An exploration of artist books by members of the Papermakers and Artists Queensland. The idea of ‘in-between’ alludes to sculptural possibilities developed from the traditional format of a book, its content or pages between the covers. Each artist has started with a found book of their choice, drawing inspiration from subject matter and raw material […]
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Rainbow Vomit appears at first glance to be a playful multi-sculptural and painterly explosion. Abstract and surreal in nature, each element in the installation evokes a symbolism experienced in dreamstates. The works are symbolic of past relationships, sexual and psychological trauma, healing, resilience, and woman-hood. The juxtaposition of rainbow colour palettes with sometimes threatening themes,
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Remain, 2018 addresses invisible histories through the contentious interlinked topics of Australian border protection and the human rights of asylum seekers. Filmed on the infamous Manus Island, an immigration detention facility in Papua New Guinea, the work delivers a powerful depiction of the prolonged mistreatment of detainees. Afshar weaves a haunting narrative as her camera follows
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Lightning Without Flash is a solo exhibition by documentary photographer Joe Ruckli which seeks to unearth the idiosyncratic qualities of Lightning Ridge, a rural mining town in northern New South Wales famous for its large deposits of Black Opal. Scorched by the sun and secluded deep within Australia’s vast interior, the photographs and objects reveal strange
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The Third Quarter are proud to kick off our immense 2020 exhibition program with a collaborative exhibition between Post Datum (Queensland University of Technology) and SoFA (University of Queensland Society of Fine Arts). ___ JUNCTURES describes the moment where two parts find a likeness whilst intersecting. It can be a meeting point, a collision or
In collaboration with Virtual Reality artist Sutu, young Indigenous artists Ali Lockyer, Maverick Eaton, Nelson and Maxie Coppin invite you to immerse yourself in the pop-up virtual reality world of Future Dreaming. Step into a time-warping dream bubble as four young Aboriginal Australians guide you through their futures. Be ready for an intergalactic adventure and
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Since 2009, the IMA has had the honour of presenting the $10,000 Jeremy Hynes Award to a risk-taking Queensland artist in the early stages of their career, made possible through a bequest made by the family of Jeremy Hynes in his name. At the IMA Annual Party on Saturday we were thrilled to announce the recipient of the sixth
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Led by Dr Elizabeth Shaw and Clare Poppi, 100% Recycled challenged jewellers to use discarded and broken jewellery and recycled metals to create new pieces which are 100% recycled. The materials used were primarily donated from jewellery boxes and drawers and include precious, natural and manufactured materials. Forty-one artists have made new works for this
Call for Proposals: Site-Specific Commission / Grytviken Whaling Station, South Georgia A once in a lifetime opportunity to create a site-specific commission on the sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia. This commission by the South Georgia Heritage Trust (SGHT) will celebrate the whale through a reinterpretation of the former Flensing Plan, offering a message of hope for future generations by demonstrating how humankind
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Setting an agenda to support contemporary practice, the Powerhouse has awarded six $30,000 commissions to Australian glass and ceramic artists. The launch of the Willoughby Bequest 2020 Commissioning Program this week is part of a suite of new programs recently announced by the Powerhouse which supports living artists – the first for the collecting institution.
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New Membership Applications for 2019/2020 Are OPEN. Before you apply, please review our Art Submissions Guidelines page for information on what kind of art to submit with your Application for open call Membership. Want to learn more about GDG and what our Group is all about or do you have questions about Membership? Visit our FAQ & Membership Info page for
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Onespace Gallery presents Shiver, an exhibition of contemporary artworks dedicated to the rarely exhibited theme of sharks. Perfectly timed for summer, Shiver takes audiences up close and personal with a diverse range of sharks—the hammerhead, grey nurse, tiger and the mythic Great White—without the threat inherent in an actual encounter. As Onespace Director John Stafford notes, “Animals of
Stephen Hart is an artist and sculptor who lives and works in Brisbane, Queensland. My art work is predominantly hand crafted sculpture in wood and bronze. And my artistic journey is largely philosophical enquiry that reflects my interest in rituals, habits and the complexities of human society. That familiar yet amazing carapace, the human body, has been Stephen
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The works in The Adventure represent a longing to escape from where we are, only to discover that it’s certain parts of ourselves that we are really needing solace from. — The idea behind these wall-based sculptures came about while returning from some recent travels around the south Pacific. I was particularly interested in the
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Guest curator Freja Carmichael presents Weaving the Way featuring works from the UQ Art Collection. This exhibition makes visible the layers of meaning and wisdom carried in contemporary fibre works by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. Honouring visual languages of the past through form, material and technique, the artists included in this exhibition weave together the spiritual, cultural
The first solo exhibition in Australia by Beirut-based artist and ‘private ear’ Lawrence Abu Hamdan presents a new co-commission, Earwitness Theatre. Abu Hamdan’s practice examines the politics of listening through installations acutely attuned to sound. Presenting an expanded library of over 90 sourced and custom-designed objects accompanied by an animated text work, Earwitness Inventory (2018) explores the hallucinatory world of the
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A big, bold wall of colour will inspire creative thinkers at Griffith’s new innovation hub on the Gold Coast. Queensland College of Art alumnus and lecturer Dr Simon Degroot created an epic 5m x 16m floor to ceiling mural for the Griffith Innovation Centre – the biggest campus artwork ever commissioned by Griffith. Art on a grand
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Adam Lester Adam Pyett AJ Taylor Ben Quilty Fred Fowler Heidi Yardley Juz Kitson Louise Tate Michael Muir Nicolette Johnson Robert Malherbe Sylvia Ken It’s nearly that time of year again and we have twelve new works for our 12 Days of Christmas campaign. Commencing Tuesday 19 November and finishing on Wednesday 4 December, we will be releasing
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An exhibition incorporating diverse art styles, themes, mediums and colours showcased in an eclectic visual display rounds off the 2019 exhibition calendar for Mitchell Fine Art in Fortitude Valley. On show is a collection of over 150 small Aboriginal and Contemporary artworks from the gallery’s stable and invited artists. With most artworks under 1 metre in size, the exhibition
John Mawurndjul AM is celebrated for his mastery of rarrk (fine-painted cross-hatching), a tradition shared by generations of Kuninjku artists. This exhibition of bark paintings and sculptures, by one of Australia’s most groundbreaking contemporary artists, tells the stories of Kuninjku culture and the significant locations surrounding the artist’s home in western Arnhem Land. The artist
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This November in Gallery 1 we are presenting paintings by Robert Hunter, including work from the artist’s last completed series. Each work is drawn from his recent NGV survey exhibition, spanning four decades of his practice. In Gallery 2, Dale Harding presents work made during a residency with the Sharjah Art Foundation in July of
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Cresciani’s interest is in objects, structures, buildings and the urban landscape, and in particular the increasing number of ‘non-places’ that fill our environment. Waste centres, derelict service stations, road works, car parks and abandoned factories. Beauty is found in these places of repulsion, neglect or obsolescence. Inverted images of rubbish emphasise the negative side of
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In this exhibition of new paintings, Brisbane-based artist Simon Degroot investigates ideas of permanence and change in the landscape. Architectural and other key details are cut from photographs and re-employed as abstracted forms for painting. Flattened and overlaid, these collaged details are sometimes revealed through translucent veils or concealed underneath opaque paint application. These works present
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O’Neill’s recent work aims to achieve a complete sense of abandonment. Painted using her arms and hands, the luscious swirling marks are literally the result of the intuitive movement of her body across the surface. Limited palettes, silvers, gold’s, deep Indian reds with stark black and whites, touches of turquoise and a transparent gold orange, hint at
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The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) launches its 2020 program with a thematic exhibition on the centrality of water to human life globally, and major solo exhibitions celebrating contemporary artists Mavis Ngallametta, Chiharu Shiota, Gordon Bennett and William Yang. QAGOMA Director Chris Saines said the Gallery’s major summer exhibition ‘Water’ would feature leading
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Roman Longginou is a Brisbane based artist who uses the traditional medium of charcoal to reinterpret the modern visual language of collage and montage. His representational drawing practice is concerned with pictorial composition, combining and recontextualizing images from vary sources in response to the patchwork experience of contemporary life in an image saturated environment. This
Each year, the Queensland College of Art comes alive with exhibitions as students celebrate the completion of their degrees. Join us for the QCA Honours and Postgraduate exhibitions to view work from our Honours (Fine Art, Digital Media, Design, Design Futures, Photography, Contemporary Australian Indigenous (Art), Master of Visual Arts (MAVA) and Master of Design
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Join us for Outer Space’s new monthly series, Crit Sessions. These sessions will provide the opportunity for early to mid career artists, curators, facilitators and community members to present work, receive feedback, develop critical thinking and language skills, and grow relationships and community. Crit Sessions will take place on the second Tuesday of every month
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Excerpts showcases the creative works of candidates completing their Masters and PhD research in Visual Arts and features artists Rebecca Daynes, Charlotte Tegan, Michael Riddle, Jessica Carmody, Jo Fay Duncan, Guy Lobwein, and Aden Sargeant. Exhibition open to the public: 20 – 23 November, 10am–5pm Opening night: Thursday 21st November, 6–8pm The Block, QUT Creative
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This exhibition presents recent work by Dale Harding. In Gallery Two, he will present work made during a residency with the Sharjah Art Foundation in July of this year. Untitled (Private Painting H1) was made with Harding’s cousin Hayley Matthew, and reflects upon and enacts Aboriginal cultural continuum via the context of contemporary art. Alongside this painting,
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un Projects is now calling for proposals for un Magazine 14.2, co-edited by Rosie Isaac and Elena Gomez, to be published May 2020. Care is effort. It is a loaded word. Attention — to one’s artistic practice, to reading — requires care, as does our navigation of the world and our relationships within it. But
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In 2019 our international exchange MIAMI/MIAMI entered its fourth year with artist Jordan Azcune travelling to Miami in Florida to undertake research and to develop new work for an exhibition at The Walls. Through a comparative study between Florida and the Gold Coast, Jordan has used his Miami residency to explore post-Christian-campiness with wax, glass
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Gallery One: Brigit Ryan ‘Holding it together’ The forms in this exhibition are not finished objects; they are seemingly fragmented from a larger structure, waiting to assist in the construction of an architectural site, or to slot together to make a mould. Scaffolding, a cast wax fence and plaster moulds are presented as though in progress –
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The lyrical splendour of the Australian bush is captured in Dan Kyle’s painterly mark. Hovering somewhere between figuration and abstraction, his landscapes play with surface and texture to recreate the majesty and intrigue of the dense scrub that surrounds his Blue Mountains studio. Using a proliferation of marks and tones, Kyle builds his work into
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Topographic Resolutions II considers the intersection of computer graphics and landscape in a range of recent video works. The exhibition is a sequel to Topographic Resolutions I, a project organised at Screen Space in 2014, which was co-curated by Simone Hine and Kyle Weise. Topographic Resolutions I presented a series self-contained installations of historical works, from the turn of the twenty-first
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Nonfiction is content that purports in good faith to represent truth and accuracy regarding information, events, or people. Nonfiction content may be presented either objectively or subjectively, and may sometimes take the form of a story. Image: Beer, oil on canvas, 61 x 61 cm
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