It’s with great excitement that we share the first preview of our 2017 exhibition program. The year will feature nine exhibitions and a raft of commissions by a diverse group of artists whose approaches to materials, space, and ideas give us new tools for perceiving and re-shaping the world.

February begins with two solo presentations by Willem de Rooij (February–April) and Fiona Tan (April); two artists whose work examines the relationship between the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and beyond though the lens of Dutch colonialism and its contemporary incarnations.

London-based artist Céline Condorelli (May–July) transforms the IMA with a new body of work supported by the Keir Foundation and co-commissioned collaboration with the 11th Gwangju Biennale in May. Condorelli’s solo show will treat the galleries as case-studies in what an exhibition can be.

In August we feature the first survey exhibition by Brisbane-based artist Ross Manning (August–October) who will take over the entire IMA with his exquisite interplays of light and sound.

The program ends with the first solo exhibitions in Australia by Argentinian artist Amalia Pica and collaborative artists Goldin+Senneby (both November–March 2018).

In 2017 we also wrap up the two-year evolving project platform The Green Room with Jeremy Hynes Award recipient Liam O’Brien’s recent work, Possession (April); and the group exhibition Material Politics (May–July), which focuses on artists such as Archie Moore and Jemima Wyman with Zach Blas.

And two of the IMA’s celebrated exhibitions of Australian artists will travel to Europe and North America this year. Gordon Bennett: Be Polite shows at two venues in Canada; while Nicholas Mangan: Limits to Growth will be presented at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin.

Acknowledgements

The IMA is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, the Australian Government through Australia Council for the Arts, and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Federal, State, and Territory Governments. The IMA is a member of Contemporary Art Organisations Australia.

The IMA’s 2017 exhibition program has been generously supported by Australia Council for the Arts; Arts Queensland; Brisbane City Council; Creative Partnerships Australia; the Keir Foundation; Mondriaan Fund; and our Commissioners Circle and Supporters Group.

Image caption: Ross Manning, dichroic filter piece (detail), 2012-14, dichroic filters, cut glass, dvd player, and projector. Dimensions variable. Courtesy the Artist and Milani Gallery. Photograph by Ross Manning.