Immerse yourself in two sensational exhibitions eX de Medici: Beautiful Wickedness and Michael Zavros: The Favourite, presented side by side at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) from June 24, 2023.
These two major retrospectives are a celebration of beauty and realism brought into sharp focus through sumptuously detailed portraits, still life, watercolour, printmaking and sculpture.
eX de Medici’s extraordinarily layered works reveal the artist’s ongoing concern with the value and fragility of life, global affairs, greed, commerce, conflict and death. Beautiful Wickedness will be the most significant exhibition of work by celebrated Australian artist eX de Medici yet staged. Exhibition highlights include de Medici’s intricate botanical studies and her dazzling large-scale watercolours, as well as her compelling portrait of Midnight Oil Nothing’s as Precious as a Hole in the Ground 2001, and Shotgun Wedding Dress/Cleave 2015, a bridal gown based on Julie Andrews’s dress from The Sound of Music. Through wide-ranging subjects and materials, de Medici aims to seduce her viewers, and to shake them out of complacency.
Known for his extraordinary technical prowess, Michael Zavros has captivated audiences with his sumptuous realist renderings and surreal juxtapositions. Frequently engrossed in notions of quality and luxury, fashion and appearance, Zavros’s idealised imagery has developed alongside Australia’s pronounced turn to conspicuous consumption and aspirational individualism. The Favourite will profile significant thematic explorations of the artist, including fashion magazines, European palaces, luxury cars, his children, Narcissus and still life, in addition to his self-portraits and reflections upon his heritage. It will survey 25 years of painting, sculpture, photography and video by this leading contemporary Queensland artist.
To celebrate the exhibition opening, The Weekend Edition has teamed up with our friends at GOMA to give away ten double passes to not one but two exhibitions – eX de Medici: Beautiful Wickedness and Michael Zavros: The Favourite. The total prize value is $320 – enter below for your chance to win.
Suffering from FOMO? To be sure not to miss these incredible exhibitions, grab your tickets here.
eX de Medici: Beautiful Wickedness and Michael Zavros: The Favourite
Gallery of Modern Art, South Brisbane
June 24 to October 2, 2023
https://wew.theweekendedition.com.au/win/goma-medici-zavros/Competition closes Sunday June 18 at 11:59 pm. Winners will be contacted by phone and email by 5:00 pm on the following day.
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