‘Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe’, exclusive to the Gallery of Modern Art, is Australia’s first major Marvel exhibition and the largest ever presented in an art museum. The exhibition is organised by the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art in collaboration with Marvel Entertainment and is only showing in Brisbane. The exhibition follows […]
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Brian Fuata Will Most Likely Die From Suicide or “Minibar” was a delightful insider take on performance art. Using a sheet with a gaffa tape outline, a microphone stand, a printed poster (possibly a plan for the performance, but it wasn’t clear) and two chairs Fuata began by wandering around, setting up, sipping his beer,
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Christopher R. Inwood has created 17 large, traditional oil paintings that draw from the composition and aesthetic of our current homogenised digital culture, in order to provide a vehicle for direct communication with the people of our time. The ‘meme’ has been used as a formula for the composition of the paintings in this show,
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“I am not interested in nostalgia but in the journey – I am a story teller- the past, present and future are all seen in my paintings.” Well known for her iconic and charming paintings of Brisbane’s inner suburbs and city, Jan Jorgensen’s new collection features familiar and sometimes surprising streetscapes. Woven into the architecture and
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A Group Exhibition featuring: LAURA Jones PAUL Ryan TIM McMonagle JULIAN Meagher JUDITH Sinnamon FRANK Nowlan + the MANINGRIDA ARTISTS
Queensland Academies Creative Industries (QACI) welcomes you to the Visual Arts 2017 graduate showcase, exIBit. exIBit will feature our Year 12 graduating students’ diverse creative research over three years of rigorous International Baccalaureate study in Visual Arts. With over thirty individual bodies of work presented, interpreting the complexity of social, historical, cultural, and environmental issues
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Shatrick, the creative duo comprised of artists Shannon Tonkin and Patrick Zaia, briefly returned from Melbourne to their hometown of Brisbane for a series of performances at Metro Arts in mid-June. Their appearances were part of The View from Here: A Small Perspective on Big Ideas, a four day contemporary art event which inhabited the
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Australian artist, Joseph Rolella has captured Australia’s summer once again in his latest exhibition, “Above and Below”. From lounging on the deck to being submerged below the tranquil surface of a pool, Joseph Rolella takes us on a journey above and below through his unmistakable paint application. By balancing figurative and abstract imagery, this exhibition
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About the Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing Marie Corella Ellis OAM (1918-2003) was a dressmaker and long-term resident of Fortitude Valley. Born in the Valley in February 1918, Marie was named after the Victorian-period celebrity author Marie Corelli. For 60 or more years, Marie resided at 101-103 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, where Jugglers Art
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Cerarmicist Dai Li was born in Sichauan, China in 1987 and now lives and works in Queensland. Between the years of 2005 and 2009 she attended the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China and arrived in Australia in late 2009 after graduating from the Institute. The artist held her first solo exhibition Wonderland in mid
Born and educated in Tasmania, McWilliams’ distinctive and unique work has been featured in several national exhibitions and has been included in numerous art awards, including the Wynne Prize for Landscape in 2010 and 2008; winner of the inaugural John Glover Award in 2004, as well as being a finalist in 2006 (honourable mention), 2008
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Anne-Marie Zanetti’s new exhibition ‘Fructuous’ explores light, colour and beauty. Portraying fruit in a rich and sensual way has indulged Anne-Marie’s desire to create visually appealing works. The paintings are presented in both vivid colour and sepia. Colour capturing the vibrancy of an outwardly fulfilled life and sepia representing the more reflective, contemplative inner journey. This
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When lured into a state of hypnotic repose by a natural vista we experience a myriad of emotions. From elation and harmony to uncertainty and trepidation, a philosophically sublime experience without question. Being in this moment allows us to strip away the worries of the day and pursue a more pure and meaningful train of
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We invite you to join Elysha Rei, Tess Maunder and Museum of Brisbane Director Renai Grace in conversation about the Museum’s inaugural Artist-In-Residence program. Join us for an evening to hear first-hand about Elysha Rei’s experience at Museum of Brisbane, listen to Tess Maunder’s recent adventures as an international curator in resident in New York
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My work explores the notion of time and memory. Fascinated by the question of what remains after a moment in time passes, I reference abandoned photography as a foundation for my work. I use a combination of palette knife and brush, with a generous amount of paint. I take much pleasure in surrendering control and
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A predominantly coastal population, seafood is engrained in the Australian way of life. Special occasions are marked with consuming copious amounts of moreish creatures from the deep blue. Artists Deirdre Bean and Mirra Whale explore this concept from different perspectives in their latest exhibition ‘A Feast for the Eyes’. For Internationally recognised botanical and natural
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In a range of media, the Missed Encounter series continues to explore subjective, unexpected affective responses to photographs and objects which are simultaneously disavowed and re-enacted in order to problematise the relationship between the works origin and reception. Opening: Saturday 29th July 6pm – 9pm Maverick Hair & Art Space: First Floor, 1/17 Griffith Street, Coolangatta QLD 4225 Image: Aaron Butt, Missed Encounter
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Discover how artist, stylist and designer Rachel Burke draws inspiration from mundane household items and uses her creative flair to make them shine. A sparkly pop-up exhibition of Rachel’s on-going craft project The Magical Mundane will be on display at The Pod in Brunswick Street Mall, Fortitude Valley from Sunday 6 to 20 August. Check Brisbane City Council’s ‘What’s
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After her solo exhibition Insomnia 1 in 2015, Indian artist Piyali Ghosh returns to Brisbane to further explore connections between culture, environment and thought processes. This exhibition is a collection of drawings, sculptures, video and performance pieces bringing tangible form to the delicacies and delirium of the mind. Insomnia 2 delves deep into the complexities
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A collection of photographic works from QCA’s 2016 Infield, it explores the experience of Nepal – from feeling overwhelmed by the initial chaos to finding peace and rhythm within the streets and in the lives of those who call it home. Artists: Elise Gellweiler, Madeline Begley, Stephen Jigalin, Tim Marshall, Jordan Rogers-Smith, Emma Schwenke, Alesia Tabone
The Griffith University Printmakers Club has a long history within QCA and the greater print community in Brisbane for showcasing both emerging and established Fine Art printmakers. In this tradition the Print Club would like to invite the viewer to engage with a snapshot of the culture ensconced within our very own studios. All manner
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softcore. is playful. softcore. is fun. softcore. is the really nice time you’ve wanted forever, but not quite how you pictured it. Three of House Conspiracy’s resident artist alumni have been curated together for this one-off gallery exhibition in partnership with This Must Be The Place—a curated showing of complete works by three incredible emerging
Thinking about a career in the visual arts? Join SoFA for their annual discussion with people in the field. This year we have invited UQ academic, Emily Poore; Curator at Caloundra Regional Gallery, Hamish Sawyer; Curator at Spiro Grace Art Rooms, Miranda Hine; and Registration Assistant at QAGOMA, Katie Cornell to discuss their experiences while
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A Photographic Presence brings together four contemporary photographers whose practice explores the idea of photography as a physical object. Polaroids, photographic emulsion, sculptural paper and manipulative processes take precedence over image. In this collection of works, narrative is explored through folds, splatters, rips and a smooshing together of chemicals, rather than the clean and neat
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Artists are invited to apply now to live and work in the Bauhaus Schlemmer House in Dessau, Germany. The programme is catering to artists with an overall interest in all those areas that are historically being represented by Bauhaus and that have developed from it until today: painting, design, textile, architecture, sculpture, photography, film. Two
Open call to media arts practitioners (media art, video, game, animation, manga etc.), aimed at aged 20-35 who have previously shown at international art festivals, film festivals, game shows, comic festivals, etc. to apply for the 2018 Overseas Media Arts Creators residency programme in Japan. This residency program is part of the “Project to Support Nurturing
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The Australian Virtual Reality Film Festival (AVRFF) is the first event of its kind in Australia, dedicated to emerging virtual reality technology. Having partnered with Screen Queensland and Brisbane Powerhouse, the inaugural event will showcase the best of Virtual Reality film from August 11 – 13. A selection of short films, music videos and documentaries that integrate
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Round Robin – Curating and Writing Indigenous Art: Tokenism, Pluralism and other Perspectives. How have curators and writers of Indigenous and non-Indigenous heritage presented Indigenous art, and what is at stake in a critical engagement with their work? Such questions are current and must continue if we are to effectively navigate and represent these plural
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Liquid Architecture and the IMA present special Brisbane performances by French artist Félicia Atkinson and Taiwanese artist Fujui Wang in the space of the first-ever survey exhibition by brilliant Brisbane-based artist and musician, Ross Manning. Parisian-born Félicia Atkinson is a visual artist, an experimental musician and the co-publisher of the independent imprint Shelter Press/curatorial platform
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everyone needs a little time away is a project inviting viewers to take a seat, take a break, relax and/or sleep. Words by Louise Bennett, Matthew Sneesby and Bridie Gillman. Brisbane-based artist Lucy Forsberg graduated with a BFA (Visual Arts) Honours from the Queensland University of Technology in 2016. Forsberg works predominantly with new media,
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New Alchemists comprises a diverse suite of works by Australian and International artists exploring ideas of futuristic biologies and post-human engagements within the broad intersections of art and science. Paralleling a view of the artist as contemporary alchemist, the selected works channel experiences beyond our accessible human and non-human worlds. Through play, ambiguity and provocation,
QCA Galleries warmly invites you to “Image Archaeology I: Fabergé Recovery Team” by Charlie Donaldson. “Image Archaeology I: Fabergé Recovery Team” is a frantic exploration of internet archives, scoured to uncover the truth behind what happened to the lost Faberge Eggs. Through a rigorous technique that combines data mining, chance and storytelling, Charlie Donaldson leads
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Marking the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody, Warraba Weatherall challenges the relationship between contemporary colonisation, the prison system, and the perpetual narrative of incarceration of Indigenous Australians. InstitutionaLies is a new body of sculptural work, presented through the use of customary Kamilaroi knowledge intertwined with Weatherall’s contemporary
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SVENJA KRATZ’s interdisciplinary creative practice explores the intersections between science and art. In her solo exhibition, Non-Linear Histories, Kratz investigates connections between different forms of life, with a focus on kinship and co-evolution. She presents a non-linear narrative with the body as a multi-species assemblage of shared genetic material. Incorporating mediums from resin to DNA,
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Emerging QLD artist Monica Rohan has quickly established herself on the Australian art scene, attracting considerable interest nationally. Her latest series of paintings will be presented in a solo exhibition at Jan Murphy Gallery in mid 2017. Floating transcendence and anchored realism share equal magnitude in Monica Rohan’s painting. Rohan’s sensitivity to her surroundings is
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