Geometries brings together works that dazzle the eyes with colour and form. Using deceptively simple strategies — structuring relationships between the most elementary components of shape, scale and relative sequencing, for the most part described in pure, flat and vibrant colours — the artists behind these arrangements excel in creating mesmerising optical effects. Contemporary in their lively spirit, and sometimes surprisingly classical in their sense of order and proportion, these works are certain to stir the senses.

Image credits
Wilma Tabacco / Australia b.1953 / Hellza poppin 2004 / Oil on linen / 183 x 244cm / Gift of William Nuttall and Annette Reeves through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2008. / Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural GiftsProgram. / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.
J.S. Ostoja-Kotkowski / Poland/Australia 1922-94 / Astra 1978-79 / Op-collage on aluminium / 119.6 x 119.6cm / Purchased 1980. Trustees’ Purchase Exhibition QAGOMA. / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.
Max Gimblett/ New Zealand/United States b.1935 / Light green/red – to Dora 1978 / Oil and wax on canvas / 203.2 x 203.2cm / Purchased 2006. The Queensland Government’s Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund. / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.
Lincoln Austin / Australia b.1974 / Interloper 2009 / Stainless steel mesh / 164 x 101 x 123cm / Gift of the artist through the Queensland Art Gallery
Foundation 2010. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program. / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.