Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art has enlisted internationally acclaimed artist James Turrell to create a major architectural light installation to transform the gallery facade to celebrate their 10th birthday.

The celebrated American artist is renowned for his work with light and space, in a career that has spanned over five decades. From site-specific work on Naoshima Island in Japan, to an installation in an extinct volcano in Arizona he’s been working on since 1974, James Turrell’s work can be found in the most prestigious art contexts around the world. Most recently, in Australia, he has contributed four new major works to Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art.

James Turrell’s work with GOMA will see ‘an ever-evolving pattern of intensifying and diffusing coloured light’, says GOMA’s director Chris Seines, adding that the commission will ‘transform the way local, interstate and international audiences experience the building at night.’

Edit: since the time of publication GOMA have postponed the launch of this artwork until a later date. We will continue to update when further information becomes available. 

GOMA
Stanley Place, Cultural Precinct
Southbank
Brisbane