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1 JUDY WATSON | TOW ROW 2016

2 HRAFNHILDUR ARNARDÓTTIR AKA SHOPLIFTER | NERVESCAPE V 2016

3 NICK CAVE | HEARD 2012

4 CÉLESTE BOURSIER-MOUGENOT FROM HERE TO EAR (V.13) 2010

5 MICHAEL PAREKOWHAI THE HORN OF AFRICA 2006

6 BHARTI KHER | THE SKIN SPEAKS A LANGUAGE NOT ITS OWN 2006

7 FIONA HALL | TENDER 2003–06

8 SHUHO | NETSUKE: (CHILD PLAYING WITH A PUPPY) 19TH CENTURY

9 HUANG YONG PING | RESSORT 2012

10 CLAIRE HEALY & SEAN CORDEIRO FUTURE REMNANT 2011

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WILDERNESS TRAILCelebrate GOMA's 10th Birthday!

Explore the wilds of 'Sugar Spin' by interacting with GOMA from the outside in. Begin at the entry with a fishing net then touch hairy walls and meet

dancing horses. Weave through the galleries on level three to discover creatures great and small,

real and imagined, living and lost.

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Published in association with ‘Sugar Spin: you, me, art and everything’, organised by the Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) and held at GOMA, Brisbane, Australia, 3 December 2016 – 17 April 2017. © Queensland Art Gallery, 2016

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This resource has been developed by QAGOMA Learning Staff and Geraldine Barlow, Curatorial Manager, International Art, QAGOMA.

SUGAR SPIN: YOU, ME, ART AND EVERYTHING

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How many more animals can you find inside and outside GOMA?

STAND QUIETLY . . . NEXT TO THE FISHING NET

Why is this sculpture displayed outdoors? How does the fishing net connect the artist to this place?

Kurilpa: place of the water rat Maiwar: traditional name for the Brisbane River waterway

TOUCH GENTLY . . . THE VIBRANT HAIR

We feel with our nerves. Explore this bright and hairy landscape with the nerves in your fingertips.

STRETCH, SQUEEZE AND RELAX . . . YOUR SKIN

Examine the pattern and texture of the elephant’s skin. Now watch how your skin changes as you move your bones and muscles.

SUPPORT YOUR JAW . . . LIKE THE DINOSAUR

Use a pistol grip to support the weight of your chin as you stretch your neck forward like the dinosaur. Without moving your bottom jaw, lift the rest of your skull upward.

WALK SLOWLY . . . AROUND THE SERPENT

How does the experience of moving to different parts of the room make you feel about the serpent? Imagine how it was made and how it got here.

CUP YOUR HANDS . . . TO MAKE A NEST

Imagine holding precious bird eggs as they hatch. Why is this installation of birds’ nests called Tender?

MOVE CLOSER . . . THEN ZOOM RIGHT IN

Focus on one netsuke at a time. Lean forward with your hands behind your back. Switch between looking at the netsuke through your left, and then right, eye.

GET TO KNOW . . . THE HORSES

Move through the room with a friend. Look for similarities and differences in the horses. Consider each as an individual character and imagine how they might relate to each other.

HUANG YONG PINGRESSORT 2012

CLAIRE HEALY & SEAN CORDEIROFUTURE REMNANT 2011

LISTEN CAREFULLY . . . TO THE SOUNDS

Close your eyes and listen to this living artwork. Where are the sounds coming from?

CÉLESTE BOURSIER-MOUGENOTFROM HERE TO EAR (V.13) 2010

SIT STILL . . . AND LOOK UP

How is the seal balancing the piano on its nose? What would you like to balance on your nose if you could?

1 Judy Watson / Waanyi people / Australia b.1959 / tow row 2016 / Bronze / Commissioned 2016 to mark the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Gallery of Modern Art. This project has been realised with generous support from the Queensland Government, the Neilson Foundation and Cathryn Mittelheuser, AM, through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist 2 Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir aka Shoplifter / Iceland/United States b.1969 / Nervescape V 2016 (installation view) / Modacrylic fibre, nylon zip ties, steel staples / Commissioned 2016 for ‘Sugar Spin: you, me, art and everything’, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane / © The artist / Photograph: Natasha Harth 3 Nick Cave / United States b.1959 / HEARD (detail) 2012 / 15 mixed-media wearable sculptures (five parts each) / Purchased 2016 to mark the tenth anniversary of the Gallery of Modern Art with funds from the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Diversity Foundation through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist 4 Céleste Boursier-Mougenot / France b.1961 / from here to ear (v.13) (detail) 2010 / Five octagonal structures (each made in maple and plywood), harpsichord strings piano tuning pins, audio system (contact microphones, amplifiers, guitar processors and speakers), coat hangers, feeding trays and bowls, seeds, water, nests, sand and grass / 400 x 1978 x 1852.1cm (installed, variable) / Purchased 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist 5 Michael Parekowhai / New Zealand b.1968 / The Horn of Africa 2006 / Wood, fibreglass, steel, brass, automotive paint / 395 x 200 x 260cm / Purchased 2008 with funds from the Queensland Government’s Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund in recognition of the contribution to the Gallery by Wayne Goss (Chair of Trustees 1999–2008) / © The artist 6 Bharti Kher / India b. 1969 / The skin speaks a language not its own 2006 / Fibreglass and bindi / ed. 1/3 / 167.6 x 152.4 x 457.2cm (irreg., approx.) / Purchased 2007 / Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist 7 Fiona Hall / Australia b.1953 / Tender (details) 2003–06 / US dollars, wire and vitrines / Purchased 2006. The Queensland Government’s Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund 8 Shuho / Netsuke: (child playing with a puppy) / 19th century / Carved ivory with inset red lacquer / 2.8 x 3.5 x 2cm / Bequest of Karl and Gertrude Langer 1985 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery 9 Huang Yong Ping / China b.1954 / Ressort 2012 / Aluminium, stainless steel / 53m (length) / Commissioned 2012 with funds from Tim Fairfax, AM, through the Queensland Art Gallery / Foundation Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist 10 Claire Healy / Australia b.1971 / Sean Cordeiro / Australia b.1974 / Future Remnant 2011 / Resin, steel, plywood, laminated MDF, plastic cable / 285 x 180 x 485cm (irreg.) / Purchased 2013 with funds from the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Foundation for the Arts through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artists

SHUHONETSUKE: (CHILD PLAYING WITH A PUPPY) 19TH CENTURY

JUDY WATSONTOW ROW 2016

HRAFNHILDUR ARNARDÓTTIR AKA SHOPLIFTERNERVESCAPE V 2016

NICK CAVEHEARD 2012

MICHAEL PAREKOWHAI THE HORN OF AFRICA 2006

BHARTI KHERTHE SKIN SPEAKS A LANGUAGE NOT ITS OWN 2006

FIONA HALL TENDER 2003–06