A panel discussion on open source design The open source movement is often positioned as having a major impact on the future of design and architecture; from democratising their development and usage, to undermining their financial viability. Open Exchange promises to tackle the big questions for these industries as the open source movement continues to […]
Calling all creatives to submit your best work to have the chance to be published in our 2015 Semi-Permanent Book and potentially be exhibited at the Sydney event in May. All disciplines welcome, Photography, Illustration, Painting, Design, 3D, Sculpture, Typography, Street Art. Artwork must be submitted in correct format to be eligible for publishing. All
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Six of Queensland most promising emerging curators present a contemporay exhibition of young Queensland artists work. Supported by Flying Arts in association with JWCOCA. Featuring Artists: Katherine Appleby Sue Beyer Anna Carey Caitlin Franzmann Emma Godfrey Svenja Kratz Donna Maree Robinson Image: Donna Maree Robinson – DRIFT – REK (2013) ARCHIVAL INK ON FINE ART HAHNEMÜHLE
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The exhibition features a suite of new collages by Sandra Selig and runs concurrently with Vernon Ah Kee ‘Brutalities’. Sandra Selig works with a range of media — from sound and light works, and small-scale wall pieces; to works on paper and site-specific installations. Her practice, now spanning more than ten years, has often explored
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Harnessing the contemporary aesthetic of mediated visuality, Camille Hannah’s paintings are contextualized by their status as a non-photographic image in a world dominated by the screen, traversing the paradox between the prohibition of touch in relation to digital technology and art. These illusory paintings encapsulated within shallow domes of convex Perspex, aim to tantalise and distance the
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The exhibition features a suite of new paintings by Vernon Ah Kee and runs concurrently with Sandra Selig ‘interleaves’. Born in Far North Queensland, Vernon Ah Kee is a conceptual artist and a founding member of the Brisbane-based proppaNOW artists’ collective. He has a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons) at the Queensland College of Art,
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Solo exhibition by Grace Kevill-Davies “In my practice I make constructed environments out of found and made objects. I interpret materials through the lens of the diorama, using processes of play and chance to make work. Because of this fluidity, my work shifts between video, photography and installation. These mediums allow me to explore different
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The closing chapter of an extended body of work investigating gendered engagements with the [mostly male] modernist canon, It’s Complicated utilises humour and explores the dynamics of romantic relationships as methods and metaphors for critique. For a single weekend, Courtney takes a final look at her fervent relationship with the history of Western modernism, and considers whether
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Spend some time with Master painter Karma Phuntsok as he teaches you the simple techniques used in traditional Tibetan painting of Buddhist images. Karma Phuntsok’s artworks are a unique and dynamic expression of contemporary Buddhist Art. The startling beauty and richness which graces his work is influenced by his diverse life experience. From a childhood
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Entries for the next John Fries Award will open in January 2015. At that time the website will be updated with an online entry form, full details on how to enter and the guest judges. An exhibition of finalists is held each year and the winner announced at the exhibition opening. See previous John Fries
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With shimmering colour and layered, fluttering forms, Belem Lett’s paintings evoke beauty and desire as antidotes for the uncertainties of life. Lett plays with notions of geography, geology and meteorology to create what he calls ‘pointless mappings of spatial relations’.Based upon random urban walks the artist has staged around Paris and Sydney, each series of
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‘To learn how to use forms … is above all to know how to make them one’s own, to inhabit them’ -Nicolas Bourriaud, 2002 “Select Reshape” examines the tension between technologically created images and the handmade. Utilising shapes that directly reference pre-existing architectural forms, Degroot abstracts, de-constructs, re-constructs and then re-imagines these forms in
Impress Printmakers Studio & Gallery presents an exhibition of prints, drawings, and artist books by Brisbane artist Claudia Husband and American artist Christopher Hagen who shared a residency on the island of Skopelos, Greece in July 2014. Drawing upon the delicate nature of the Skopelos marble and the unique geography of the island, Claudia and
International artist Stephen Johnston’s thought-provoking new exhibition ‘Observations’ explores the relationship between our humanity and the items we use everyday. Johnston paints hyper-realistic figures juxtaposed with banal objects, creating unusual contexts and intriguing compositions. Johnston has gained a reputation as one of Ireland’s most promising young artists, being featured on the front page of the
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“Lisa Adams creates images that are often unsettling, sometimes melancholy or by turns uplifting, but always affecting and richly atmospheric. THe scale on which she works affords her involved and tightly realised paintings an intimacy that echoes the personal nature of her subject matter. Indeed, she explores grand emotions on a humble scale so that
A call for expressions of interest from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander weavers, fibre artists and community groups connected to South East Queensland is being sought for the development of a fibre art project at Redland Art Gallery. Artists will be invited to explore continuity of weaving traditions themes, through new or existing works.Aboriginal and
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Spiro | Grace Art Rooms would like to invite you to celebrate the year past and the year to come with Christmas cocktails on Saturday, December 6. ‘Collectibles IV’ will feature a selection of artists from 2014 and will see the introduction of our 2015 program. The exhibition marks our fifth year of operation and
The Glover Prize is the richest annual prize for landscape painting in Australia. It is awarded for the work judged the best contemporary landscape painting of Tasmania. The winner receives $40,000 and a bronze maquette of colonial artist John Glover, whose legacy is celebrated though the Prize. Landscape painting is defined in its broadest sense. The aim is
The inaugural PARAMOR PRIZE: ART + INNOVATION 2015 is an annual acquisitive prize of $20,000. A $5,000 Mayoral Award will be issued to the artwork that best addresses the guiding principles of Liverpool City Council and a $1,000 People’s Choice Award will be issued to the artwork voted most popular. A curated selection of works will
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Call for artists and writers: ArtAscent is now accepting submissions for the international call for artists themed “Portraits.” The likeness, personality and mood of a being – captured in image and word. Portraits reveal character or lack thereof. A view of someone, a moment in time – captured and frozen in eternity. A portrait of
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‘Shifting Ground’ brings together six diverse Brisbane artists whose works address contemporary experiences of the landscape. Stepping in to the landscape to perform, interact, reflect and respond, these artists present new ways of seeing and experiencing the natural world. With a focus on intermedia dialogue and interventions in the conventional, ‘Shifting Ground’ provides insight into
Through the deconstruction and analysis of everyday devices, Michael Candy has developed a unique rationale of ‘instinctive engineering’ which he uses to investigate interaction technologies. These ideas are manifested in the construction of physical installations or electromechanical objects that oftentimes exist on the verge of what is socially or ethically legal, from devices that use IED cell phone
Poly Gone Cowboy presents, ‘Tales, Fables and Other Exaggerations’, a collection of new work by Cairns based artist Regular Rick (aka Rick Beresford) featuring a number of collaborations, painting, drawing and a variety of printmaking techniques. The show is a tongue in cheek exploration of religion, money and power and often draws on slang based
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… everything in nature is resurrection. Voltaire (1694-1778) Ogród represents Renata Buziak’s personal and global garden – across the earth, in terms of nature and culture, we share far more than we differ. Buziak came to Australia from Poland in 1991, escaping turbulent times in Europe. Now resident in Australia for more than half her life, her aesthetic interests
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Critics often label today’s design as expensive and elitist and see the modern day designer as someone operating in a “bubble” of isolation. Burst Open is an exhibition that examines this notion, and through the lens of the emerging global phenomena of open source design, turns it into an optimistic opportunity. Open source refers to free
Brunswick Street Gallery welcomes application from emerging artists for solo or small group exhibitions in a single one, or combination of our gallery spaces. With an inclusive platform we encourage you to begin a conversation with us about becoming involved. With new exhibitions every two weeks, we regularly feature solo exhibitions and curated group exhibitions. Openings
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Yarra City Council is looking for artists to exhibit at Richmond Town Hall, Fitzroy Library and Richmond Library as part of our 2015 exhibition program. Richmond Town Hall Richmond Town Hall, located at 333 Bridge Road Richmond, plays an important role in the delivery of services to the community. Members of our community attend the
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spaced is a recurring international event of socially engaged art. Conceived and coordinated by International Art Space (formerly IASKA) spaced brings together international and Australian artists with communities throughout Western Australia to explore the relationship between globalisation and local identity. spaced seeks to foster the development of new modes of interaction between artists and communities
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Through her practice and creation of exquisitely beautiful, hand crafted objects, Nadine Cameronexplores various concepts including the cultural relevance of body adornment and heraldry, and the symbolism and awarding rituals of medals and explores the concepts of time and space in small scale sculptures. Through these works Cameron reflects on universal systems of meaning and understanding. This
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15 Artists is an annual acquisitive award and exhibition, which plays a pivotal role in the ongoing growth of the Moreton Bay Regional Council Art Collection. We invite artists to submit work that reflects our Collection’s focus on culture, identity, spirit and sense of place. This exhibition has an $8,000 acquisitive prize which will be
QUT Visual Art Honours Graduate ExhibitionThe 2014 QUT Visual Art Honours Cohort warmly invites you to the Opening Reception of their Graduation Exhibition Everything All At Once, to be officially opened by the Executive Directors of the Institute of Modern Art, Aileen Burns and Johan LundhOpening Reception: 6pm – 9pm Wednesday 26th of November, 2014Exhibition
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A culmination of Anita Holtsclaw’s year as Artist in Residence, ‘searching’ builds on dialogues of longing and loss in the landscape found in art history and cinema. The exhibition draws from Bas Jan Ader’s work In Search Of The Miraculous (1975) to contemplate the poetic act of searching. In doing so it explores how the
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Michael Nelson began painting some 25 years ago in Papunya, Central Australia, in the classic dot and circle tradition of desert sand painting. Much of his work centres on the country in the Mt Singleton area and tells of traditional Dreaming stories including Possum, Kangaroo, Emu and Lightning. Michael Nelson was recognised nationally and internationally
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Please join Lindy Lee, Rex Butler and Michele Helmrich in a conversation about the transformative influences on Lindy Lee’s practice, including her early photocopy work, and the work that evolved following her embrace of Zen Buddhism and her Chinese heritage. Associate Professor Rex Butler is Reader in Art History in the School of English, Media
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A-CH Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Bianca Mavrick.For this forthcoming exhibition, Mavrick explores a playful approach to personal family-heritage from her position as a third-generation immigrant in Australia. Framing memory through personal recounts and archival materials, she examines idiosyncratic aspects of globalisation and cultural assimilation, looking specifically at how these themes
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A new work developed specifically for presentation at Boxcopy, ‘Dry Gulch’ considers the relationship between the artist’s body and the oft-inhabited contemporary art space. For the exhibition Mark Shorter will extinguish the natural light that permeates Boxcopy and occupy the space for the duration of the show. As viewers enter the darkened room, their pupils
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