“We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.” Anais Nin We live in a time of faster connectivity, more knowledge and socially acceptable self-indulgence. Where a photo on Tumblr or Instagram shapes who we are IRL and in cyberspace; our identities are more fluid than ever. Not Yr Sweetheart is […]
Today public art is often hotly debated, dividing public opinion and attracting news coverage. What is it about public art that creates such controversy? Join public art curator and consultant, Renai Grace from iAM Projects, as she discusses the evolution and importance of public art. Renai will be joined by special guests including curator at
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Brave and curious? Ready to ask what’s next? Join with us to discover what’s new in 2016 We are now calling for proposals to be a part of our 2016 Performance and Exhibition Program, developing and presenting new work. Metro Arts welcomes proposals from early career through to mid and long term practitioners – Brisbane-based, interstate
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BODYPOD is the culmination of Winter Artist in Resident Jason Haggerty’s time occupying The Walls’ mezzanine studio. As Artist In Residence Jason has connected with Miami, an area of the coast that he’d never fully explored before, and aside from soaking up the beach, vibes and coffee in this newly discovered zone he has been
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Celebrating its 6th year the Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing is holding its annual finalists exhibition opening on August 7th at Jugglers Art Space. Under the direction of Holly Riding and Peter Breen the prize has received works from over 200 applicants, the largest number of entries since the prize’s inception. Our judges for
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A selection of paintings, works on paper and photographs produced during an Artist Residency Program undertaken at the Gushul Studio in Alberta, Canada. Opening Event: Friday, 7 August 2015, 6 – 8pm Venue: PROJECT Gallery, QCA, 226 Grey Street, South Bank Gallery Hours: 10 am – 4 pm, Tuesday to Saturday
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#GOMATalks returns for two Thursday evenings during #GOMAQ for a discussion of Queensland, its past, present and future. In our event hosted by Sarah Kanowski, we will discuss as a state, can we be defined by our cultural production and how can art reflect our changing character? Panelists include Lindy Hume, Michael Rayner, Benjamin Law
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John Stafford interviews artist Richard Bell. Richard Bell was born in 1953 in Charleville, Queensland, and is a member of the Kamilaroi, Kooma, Jiman and Gurang Gurang communities. Based in Brisbane, Richard has held numerous solo exhibitions since 1990. He is represented in major collections in Australia and New Zealand and is internationally recognised through
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Joke Trading draws on the verbal tradition of humour and the act of joke telling as a site of social exchange and leisure. “Joking is a specific and meaningful practice that the audience and the joke-teller recognise as such. There is a tacit social contract at work here, namely [an] agreement about the social world
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Please join artist Luke Roberts and co-curators Emily Poore and Michele Helmrich on a tour of the exhibition. Free. All welcome. Wunderkammer: The strange and the curious continues until 13 September. Find out more here Image: Mythical beast (Qilin), Han Dynasty 206 BCE–220 CE,unglazed pottery,12.5 x 25.0 cm.Collection of The University of Queensland. Gift of Dr Nat
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Thirty three (33) emerging artists have been selected as finalists for the churchie national emergingart prize 2015. From a record number of over 900 artworks, received from across Australia, 38 artworks will be profiled in the highly anticipated exhibition presented at Griffith University Art Gallery (Brisbane, Australia) for the sixth year in a row. In
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Join the forth iteration of the IMA Reading Group on Saturday, 29 August, at 3pm. The reading group is a monthly assembly in the Motto IMA bookstore designed to further activate local discussion surrounding contemporary art. The initiative is aimed at university students and recent graduates, and desires to provoke conversation in an open, participatory
Installation by Angela Rossitto and live waveforms (music) by #459 SCRAPS and ZANAX. Come hang out with neon scribbles and futuristic bubbles and experience this Terraforma for one night only. The official/unofficial closing night of the final weekend of the Brisbane Fringe Festival. “a sumptuous feast of light and sound” Courier Mail Cut Thumb ARI 55
Named after the Carstairs, the residency draws its name from an intriguing and eccentric blend of writers, poets, painters, pianists, and illustrators who immigrated to Australia from Fife, Scotland, in the Nineteenth Century. This residency takes place at the breathtaking Bundanon Trust, situated by the Shoalhaven River in NSW. It is here that Arthur and
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A group of accomplished artists have been in residence working with scientists at the Ecosciences Precinct for 6 months. The eight artists of the‘Curiosity AIRS’ collective are Alicia Lane, Ben Beeton, Jane James, Jennifer Wright, Knut Mueller, Louise Saunders, Mali Moir & William M Boot. An exhibition of the interpretations and collaborations of the Artists
Working in the same studio space at the Queensland College of Art, Anya Swan and Merete Megarrity have discovered a certain affinity. Connecting to the bush-like area where she lives, Merete’s artwork quietly prods at experience, language and understanding. Anya’s work, on the other hand, investigates meaning by examining the rituals and worships that undertow
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Over 3 days in January 2016, Backbone’s 2high Festival will inject Brisbane’s home of independence – Metro Arts – full of music, performance, art and arguments. Play music that bids hearts to beat. Manifest theatre that exposes the bone. Instigate arguments that makes the blood run hot & erode the wall between art and science.
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‘Cast By The Sun (Brisbane)’ is the first part of a two part exhibition between Queensland College of Art and Tyler Art School academics and higher degree research students shown in Brisbane and in Philadelphia—including 32 photographers’ works. The premise of this exhibition is to investigate the role of place in artistic practice. More specifically,
The Australian landscape is an enigma of nature’s imagination. Christopher Lees’ long awaited solo exhibition at REDSEA gallery takes us on a unique exploration into the depths ofsurrealism in which the Australian landscapes inherently embodies. Rejecting the picturesque European gardens and manicured lawns, Lees’ instead creates surreal worlds of gnarly, craggy, primeval escarpments that plummet
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The height of a mountain, the width of a valley explores ways in which different perceptions of place can be conveyed through collaborative contemporary practice. Following a group residency in rural NSW, Brisbane artists Bridie Gillman, Sarah Poulgrain and Kylie Spear have used the signifying potential of found materials and the experiential qualities of time-based
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The work in this exhibition presents an ongoing search for both symbolic and pragmatic remedies to the effects of overconsumption and focusses on all the pretty things that consumer culture offers and the not so pretty side of it all. A close study of mass-produced decorative items led to the desire to sustainably create more
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Simone Eisler’s new body of small wall sculpture titled Progeny is literally that – a series of forms that have evolved from her earlier altered and transformative works. These descendants however reveal a far deeper investigation into the internal structure of natural form and growth and indeed into sculptural form itself. On one level the
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Doctor of Visual Arts candidate, Brian Sanstrom, uses his poignant work to investigate the merging of institution with individual, confronting mortality in pragmatic terms from within an efficient, organised system. Much has been written about the human condition. From birth to death we all, in a multitude of ways, struggle to assert our independence, our sense of self and
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IMPORTANT AUSTRALIAN PAINTINGS 1. Rupert Bunny Burial of St Catherine of Alexandria c.1896 watercolour 41.5 x 53 cm 2. Elioth Gruner Bathers on Coogee Beach c.1918 oil on canvas on board 22 x 28 cm 3. Arthur Streeton Oriental lilies with oriental vase c.1920s oil on canvas 110 x 85 cm 4. Rupert Bunny Olive
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Balance is a collection of works consisting of new and established concepts; shape, size, relative position of figures and the properties of space. Andy Harwood’s mathematically determined geometric compositions focus on the relationships of forms and how they interact with one another. Image: Squashed Composition (detail), 2015
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Nowhere is the rapid twentieth-century expansion of suburban Australia more evident than on the Gold Coast. From simple single-storey dwellings with accompanying carport and breezeblock retaining wall, to the ubiquitous blonde-brick six-pack apartment blocks, the coast’s rich identity is shaped by its architecture. This regionally specific brand of architecture, an instantly recognisable style that both
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Born in Philippines and then immigrating to Australia at the age of ten, Alrey Batol is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brisbane whose art practice involves a rigorous and subversive critique of first-world and capitalist culture. Reflecting on the ubiquitous and omnipresent nature of capitalism, Alrey incorporates an assortment of media into his art-making; as
The spectacle is non-porous. It’s well oiled and frictionless. Like a water slide, which grates with annoying joins, it funnels movement. It’s plasticity knows no bounds. It acts on us and we on it. It reflects desire and dreams and infuses everything with the appearance of substance without tactility or flaw. Not the heart though.
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Join Hobie Porter to explore colour and tonal analysis in cloudscape painting. Hobie will share his artistic techniques with you over the two day workshop, in a structured & layered oil painting process from beginning to end. Sharpen your perception of tone & colour, and hence your ability to mix the colours you are after.
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The bulk of human activity is the creation and movement of information. Twenty years ago the Internet used zero percent of human energy consumption. Today, the digital economy uses ten percent of the world’s total electricity. This is the same amount that was used to light the entire planet in 1985.[1] Never has there been
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JOIN THIS DYNAMIC TEAM AND REGISTER YOUR INTEREST TODAY! Our volunteers assist us through all stages of exhibition, and include: Support on installation and deinstallation days with assistance in helping to set up and take down the exhibition. Working with us during the exhibition: at the launch, artist talks, information tent, program sales, survey collection,
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A friend I spoke to soon after viewing Rebecca Daynes’ work suggested that there is something so intimate about sitting sans clothes in front of your own computer. The nudity is a metonym for just how intimate our interactions with the computer are. You and your computer privately foster a wholly guards-down, unselfconscious relationship. At
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Working with textures found outdoors can develop a range of rich tactile paper surfaces for creating artworks. Disassemble|Reassemble artist Nicola Moss will introduce experimentation with a range of mark making on paper surfaces. Bring your own materials, materials list provided when booking is made. Booking essential as places are strictly limited. Lunch provided. $50 per
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Abbey McCulloch holds a Masters in Fine Art from the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. Named as one of Australia’s 50 Most Collectable Artists by Art Collector in 2009, 2010 and 2011, she has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize three times (with portraits of Toni Collette [2007], Nell Schofield [2009] and Naomi Watts
For a period in 1991 I became enchanted by a series of small, suspended copper wire constructions that were included in an exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery. During the course of this exhibition I visited these particular sculptures on several occasions, marveling at their exquisitely whimsical nature. They were reminiscent of three-dimensional models of
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Weather Patterns is a group show that umbrellas three Australian artists. All three artists work in the realms of abstract painting, reflecting the vagaries of weather and the extremities of our landscape: Rosella Namok from Cape York – tropical, wet season impressions; Matthew Johnson from Melbourne – atmospheric, subdued expressions light; and Ronnie Tjampitjinpa of