Hung out to dry is more than an homage to the backyard rotary hoist. It is a playful, provocative and contemplative exploration of the quotidian routine of laundry. Part oral history project, part artistic response, this exhibition reveals the significance of clothesline aesthetics, gendered labour and environmental sustainability, as embodied in the air-drying of washing. Artists include Chris Bennie, Bill Henson, […]
Exploring the past raises many issues for the photographer today, since prehistory, specifically pre-human history, has a somewhat incredible connection to the contemporary physical world. This series of work considers dinosaur imagery that we often do not get to see: the excavation site and surrounding landscape; the human enterprise of digging; and the somewhat abstract
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Since 1998, China Folklore Photographic Association (CFPA) has launched a call to photographers all over the world to document folklore phenomenon extensively and in depth. To this end, CFPA founded Humanity Photo Awards, a biennial international photographic contest. This event is blessed with UNESCO’s support and is granted with UNESCO’s logo since the 2nd HPA
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The Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards is an opportunity for you to become involved in Brisbane’s cultural life by celebrating images that reflect Brisbane’s creative lifestyle. The Photographic Awards invite professional photographers to submit images they feel represent an expressive, energetic and enthusiastic Brisbane. Cash prizes are awarded to category winners. The three categories and their
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‘In This Unfolding’ represents neural form and states of consciousness through delicate fine silver and gold jewellery alongside intricate sterling silver sculptures. The theme of our changing nervous system from birth through to ageing is explored through reflections of floral and animal anatomy. These complex organic creations simultaneously allow us to examine our impermanence and shared connection
“Since graduating from art school, I have been primarily concerned with the painting of the human figure in a narrative context and the depiction of the human presence – tht is the Portrait. This focus all stems from my devotion to the great figurative masters such as Velasquez and Rembrandt and my firm belief and
“I am a Queensland based artist focusing on ceramics as my working material. Primarily, I aim to create large scale ceramic installations, which draw from varying points of personal experience and significance. I intend for these installations to alter the gallery environment, bringing viewers into a place of contemplation.” Image: Remains III. Photography: Grace Yu For more
Möller’s inventory of painted forms is cast in different hues with shimmering backgrounds. Surrounded by dappled aqueous fluids, these delicate microorganisms hover in amorphous space: a sense of movement and suspension is conveyed. Bereft of context, Möller’s diminutive specimens appear as marine creatures swamped by a hallucinatory and intriguing underworld. Philipinum, with its dappled, camouflage
Rex Warrimou (Sabïo) is the Jagorai (Law Man) of the Dahorurajé clan. He is the senior custodian of Ömie creation knowledge and the ‘keeper ‘of many important Dahorurajé clan stories. Rex’s father, the late Chief Warrimou, entrusted him with this prestigious role. By the late-1940s, missionaries had encroached into Ömie territory and were endeavouring to
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The Hold Artspace warmly invites you to the opening of three concurrent exhibitions opening on Saturday the 21st of March from 6-8pm. Greer Townshend | ‘With You’ Underpinned by ideas of fragility and the self, ‘With You’ brings together recent works by Greer Townshend. Using expressive mark making, absence and recurring motifs, Townshend’s charcoal works
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The IMA is pleased to present a lecture by Chris Saines, Director of the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, followed by a conversation with Johan Lundh, Co-Directors, IMA. This is the second presentation in a series of lectures running throughout the year titled What Can Art Institutions Do? Saines has 30 years’
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Subject Line brings together the work of three emerging artists and one writer who are connected to the Gold Coast and Scenic Rim regions, and whose work links via writing, text, signs, messages, the media and the plethora of sign based information that feeds into our daily lives. Subject Line situates the practices of Tallara Gray, Michelle Gunther and
Pecha Kucha Brisbane is an event where any designer, artist, architect, interactive media or alike, are given the soapbox to present their designs, thoughts and ideas. Format: 20 slides, 20 seconds each, 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame. Presentations are short, concise, interesting; a platform to inspire and a chance for you to be heard.
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WHAT IS RAW? RAW:natural born artists is an international independent arts organization that hand-selects and spotlights independent creatives in visual art, film, fashion, music, hair & makeup artistry, photography, models and performing art. RAW’s mission is to provide up-and-coming artists of all creative realms with the tools, resources and exposure needed to inspire and cultivate
Artist, Featonby, is proud to announce that his art will be exhibited to the public for the very first time. With all new original works, in a bright and energetic display, Featonby’s aim, is to give you a taste of everything that has made him the artist today. Each piece incorporating vibrant neon colours, ranging
In this workshop participants use natural materials with paper, ink or paint to create artworks based on the design principles of the ancient art of Ikebana – line, space and balance. Facilitator – Lily Karmatz Sunday 22 March Where: Brisbane Institute of Art, 41 Grafton Street, Windsor Time: 10 am – 4 pm BYO Lunch Cost:
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REDSEA Gallery is proud to present an exclusive Exhibition of Artworks by renowned Australian Fashion Illustrator, Kerrie Hess. Exuding style and sophistication, Hess’s artistic career has continued to blossom following her sell-out exhibition at REDSEA Gallery in 2013 and her first International Exhibition at the famed Le Maurice Hotel in Paris in 2014, where she
GET OFF MY CLOUD features two artists whose very different approaches form and formlessness have an enchanting conversation through their art works. Form and formlessness seems a more suitable term than abstraction and figuration and so forth, because the presence of the material is elevated over the importance of the image. Helen Rogers’ works are
Sydney Printmaker Rew Hanks has exhibited his intricate linocuts professionally for over twenty years in Australia and internationally. He received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of NSW and a Print Fellow from the Tamarind Institute at the University of New Mexico in America. With a strong sense of the absurd, Hanks provides
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When I left art college, I remember feeling a bit disillusioned with what modern art had become. I just wanted to paint. With Edward Hopper as an influence, I decided to just drive down the street and find some interesting everyday things to paint. – Robert Brownhall, 2010 Robert Brownhall is a realist painter, inspired
Are you interested in architecture and design thinking? The UQ Architecture series will bring together forward-thinking architects and provocateurs who are each engaged in the generation of new knowledge, ideas and strategies within the field of architecture. Featuring internationally renowned speakers, the weekly lecture series will provide an opportunity to widen your knowledge base, be
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A super-charged, interactive and participatory event for all Brisbane creatives. Based on a knowledge-sharing model of facilitated group conversations, this is action-oriented learning focusing on how we put ourselves and our work out there in the world and build audience, markets and fans. Designed to be fun, and with maximum time for collaboration and creativity,
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Travelling collaborative exhibition of prints and drawings created by members of Inkmasters Inc Cairns and Griffith University Printmakers’ Club, Brisbane.
There is an apocryphal story of the painter J.M.W. Turner having himself lashed to a mast during a storm and deciding that if he survived the experience he was bound to record it. I say apocryphal for it appears that Turner was as good a showman as he was a painter. It is a story
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This exhibition is based on a research project* titled “Handled with care: Developing the paradigm of ‘a culture of repair and share’ in Brisbane, Queensland”, which exists in a context that has been established and advanced in the past three decades, the interdisciplinary field of sustainable studies, including environmental sciences, humanities and design. The project’s
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As a twist on the usual exhibition format, the artists, designers and craftspeople of Queensland have determined the content of this exhibition series. Chain Reaction 2 continues the chain started in the first instalment of the exhibition in 2014, where two initial artists each selected another two artists who inspire and influence their practice, and
The work explores concepts and representations of femininity within Japanese popular culture and how these ideologies are rejected through contemporary sub-cultures. Inspired by assertions of individuality through fashion and behaviour, and the way this continues to fuel a sense of subversion to mainstream popular culture in Japan. Inspired by expressive street fashion, the representations of
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Bronwyn Hill’s new series Out of the Woods is inspired by the need for solitude and silence as a response to the pressures of every day life. Bronwyn has created a series of pensive self-portraits concentrating on the comfort and relief that comes from escaping to nature. Completing a Diploma of Fine Art in 2011,
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Intimate knowledge of colour frames the foundation for Carla Hananiah’s balancing act between nature and artifice. Her paintings depict vast stretches of New Zealand and Australian mountain and sky most often at the “magic hour” – at dawn or dusk when unreal and powerful, dramatic slanting sunlight moves fleetingly across the landscape, creating tonalities and
How to find customers can be challenging and perplexing question for visual artists. There are many options but how do you identify the right opportunities and take best advantage of them? This workshop aims to prepare artists to better connect with the market place and find their customers. It will introduce participants to the essential
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Head to the beach and take to the street for Bleach* Festival 2015, the Gold Coast’s largest arts and cultural Festival. Expect the unexpected, prepare to be amazed and keep your eyes peeled for eye-popping antics, street parties and picnics in unusual and whimsical settings. Like a giant wave, the Bleach* Festival program will sweep
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Artists, scientists, activists, teachers and young people are invited to contribute to a virtual exhibition with digital postcards, poems or texts on the theme of “HOT WATER – Water, Peace & War”. A panel of special guests will discuss contributions, and respond to online audience, via live-stream on water-wheel.net, and at Balance-Unbalance conference, hosted by
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The 2015 M&G QLD Conference provides a major professional development opportunity for gallery and museum paid and volunteer staff throughout Queensland. A full program will explore topical issues in museum and gallery practice. The conference also provides an ideal time to network with colleagues from around the state. CALL FOR PAPERS The Conference will explore
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Emerging Toowoomba-based ceramic and installation artist, Dan Elborne, presents a new body of work seeking to explore human brutality utilising an innovative porcelain technique. By transforming found animal bones with porcelain, the work reflects on the spectacle of such remains whilst underlining their beautiful fragility. Image: Dan Elborne, Remains 11, 2014. Skull and porcelain. Photo
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An exhibition of shared paintings by The Cosmic Centre; a holistic space dedicated to the development of transcendental dialogue; bringing together art, angels, master teachers, goddesses and old friends from the past, present and future. OPENING // 18 February 2015, 6PM EXHIBITION // 18 February – 7 March 2015 ARTIST TALK // 25 February, 6PM
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Dane is a Brisbane-based photojournalist, portrait and street photographer, and one of Australia’s best-known music photographers. He has published Shades (2016), The Road (2012) and Splitting the Seconds: A Photographer’s Journal (2011). His photos have been exhibited widely, and appear regularly in Rolling Stone Magazine. Artist Website: www.danebeesley.com