The Flyway Print Exchange is an interchange between artists living in different countries along the East-Asian Australasian Flyway, the flight path travelled by Australia’s migratory shorebirds twice annually between their breeding and non-breeding grounds. The annual departure and arrival of migratory birds is a spectacle which has symbolic meaning in numerous cultures around the world. […]
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Japanese film will make a long-awaited return to the Australian Cinémathèque when ‘Cult Japan’ opens for the eight-week film program running from 3 July to 2 September 2015 / Tickets are now on sale. Featuring atomic monsters, cool assassins, geishas and gargantuas, ‘Cult Japan’ celebrates some of the most enduring genre films of Japanese cinema
The IMA is pleased to present a talk by art historian Ian McLean. This is the seventh presentation in a series of talks running throughout the year titled What Can Art Institutions Do?, featuring a response by Brisbane artist Richard Bell McLean has published extensively on Australian art, and particularly Australian Aboriginal art within a
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Working with motifs and devices drawn from cybernetic culture, my recent body of work investigates problems of the feminised body, queer theory and transgender representations in technosexual imagery. Resultantly, these representations perpetuate issues of immobility, subservience and sexual manipulation. – James Barth 2015 Exhibition Opening: Friday night, 4 September 6pm – 9pm Image: James Barth, Dancing Machine
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Welcome to the garden where it all began… (Shannon/2) + (Patrick/2) = Shatrick Shatrick is a collaborative duo made up of Brisbane-based artists: Shannon Tonkin and Patrick Zaia. Shatrick combines: performance, technology, installation, sculpture, tragedy, excess, sound, flesh, love and sex to create EPIC WALKTHROUGH NARRATIVES The Laundry Artspace: 3 Ashfield St, East Brisbane shatrick.com
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Are you a writer? Do you write about art? If so, we want to know you! Whether you are established or looking for experience we look forward to hearing from you. Send information including your cv or any past experience to: cutthumb@outlook.com Website – https://cutthumbari.wordpress.com/
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Curated by Ross Woodrow & Lynden Stone and courtesy of the generous support of Bosz Gallery. All proceeds from this exhibition will fund a 2016 QCA Honours Scholarship. Artists in the show: Beau Allen Jennifer Andrews Ali Bezer Renata Buziak Russell Craig Jo D’Hage Julie Fragar Catherine Large Kay S Lawrence Andy Lowrie Donna Marcus Tim Mosely
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Montage_and_the_Polychord is a presentation of installation, video and sound work by visual artist Tristan Stonhill and sound artist Luke Jaaniste and the inaugural exhibition for the creative platform CORFLUTE. Stonhill’s under-the-house inventor aesthetic coalesces with Jaaniste’s ambient sonics. Stonhill’s practice is driven by the provocation to analyse the overlooked and plays with the difference between
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Hands deep in pockets, eyes and shoes locked in a firm unwavering gaze, momentary relief followed by some sort of retroactive shame about the social interaction you did not have. After furtively glancing a familiar face at the far end of the cat food, gardening and misc. aisle your shopping trolley has found itself abandoned
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Lmtdspace’s third show, Underline_, is an investigation into contemporary drawing, Underline_ will exhibit artworks by emerging artists who utilise drawing in their studio practice to inform their interdisciplinary art making. Drawing is recognised to be the medium most directly linked to generating and materialising thought (Stout, K. 2014). In other words, it is regarded as
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‘Terrain’ explores these relationships through the colours, textures, lines and forms of their paintings, weaving, body adornments and sculptures. The land and its natural features can wield powerful aesthetic and cultural influences on Australia’s Indigenous artists. Image: Queenie McKenzie, Australia 1915–98 / Kija (Gidja) / Nakarra people / Texas hills 1994
Miles Hall is known for his abstract paintings. Now living and working in Montpellier, France, after completing studies at QCA Griffith University, Hall continues his fascination with surface and texture. As he explains below: “I had an old sculpture lecturer at art school who used to refer to the life-model as being a ‘solid liquid state’.
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This body of work began 12 years ago during an art residency in Taipei looking at, and recording Chinese public space. Unexpectedly, perhaps the most memorable experience there was taken from contemporary urban, rather than traditional Chinese culture. I scrawled the following description on the gallery wall in a show of work produced during the
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The ballerina and her tutu have been romanticised for hundreds of years. Throughout the 17th-19th centuries, as dance developed into a specialised art form, so too did the costumes. Specially designed garments were introduced to allow the dancer maximum movement and to expose the complicated footwork seen en pointe. The tutu as we know it,
Wesley Mission Brisbane and Brisbane Festival present, Art From the Margins Brisbane Festival Exhibition 2015. The exhibition will feature over 450 artworks from over 300 artists. Art from the Margins (AFTM) is the creative initiative of Wesley Mission Brisbane and since 2008 has been instrumental in bringing artists together and bridging the gap between artists
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Out of the dark – into the Light exhibits an exploration into the complex relationship between light and dark, the beauty in the physical and the emotional power these intertwined forces inspire. The show collaboratively brings together the works of Noeline Lee, Claire Goodall, Emily Devine, Domenica Hoare, Nadja Kabriel, and Natasha Weller. Through conversation,
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Yellow Peril is a new body of work exploring the impact and influence of mining and immigration on the Australian identity. Ron Robertson-Swann’s infamous Vault, 1980, sculpture is the starting point for Lim’s performative and playful new video work, which features a gold Mao-suited ‘Ambassador’ sent back in time to the goldfields of the 1850s
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The Hold Artspace, on behalf of the artists, warmly invites you to the opening of ‘_ on this site #3’. ‘_ on this site’, created by Kristian Haggblom of Wallflower Photomedia Gallery, is an Australia-wide project that invites photomedia practitioners to respond to a common ‘site’. Drawing on Joel Sternfeld’s seminal text of the same
Momentary Views’ sees McVinish hunt for fragments of urban life out of which he conjures another reality inviting us to speculate about the ambiguous situations he presents, at the same time reminding us of aspects of everyday life taken for granted. In doing so, he showcases the commonplace as special and suffused with potential. Image: The
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Paint it Red Music are proud to present the 12th event of their concert series, ‘Motion’, on Saturday the 19th of September at Jugglers Art Space from 6.30pm. The evening will present some of Brisbane’s finest chamber musicians and visual artists, as well as the launch of something exciting for us and for you. EXHIBITING
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This is the next iteration of Sound Sand Shake presented as part of Bleach* Festival 2015 Featuring JAMIE MUMFORD DAZZLING DISCO VISUALS (JAPAN/BRISBANE/GC) FREDDY FLYFINGAZ (GOLD COAST MIX MASTER) MILKSHAKE DANCE PARTY (BRISBANE BEAT BANGERS) *BOOGIE *BREAK *BUST-A-GROOVE *GO BANANAs*BEATS *VISIONS *BADMINTON *MIRROR BALL *FUNKED UP FUN 3-7pm $5 – kids free Refreshments available For
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Join us for the second in a series of free professional development workshops by artists for artists at Boxcopy. Elizabeth Willing’s practice examines gastronomy with an emphasis on the collective experience of food; how and what we eat. Working in both the studio and kitchen she favours confectionary and snack foods as a materials to
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A six week theoretical visual art (making) course by lead by Peter Fenoglio at Jugglers Art Space Inc. Commencing Monday evenings in September 2015. This six week course will cover some of the fundamental classic concepts of visual art. You will not be instructed how you should draw or make art, but you will be
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Digital Stills works will embody the 2015 Escape Artfest theme “CLASH”. Participants are asked to design spectacular digital artworks for exhibit here on the ARTfest-Digital website. Every discipline, genre, style, and school of thought within digital art and photography is welcome. Eligibility In 2015 there will be two categories; “Open” and “Under 18’s” for each competition. The
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The IMA is pleased to present a talk by American artist, Matt Mullican. The lecture will focus on the concepts and motivations of Mullican’s practice, engaging specifically with his current body of work. Since the 1970s, Mullican’s performances, drawings, photographs, sculptures and video works have had a significant effect on our understanding of postmodern culture.
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Carly Kotynski is a Brisbane based artist who incorporates many different craft skills in her sculptural works and installations. Her art practice continually evolves as she explores and masters different techniques and experiments with a range of materials. Having used copper wire and natural fibers for some time, Carly recently discovered cotton rope and the
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This joint exhibition, featuring contemporary realist artist Raymond Cheney and digital illustrator and designer Julian Cheney, explores the state of ‘flow’ – the experience of being completely enthralled while engaged in activity. Raymond and Julian (father and son) use different yet complementary modes of creative expression including music, visual art and interactive media to illustrate the
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New work by artist Leonard Brown. To view works from the exhibition please click on the link. Image:Leonard Brown – The moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide 2015
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The IMA is pleased to present a talk by Dutch artist Willem de Rooij. De Rooij was born 1969 in Beverwijk, the Netherlands, and currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany. In his work he engages processes of selection and combination of images in a variety of different media, ranging from sculpture to photography, film
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Night Live is a series of portraits of the sister of the artists. A graduate of QCA Griffith University, Archer Davies is an emerging artist who has shown regularly in group and solo exhibitions. This is his first exhibition with Jan Manton Art. As he explains: “This series of paintings began at a time when longer working
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Limited spaces available. Bookings essential. Free of charge. Participate in one on one, body-focused workshops with the artist. Workshop tasks will include various forms of performance, mindfulness, intimacy, sound, silliness, love and good conversation. By accessing bodily information, participants will be given the opportunity to reflect on tacit knowledge, physical experiences and emotional states. Bookings
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Catherine Parker‘s exhibition It’s (still) a Beautiful World explores a cross-cultural narrative in mixed-media paintings. Trekking across the globe submersing herself in the day-to-day lives of the locals, Parker’s works highlight the rich narratives of these environments and cultures. The works transverse physical space as Parker draws influence from India, her studio in magnetic island and her travels throughout Australia. The It’s (still)
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The ten artists in this exhibition have come together in a spirit of a mutual exploration of abstraction. Mostyn Bramley-Moore, Terri Brooks, Michael Cusack, Miles Hall, Anton Hart, Anthony T O’Carroll, Claire Primrose, Amanda Ryan, Peter Sharp and Ann Thompson represent a cross-generational group of Australian artists who have pursued the emotional tenor of abstract
The exhibition will present new artists’ books, multiples and digital prints by Sydney-based artist Peter Burgess. Opening event: Thursday 20 August 2015, 6 – 8pm Peter Burgess is an Australian artist and the current Co-Acting Subject Leader in Printmaking at the National Art School, Sydney. Burgess’ works focus on the negotiation of relationships between private
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Empty Kingdom is an installation that explores perception and ways of seeing. Elements such as light, colour and reflectivity have been used to construct an indeterminate but visually desirable space in which one cannot physically enter. Ricky Larry is a Brisbane based artist who graduated from the Queensland College of Art in 2014. He works
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Oral ARI is pleased to present the exhibition, Wet, showcasing new work by Brisbane-based artist Tayla Haggarty. Her practice investigates how the lesbian-feminist identity can be explored through the use of sculpture and collaborative art making. Reassembling everyday objects into finely balanced sculptural compositions, Haggartys work transforms the familiar into sites of tension and unease.
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