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58 59 ARTLINES 4 | 2020 WHAT’S ON EXHIBITION VIEWINGS Opportunities for Members and their guests to see QAGOMA exhibitions and displays EARLY MORNING VIEWINGS Wednesday 3 February | 9.00–10.00am | QAG Wednesdays 9 December & 20 January | 9.00–10.00am | GOMA Start your day with art! Take advantage of a peaceful morning viewing opportunity for Members and their guests an hour before the Gallery opens for the day. Free for Members, bookings are essential. Valid exhibition ticket required to enter ‘The Motorcycle’ on GOMA, Level 1 / Book online or call (07) 3840 7278 AFTER-HOURS VIEWINGS Friday 29 January | 5.30–7.30pm | QAG Friday 19 February | 5.30–7.30pm | GOMA Unwind at the end of the day with like- minded people. Explore the Gallery after hours to see our current exhibitions and displays in a new light. Free for Members, bookings are essential. Valid exhibition ticket required to enter ‘The Motorcycle’ on GOMA, Level 1 / Book online or call (07) 3840 7278 ADVANCE VIEWING: ‘WILLIAM YANG: SEEING AND BEING SEEN’ Friday 26 March | 1.00–4.00pm | QAG Queensland-born, Sydney-based photographer William Yang’s significant contribution to Australian photography spans five decades. Known for his reflective and joyous depictions of Australia’s LGBTQI scene from the late 1970s and 80s through to the present, Yang’s photography is informed by the cultural and political pressures of growing up as a gay man from a Chinese immigrant family in north Queensland. Be among the first to see this exhibition at a relaxed afternoon viewing for Members and their guests. Free for Members / Book online or call (07) 3840 7278 M MEMBERS F FOUNDATION G GENERAL ADMISSION A ACCESS C CHILDREN L LEARNING & EDUCATION QAGOMA EVENTS & PROGRAMS KEY Follow the icons below to identify your events and programs Visit qagoma.qld.gov.au/calendar for even more events and ways to engage with QAGOMA this season. VIRTUAL LECTURES Delve deeper into QAGOMA exhibitions and displays at our monthly virtual lecture from the comfort of your own home. Free for Members, $10 Members’ guests, bookings are essential / Book online or call (07) 3840 7275 / The link to join the event will be sent to the email address you booked with one hour prior to the start of the session. THE MOTORCYCLE: DESIGN, ART, DESIRE Thursday 3 December | 11.00am | Online via Zoom Join Michael O’Sullivan (Design Manager, QAGOMA, and Coordinating Curator of ‘The Motorcycle’) to learn more about GOMA’s world-exclusive exhibition showcasing the art, design and history of one of the most iconic objects of the last 150 years. Featuring more than 100 innovative and influential motorcycles from the 1860s to now, it considers the vehicle from the perspective of social history, popular culture, design and technology. COUNTDOWN TO APT10 Thursday 28 January | 11.00am | Online via Zoom The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) is the Gallery’s flagship contemporary art series. Every three years since 1993, the APT series has taken over QAGOMA with contemporary artworks, film programs, Children’s Art Centre projects, and dedicated programs of talks and workshops. Enabling the Gallery to develop expertise and partnerships in the region, the APT has also fostered the development of one of the world’s most significant collections of contemporary Asian and Pacific art. At the end of 2021, the Gallery will present the tenth iteration of APT. Join the APT curatorial team for a recap of the series to date and a look ahead to APT10. WILLIAM YANG: SEEING AND BEING SEEN Friday 26 February | 10.30am | Online via Zoom Join exhibition curator Rosie Hays (Associate Curator, Australian Cinémathèque) for advance insights into ‘William Yang: Seeing and Being Seen’ before it opens in March. This exhibition is a major survey of Yang’s work and will trace his career from documentary photography to explorations of cultural and sexual identities, to his depictions of landscape. He integrates a photographic practice with writing, video and performance. The exhibition will also present a newly commissioned spoken-word performance. WHAT’S ON Enhance your connection to the QAGOMA community by joining us at an on-site or online event this season. The health and wellbeing of the Gallery community is our top priority: details of the COVID-safe measures in place for on-site events are included on the individual event registration pages. REWATCH If you’ve missed one of our recent lectures and you’d like to catch up at home, simply let us know which lecture you’d like to see and we’ll send you the link! JUNE ‘Mavis Ngallametta: Show Me the Way to Go Home’ JULY ‘Highlights from the Asian Art Collection Galleries’ AUGUST ‘Cut It: Collage to Meme’ SEPTEMBER ‘Revelations’ OCTOBER ‘Now is the Time’ NOVEMBER ‘Unfinished Business: The Art of Gordon Bennett’ The QAGOMA Members Virtual Lectures are hosted online via Zoom. Members can join the event by downloading the free Zoom app on their smartphone or tablet, downloading the Zoom program on their computer, joining via the internet browser on their computer or over the phone. Above William Yang / Tamarama Lifesavers 1981 / Courtesy: The artist / © William Yang Opposite from top Britten V1000 motorcycle, 1991 / Britten Motorcycle Company Ltd, Christchurch / Purchased 1995 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds / Collection: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; and William Yang / Life Lines #3 – Self portrait #2 (1947) 1947/2008 / Purchased 2010 / Collection: The University of Queensland / © William Yang