Into the fold is Stella Danalis’ most recent investigation into the folded form as a vehicle for colour. Danalis’ art practice explores the pictorial language of geometric abstraction, with a primary focus on non-objective colour structures. ‘Into the fold’ is an accomplished continuation toward the way materiality affects colour. Part of the exploration into materiality has […]
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THE BODY’S BALANCING ACT Put simply, our inner ear contains three semi-circular canals at ninety degrees to each other containing hair in glutenous membranes. When we move our head the liquid and hairs move, sending messages to our brain, to adjust our body to motion. STRUCTURE’S BALANCING ACT Throughout history and cultural developments, we have
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For 2019’s final showcase iteration, Side Gallery presents a satellite group exhibition in partnership with Axis Capital, The Fitout Studio, Felon’s Brewery, and Designfront. The two venues, Side Gallery in Red Hill and the newly renovated space in James Street, present polarising versions of the current artistic climate reflecting a cross-section between industry and a
Onespace Gallery is proud to present our first online exhibition The tide spoke, by Nicola Moss. The tide spoke features a beautiful body of colourful relief prints developed by Moss while in residence this year at Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venice. As Louise Martin-Chew suggests in her accompanying essay: “For decades, Moss has produced work about her Australian
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Landscape paintings have a formidable legacy within the art historical canon. Largely they seek to uphold notions of the picturesque depicting natural scenery and beauty of mountains, valleys, rivers and forests. Jacob and Xavier Ryan-McInally’s work challenges picturesque ideations to reflect upon our entanglement with the natural landscape in the epoch of the Anthropocene. Working
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Matches 7: A Shared Space will celebrate the work of seminal Papunya (NT) artist Michael Nelson Jagamara (Image 1). This exhibition showcases his distinctive style as seen in solo, experimental & collaborative works. A range of 50 works includes small and large paintings on canvas + paper, limited edition prints + sculpture; even homewares, largely created
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Side Effect is an exhibition of contemporary ceramic objects that simultaneously embrace and transcend their inherent materiality. The artists in this exhibition challenge the limits of this expansive material – forcing ceramics out of its artisanal cast and propelling their work into a realm of storytelling, illusion and abstraction. Side Effect highlights the diverse potential of ceramics within
The Creative Sparks Grants Program is an arts and cultural grants program managed by Council in partnership with the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. The grant program aims to: support practitioners and producers to develop products, partnerships and new work that grow Brisbane’s reputation as a creative city ensure that Brisbane residents and visitors to the
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Summer Show including works by Holly Anderson (Brisbane), Sally Molloy (Brisbane), Rachel Farlow (Melbourne) and Laura Horrocks (Paris)
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Joanne Choueiri investigates the ‘political holes’ that have been produced through the demolition of buildings in Beirut, Lebanon by political powers. During and after its civil war (1975-1990), the Beirut centre endured the destruction of 80% of its urban fabric turning the city into a massive construction site. The political holes were slowly filled up
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TO AND FROM THE RIVER was developed from frequent visits to Maiwar, the river. A video that might be a poem from the river. Some poems written to the river, or on the way to the river. TYZA STEWART’s self-portraits extend from experiences of personhood that feel ungraspable or indefinable. OPENING Friday 13 December 6:00pm
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In Asset Pack, 2019, Baden Pailthorpe intensifies his examination of the cultures of late capitalism by reinterpreting the material culture of digital marketplaces. In doing so, he recontextualises these objects and redefines their potential as artefacts of our contemporary moment. Like an archaeologist unearthing speculative objects from the networks that increasingly define our lives, these
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Two of UQ’s very own PhD students Joshua Rivory and Kristina Boychenko, have joined forces to create an “audio-visual, immersive and interactive experience like no other” with their giant 10×5 metre art installation in.bloom that will be erected on the UQ Art Museum front lawn from Monday 21 October. Launching the 2019 UQ BLOOM Festival,
Clare’s work explores themes of intangible and physical transience, spirituality and human essence. Investigating our interconnectedness with the environment and the impact we are having on this finite resource. Clare’s newest collection of paintings Evoke, deeply contemplates considering our place as both physical and non-physical beings in a universe. As creature of perpetual impermanence and the
Each year we like to throw a party to thank you—our members and extended IMA family—for your support. This year’s party is themed ‘Suburban Glamour’, hosted by kitsch queen artist and designer FRIDA LAS VEGAS. Expect performers, dancing, games, food, and drinks. Show us your best interpretation of the theme for a chance to win
Laura’s art practice is informed by her background in architecture and her continued investigation of landscape painting as a mode of expression and experience. She paints landscapes of natural and built environments, referencing human occupation, spatial composition and the development of an artistic language that brings architecture, traditional drafting techniques and figurative painting together with
Join artist Courtney Coombs at IMA Belltower, for the tenth edition of Conversing About The Other, an ongoing series that invites discussion about the terms other, otherness, and The Other. “Other. Otherness. The Other. Words that are used so often that they seem to no longer really hold meaning. And yet we connect with them.
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Victoria Reichelt’s latest series of works look at the natural world through constructions of artificial landscapes featuring plants made from materials that are damaging to the environment. Using tree and cloud shaped helium balloons, these synthetic landscapes subvert the standard landscaping viewing experience, by displaying both alluring and repellent characteristics. At first glance the works are
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‘Intuition, the delicate coupled with the raw and performative, like sweeps of a gesture. Masses of abstract colour are at times bound and bordered, hinting at or representative of forms and motifs that occupy my sub-conscious. I am possessed by colour, as I am with a physical expression that is playful, instinctual and led by
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In Know your neighbour artists are asked to think about their connections to neighbours: be they local, national or international. We ask artists to consider: why are neighbours important? what does it mean to be a good neighbour? what do our relationships with our neighbours look like? how have our neighbourhoods (local and global) changed
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James Barth and Spencer Harvie | ZONWEE: The last known recording of a daydream ZONWEE: The last known recording of a daydream is a short animated film by James Barth and Spencer Harvie that combines both of the artist’s unique skills, styles, and ideas to produce something neither of them could create by themselves. The
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The University of Tasmania’s Cradle Coast campus seeks to support established artists who are interested in exploring their interpretations and perspectives of the North-West region. Since its inception in 2011, the Artist in Residence program has been open to local, interstate and international professional artists working in a range of creative disciplines. A $5000 grant
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Allegory of Reality is an interactive art exhibition by Michelle Brown taking place at West End gallery, Vacant Assembly, incorporating virtual reality, touch, sound and projection mapping to create a focus on the impact of climate change. Playing with scale and visual juxtaposition, participants are positioned in the space to experience a virtual reality installation
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Are we Friends? is a collaborative exhibition by Wendy Ma (Kaomoji Ceramics), Lisa Kelly (The Moon Gallery) and Ellen Cisneros. Paintings and ceramics form a dialogue between the artists as they evaluate their feelings towards their own heritage, identity, relationships and growth. Please join us for opening drinks at Open House, 7th December, 6-9pm then
Continuing from ‘A set of new skills: weaving & welding’ and ‘A set of new skills: chair making, Sarah will be teaching people how to sew broad brim hats’. As part of their practice, Sarah participates in skill-sharing and DIY forms of knowledge. They learn a how to do something, document the process, and facilitate
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Dive into the ‘Water’ exhibition on the opening weekend at GOMA! Hear from over 10 artists and special guests as they discuss our vital human connection to water through talks and tours, plus discover the different ways we can care for our water futures at the launch of the Water Sundays. For more information –
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Join renowned Danish-Icelandic artist and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Olafur Eliasson Studio Olafur Eliasson for a talk tracing his artistic practice over the last twenty-five years. From early works like Beauty 1993, seminal installations like The weather project 2003, to his monumental work in the forthcoming ‘Water’ exhibition, Riverbed 2014 – Eliasson’s practice spans a broad
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Join artist Libby Harward for an evening of embodied performance titled AMPLIFICATION: AFFIRMATION: LOCATION, SPIRIT, SONG, creating a call for healing through sound. Harward, a Ngugi woman of Quandamooka, will present a sound performance using an archaeological sieve and a 44-gallon drum fitted with an “irrigation sound system”, amplifying instruments of occupation, classification, extraction, and
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Join Brisbane-based sound artist Michael Louttit, for the seventh edition of ‘Sound Offering’, Boxcopy’s monthly program that invites sound artists and experimental musicians to produce an evening of listening. Louttit’s synthesiser drone performance explores ideas of deep listening, acoustics (how sounds travels), and psychoacoustics (how sound is perceived). In this performance Louttit challenges the audience
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Matthew Newkirk and Aden Sargeant critically respond to the spectacle of Australian politics and media. Their work utilises the method of detournement to expose injustice through the appropriation, manipulation and subversion of motifs from mainstream politics, media and activist iconography. Status Unknown presents work responding to their disillusionment with the dysfunctions of the political establishment
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Epoch features the work of students graduating from QUT’s unique open studio program, working across diverse media including moving image, installation, performance, painting, sculpture and more. Opening night: Wednesday 13th November, 6–8pm Z11, Z12, Z13 | QUT Creative Industries Precinct Cnr Kelvin Grove Road and Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove Exhibition open to the public: 11
True to the Nordic love of nature, Katarina Vesterberg’s paintings explore the natural world and the meaning of existence within it, capturing elements of the immense and sometimes unforgiving, yet beautiful, environment of her Scandinavian birth home and her current home, Australia. Vesterberg studies the effects of sea and sky in every kind of weather.
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The Hopper Prize is offering multiple individual artist grants totaling $5,000 USD awarded through an open call art competition juried by leading contemporary curators. The Hopper Prize was established in order to increase the recognition of artwork created by artists and photographers. Our aim is to advance artists’ careers by providing them with unrestricted financial
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Learn how to make a classic leatherbound journal or sketchbook, with your choice of papers inside, hand-sewn using a traditional binding technique known as Cross-structure. In this workshop all materials are provided, and you can choose from a variety of soft upcycled leathers, an assortment of different papers for the book’s pages, and a colourful range of
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The Tate has produced a short film on Dale Harding and his work as part of the Tate Shots: Artist in the City series. It can be viewed online here. Frieze has also published an article by Hendrik Folkerts, which can be read here. Image: Dale Harding Three Blue Breaths 2019, Reckitt’s Blue applied by breath on 185gsm hot pressed
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15 Artists is an annual acquisitive art prize that celebrates the best of contemporary art practice by Australian artists. In its 22nd year, the prize invites 14 artists and the winner of Redcliffe Art Society’s 2019 Exhibition of Excellence to participate. This year’s exhibiting artists include: Hayley Millar-Baker, Christopher Bassi, Eric Bridgeman, Elisa Jane Carmichael,