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Museum of Brisbane (MoB) has celebrated the opening of its new Ann Street location by launching its new contemporary art space known as Mezzanine with a solo exhibition of geometric sculptural objects by Rebecca Ross (pictured)until May 9.
Drawing influence from Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, the commissioned exhibition, Radius of Action, is an installation of colourful large-scale objects that exactly match the artist’s personal dimensions.
Ross was awarded an inaugural Lord Mayor’s Young and Emerging Artists Fellowship in 2003. Mezzanine is an adventurous new MoB program aimed at making contemporary art more accessible.
The program will showcase emerging and ascendant Brisbane-based artists who work across a range of genres and have developed their practice in different parts of the globe. Ross is an example of this type of artist who, though living and working in Brisbane, has used her international experiences, such as working in Venice, to explore ideas of travelling and memory in this exhibition.
Challenging the design of traditional gallery spaces, MoB’s Mezzanine gallery features non-traditional hoop pine panelling throughout. Mezzanine will see a range of contemporary art practice including installations, new media and performances including collaborative duo Fiona Mail later this year.
While Ross has exhibited widely, Radius of Action is her first museum exhibition. It will show alongside MoB’s social history exhibition, The Big Picture, which draws historical Brisbane stories from the 1928 painting by William Bustard.
While City Hall is being repaired MoB is now located on the ground floor of 157 Ann Street. MoB is open 10am-5pm, seven days a week.
Admission is free. For further information about MoB visit www.museumofbrisbane.com.au or phone council on 3403 8888.
