artwork made of Snow globe](/system/files/styles/large/private/2024-01/Traveler%20311%2C%202016%20%C2%A9Walter%20Martin%20%26%20Paloma%20Mu%C3%B1oz.jpg?itok=trTSmyZi)
Traveler 311 2016
- MUÑOZ, Paloma - Artist
- MARTIN, Walter - Artist
![©Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz Artwork Traveler 314 this artwork made of Snow globe](/system/files/styles/large/private/2024-01/Traveler%20314%2C%202016%C2%A9Walter%20Martin%20%26%20Paloma%20Mu%C3%B1oz.jpg?itok=f0XhH5bx)
Traveler 314 2016
- MUÑOZ, Paloma - Artist
- MARTIN, Walter - Artist
![©Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz Artwork Traveler 319 this artwork made of Snow globe](/system/files/styles/large/private/2024-01/Traveler%20319%2C%202016%20%C2%A9Walter%20Martin%20%26%20Paloma%20Munoz.jpg?itok=mlGWi8sR)
Traveler 319 2016
- MUÑOZ, Paloma - Artist
- MARTIN, Walter - Artist
![©Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz Artwork Traveler 322 this artwork made of Snow globe](/system/files/styles/large/private/2024-01/The%20Last%20Redwood%20%28Traveler%20322%29%2C%202017%20%C2%A9Walter%20Martin%20%26%20Paloma%20Munoz.jpg?itok=WChNNoCR)
Traveler 322 2016
- MUÑOZ, Paloma - Artist
- MARTIN, Walter - Artist
![©Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz Artwork Traveler 324 this artwork made of Snow globe](/system/files/styles/large/private/2024-01/Traveler%20324%2C%202017%20%C2%A9Walter%20Martin%20%26%20Paloma%20Mu%C3%B1oz.jpg?itok=53dJMf2f)
Traveler 324 2017
- MUÑOZ, Paloma - Artist
- MARTIN, Walter - Artist
![©Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz Artwork Traveler 327 this artwork made of Snow globe](/system/files/styles/large/private/2024-01/Traveler%20327%2C%202017%20%C2%A9Walter%20Martin%20%26%20Paloma%20Mu%C3%B1oz.jpg?itok=GIR8Jq-u)
Traveler 327 2017
- MUÑOZ, Paloma - Artist
- MARTIN, Walter - Artist
![©Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz Artwork Traveler 330 this artwork made of Snow globe](/system/files/styles/large/private/2024-01/Traveler%20330%2C%202018%20%C2%A9Walter%20Martin%20%26%20Paloma%20Mu%C3%B1oz.jpg?itok=6iGkQ0sy)
Traveler 330 2018
- MUÑOZ, Paloma - Artist
- MARTIN, Walter - Artist
![©Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz Artwork Traveler 335 this artwork made of Snow globe](/system/files/styles/large/private/2024-01/Traveler%20335%2C%202018%20%C2%A9Walter%20Martin%20%26%20Paloma%20Mu%C3%B1oz.jpg?itok=ZwlOzvns)
Traveler 335 2018
- MUÑOZ, Paloma - Artist
- MARTIN, Walter - Artist
![©Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz Artwork Traveler 348 this artwork made of Snow globe](/system/files/styles/large/private/2024-01/Traveler%20348%2C%202019%20%C2%A9Walter%20Martin%20%26%20Paloma%20Mu%C3%B1oz.jpg?itok=SBDH7tHS)
Traveler 348 2019
- MUÑOZ, Paloma - Artist
- MARTIN, Walter - Artist
![© Patricia Piccinini Artwork The Couple this artwork made of Silicone, fibreglass, hair, cotton, caravan, found objects
OR
Silicone, fibreglass, hair, cotton, tent, found objects, created in 2018-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/GOMA_PatriciaPiccinini_installationview_20180329_nharth_069_6.jpg?itok=cPnkqUXx)
The Couple 2018
- PICCININI, Patricia - Creator
![Sriwhana Spong Artwork Costume for a mourner this artwork made of Hard Drive (transferred from standard-definition video): 8:22 minutes, black and white, sound, created in 2010-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2011.076_001_still_4.jpg?itok=rY3WlJzF)
Costume for a mourner 2010
- SPONG, Sriwhana - Creator