Van Gogh’s world comes alive in multi-sensory experience coming to Brisbane

If you’ve ever wanted to walk into one of Vincent van Gogh’s famous sunflower paintings now’s your chance with an amazing immersive art experience coming to Brisbane.

He was one of the most famous artists that ever lived and now Vincent van Gogh is being celebrated in an amazing multi-sensory immersive art experience that is coming to Brisbane in October.

Van Gogh Alive has been a huge hit overseas and here in Australia, with more than seven million people having seen this amazing show by Grande Experiences.

Love his Sunflower paintings? Who doesn’t? But now you will have the chance to enter into his world and stand in a never ending field of sunflowers at Northshore Brisbane.

Van Gogh Alive is a large scale digital spectacular and promoter Andrew Kay says it offers many different ways of seeing the works of van Gogh (1853 to 1890), an artist loved by everyone, not just art aficionados.

Supplied Editorial Van Gogh Alive - The Experience, by Grande Experiences. Picture: (c) RB-Create

“The Starry Night Room allows visitors to walk on air through van Gogh’s famous painting Starry Night,” Kay says. “This is undoubtedly the world’s most popular multi-sensory and mind blowing art experience and we are thrilled to bring it to Brisbane on its multi-city tour.”

As well as the main exhibition in the Grand Pavilion there are four other immersive spaces including van Gogh’s bedroom, Van Gogh’s Terrace at Night, the Infinity Sunflower Room and the Starry Night Room.

Traditions of tiptoeing through silent galleries and viewing paintings from afar in reverence and quiet contemplation are forgotten at this show as visitors find themselves interacting with art in ways they never imagined. From start to finish visitors will be surrounded by a symphony of light, colour, sound and fragrance as van Gogh’s masterpieces come to life giving guests the sensation of walking right into his paintings.

Multi-channel motion graphics, cinema quality surround sound and high-definition projectors help create the experience.

Enter the mind and world of Vincent van Gogh at Van Gogh Alive - the Experience. Picture: Grande Experiences

Visitors also get the chance to examine van Gogh’s sources of inspiration through photos and video displayed alongside his works.

There are more than 3000 images on display and Van Gogh Alive owner and creator Bruce Peterson said the exhibition is the first of its kind.

“Van Gogh Alive has really redefined the way people around the world engage with art and culture and it has brought tremendous pleasure to audiences young and old,” Peterson said. And it opens a few days after the European Masterpieces exhibition at GOMA closes.

Van Gogh Alive, Northshore Hamilton from October 29. Tickets from $35 go on sale at 10am on Friday July 30