Advice to Parents and Carers
The Gallery welcomes visitors of all ages. Parental guidance is suggested for a small number of artworks in ‘Fairy Tales’. More information available here.
Fairy Tales
Must close 28 Apr 2024
GOMA
$28
0187c5f1-eda0-5bad-2693-92195ef1218e Fairy Tales Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art Exhibition Fairy Tales
Must close 28 Apr 2024
GOMA
Overview
Fairy Tales the exhibition explores how fairy tales from across the world have held our fascination for centuries through art and culture by showcasing the way visual storytellers draw on these narratives to entrance, delight and disconcert audiences.
Bringing together artists, film makers and designers through painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, film and filmic elements, props, costumes, and fashion, the exhibition highlights the archetypal figures we know so well – wicked witches, stalwart princes and princesses, and magical animals, both fierce and friendly.
The Gallery welcomes visitors of all ages. Parental guidance is suggested for a small number of artworks in ‘Fairy Tales’. More information available here.
Fairy Tales explores prominent narrative themes; stories of children coming of age and ageing, the shifting role of gender and otherness, tales of bravery and justice, loyalty and humility, cunning and aspiration. In doing so it brings together well-known visual motifs of woods and trees, mirrors and blood, impossible shoes and clothing for royalty, castles and coaches, and at least one pumpkin.
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