Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia - Queensland Art Gallery

Candice BREITZ
b.1972 South Africa
Lives and works in Braunschweig, Germany
Candice Breitz disassembles and reconstructs products from the entertainment industry with an eloquence,
sophistication and clarity that places the viewer in a critically engaged relationship with popular culture. Her video
installations imitate the visual languages of contemporary pop culture and the phenomenon of micro-celebrity
synonymous with YouTube. Often appropriating, splicing and remixing footage taken from film, television and music
videos, her approach combines a critique of consumerism with the uncritical enthusiasm of a fan.
Olaf BREUNING
b.1970 Switzerland
Lives and works in New York, United States
Based in New York since 2001, Olaf Breuning has created a body of work ranging across video, sculpture, drawing,
photography and installation. His work is steeped in popular culture and humorously underlines the artifice behind wellknown
movies and cultural icons. In the spirit of Dada, Breuning's practice draws directly from, and comments on, the
vast circulatory and viral nature of contemporary media. He uses humour to capture and halt our attention with images
that are familiar but made strange, funny, absurd and, at times, poignant.
Frédéric BRULY BOUABRE
b.c.1923 Côte d’Ivoire
Lives and works in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré is a major figure in contemporary West African art and is one of a group of senior artists included
in the exhibition whose work has had continued relevance and influence in the 21st Century. Since the 1970s, Bouabré
has transferred his thoughts and research to postcard-sized drawings, which are gathered together under the title
'Connaissance du Monde' ('Knowledge of the World').
Jake & Dinos CHAPMAN
Jake Chapman / b.1966 United Kingdom
Dinos Chapman / b.1962 United Kingdom
Live and work in London
Brothers Jake and Dinos Chapman came to prominence in the mid 1990s alongside their ‘Young British Artist’ peers,
including Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Marc Quinn. Since then, they have collaborated on a provocative and
influential body of work that confronts our standards of morality and taste while also questioning the social role and value
of art. The Chapman brother’s work questions the idea that art emerges from unique and original creative thoughts: they
regard their art practice as being situated within an ongoing process of exchange with existing images and forms in both
contemporary and historical visual culture.
Claude CLOSKY
b.1963 France
Lives and works in Paris
Claude Closky’s art practice draws on the flow of images, logos and advertising strategies that are the face of consumer
capitalism in the twenty-first century. His work points to the way in which the sign and the product become equivalent in
the hyper-reality of publicity and consumerism.