Brisbane based artist Kelly Hussey-Smith will discuss her work in the animal fanfair exhibition. Kelly is a PhD Candidate from the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University where she also teaches in the Photography program. She is interested in sharing human experiences through photography and storytelling. Refreshments provided. Image: Kelly Hussey-Smith, From Series – History Alive Date: […]
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The IMA and Room 40 are pleased to present a concert and a lecture by artist and musician David Grubbs. For over twenty years, Grubbs has left an indelible impact on music and art. Grubbs is an Associate Professor in the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College, CUNY, where he teaches MFA programs in Performance and Interactive Media Arts (PIMA), and Creative Writing. As a
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EDWINA CORLETTE GALLERY presents JACQUI STOCKDALE In Conversation with an Introduction by MARIAN DREW RSVP: gallery@edwinacorlette.com Jacqui Stockdale is highly regarded for her practice as a painter, drawer and photographer and has been recognised in major awards, prizes and institutional exhibitions. Stockdale’s work is both exuberant and serious. She sets up theatrical scenes using carnival masks, costumes and objects
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It is suggested that art theft is ranked as the fourth largest criminal enterprise after drugs, money laundering and weapons. Although, due to the sensitivity of the crime, most thefts are not made public. Join us for a journey through the mystery and complexities of art crime with Dr Pamela James, lecturer in Cultural and
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Tim Johnson’s highly individual contributions to the practice of making art and to debates about art in Australia, as well as his sustained engagement with diverse communities of Australian society, have constituted one of the most passionate, provocative and productive contributions to our cultural life by an Australian artist in recent decades. At the very end of the 1960s, after painting
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This collaborative exhibition blends the material thinking of artists Glen Skien and Tachika Yokota who embrace process and the hand-made object as a means of exploring the poetic and transformative nature of everyday objects. Through the reconfiguring of familiar objects fabricated through a variety of mediums both artists reflect on the loss and erasure of
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Recently on a train I overheard some teenagers mocking the name of a station. “What a dumb word – what does Kuraby even mean?” I knew what it meant. ‘Place of many springs’, a Bundjalung word. I had lived in the area for a long time and have fond memories of the creek that forms
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The churchie national emerging art prize offers an inspiring glimpse into the future of the Australian contemporary art scene. It provides a forum for artists to compete for highly visible recognition and does not restrict entries by category. All mediums are welcome, including painting, works on paper (drawing, editions, artist books), photography, new media and sculpture.
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The Carriers Traded with the half time sirens. A team of robotic footballers infected with the ‘Tiger Slime’ virus. The Visitors seep into their clockwork socks. Sixteen footballers break away from the EFL code and journey from freezing stadium home world to over time across the cold mountains. On the other side you step into the
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Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing 2014, supported by the Hopkins-Weise Family, is an annual exhibition held at Jugglers Art Space Inc., showcasing Australia’s most exciting artists through several mediums, specifically in the discipline of drawing. This year marks the 5th year of the project, with more than 150 artists submit from across Australia. Directed
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On the Possibility of a New Balloon Animal rigorously examines a frivolous object in order to advocate a possible future for architecture and art. Returning to Jeff Koons’s Rabbit of 1986 as an exemplar, the lecture poses a series of questions to establish the terms of this speculation: How do balloon animals construct an audience? What might it
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‘Transitions / Evacuation’ is an exhibition of new work by Khadim Ali, made between Australia and Afghanistan. The exhibition features new rugs, as well as new paintings created in collaboration with Sher Ali. Artist talk: Saturday 26 July, 4 pm Opening event: Saturday 26 July, 5 – 7 pm Exhibition dates: 26 July – 9 August 2014 Image:
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Catherine Sagin and Kate Woodcroft interview each other about studying comedy, their relationship, and being artists. For the occasion they have asked artists Erika Scott, Courtney Coombs, Martin Smith, Joseph Breikers, Tim Kerr, and David M Thomas to make a work that is not funny.Please be prompt and enter through the chapel.Proudly Supported by Brisbane
For one night this August, the Judith Wright Centre will be completely transformed as an open space for audiences to connect with some of Brisbane’s leading experimental artists.Showcasing the diversity of the contemporary visual, performance and sound art being developed locally, the Brisbane Experimental Art Festival invites you to explore the four levels of The Judy
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Surface. Texture. Shadow. The play of light on fabric, the transparency of glass, the softer structures of draped silk and the pure contours of ceramics, eggs or a pear. Painting the unique in the commonplace is Claire Stening’s obsession. Her compositions approach a calm, almost weightless monumentality, and her natural inclination toward a neutral palette
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For Cousins, there are several aspects to painting that are topical. One is the status of the image and the function of representation; another is the act/s of painting or the process and systems used. Cousins’ relationship with the recognisability of images sets him apart from most of his local contemporaries, and makes it necessary to align his
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Middle Ground 2 presents the current stages of studio research by Fine Art Honours candidates from the Queensland College of Art. These artists are honing their skills in a variety of media including painting, sculpture, installation, printmaking and jewellery. Middle Ground 2 serves as a diverse showcase of emerging contemporary practitioners. Each artist has spent
‘Poly Gone Cowboy presents ‘Right Here Right Now’, a fresh collection of paintings by Cairns based artist Caroline Mudge. In this new series of works Mudge continues her exploration into Buddhist principles and practice. Using her trademark candy palette on recycled surfaces Mudge lures viewers into her paintings whilst giving them a gentle slap as they
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The Moran Arts Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit organisation whose objective is to support the Arts in Australia through: The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prizes, and The Moran School Photographic Workshops. Established by Doug and Greta Moran and Family in 1988 in celebration of Australia’s bicentennial, the Moran Arts Foundation fosters portraiture skills and excellence in photography.
With a rich history of experimentation and rapid uptake of new technologies, Animation is consistently at the forefront of creative innovation in art concerned with movement, space and time. Often pushing the boundaries between art, film and media technology, artist animators work in an interdisciplinary space that expands well beyond Disney and Pixar. Presenting a
The Paul Guest Prize is a non-acquisitive cash prize of $12,000 which is held every two years, highlighting contemporary drawing practice in Australia. The Prize was initiated by former Family Court Judge and Olympic rower, the Honourable Paul Guest QC and encourages artists from across Australia to engage with the important medium of drawing and
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Aster + Asha Gallery is an online contemporary art platform dedicated to exhibiting a curated selection of engaging artwork by emerging artists from across Australia. The gallery presents artists who work across varied mediums including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and print, using both traditional and innovative materials and techniques. It has a strong focus on
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The Kennedy Prize is an annual Australian art award of $25,000 for ‘beauty’. The prize, offered by the Kennedy Arts Foundation, is based and exhibited in Adelaide but open to Australian artists nationwide, and is awarded to works that embody, comment on or celebrate beauty. The winning artist will receive the Kennedy Prize of $25,000,
Submissions are now open for the 11th annual Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe which is being held from 6 – 22 March 2015 on Perth’s stunning Cottesloe Beach. In 2014, over 70 artists were selected to exhibit. Over 200,000 people attended the exhibition during the 3 week exhibition period and over 44% of indoor and outdoor works sold. The submission form for Sculpture
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Clayton Utz is proud to support the Arts through the Clayton Utz Art Award. The Award offers a $10,000 winner’s prize and exhibition space for the finalists and is awarded to Queensland-based artists or artists with a strong connection to Queensland. This year’s judge will be Sebastian Di Mauro For more information please visit the – Website
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‘Snow is Flesh’ will feature both video works and drawings that meditatively speak to the human experience of decay. The exhibition will feature recent and previous works that are part of a series of drawings for which Kozak received the Marie Ellis OAM Prize for drawing in 2012. These drawings are simple pencil and paper compositions
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Grafton Regional Gallery invites all artists who reside in Australia to submit drawings in the 2014 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA). The award aims to promote excellence and innovation in Australian drawing. Entries are now open for the $40,000 award, which promotes innovation, display excellence and imagination in Australian drawing. The major award of $20,000
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The John Leslie Art Prize is one of Australia’s major prizes for landscape painting. It is a non-acquisitive prize open to all artists living and working in Australia. The prize is run by the Gippsland Art Gallery every two years and is generously sponsored by the Gallery’s Patron, John Leslie OBE. The First Prize winner
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Invisible Movements is an exhibition of new work by Caitlin Franzmann developed abroad, exploring the experience of the body in motion – its internal rhythms in relation to stimuli, spaces and speed. “For 3 months Caitlin worked at torna in Istanbul as guest artist. For 3 months, she cleaned the cat shit from the arcade corridors,
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Bronwyn is constantly drawn to the beauty and texture that can be found on the ground along our urban streets. She sees beyond the mundane to capture in great detail the brief moments that reflect the constant interplay between light and colour. Seasonal changes displayed on our tree-lined streets have been the main focus for
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The Walls is seeking expressions of interest from artists, writers, performers, screeners, speakers, presenters and curators for our proposed 2015 program. Send your CV/Bio, a few images, a brief statement about your current enquiries and where relevant your connection/response to (Miami) the Gold Coast. Submissions via email to mail@thewalls.com.au by July 22. This is not a call for
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Through Robyn Stacey’s photography we imagine other people’s private worlds. Stacey brings our gaze to contemporary life and the transitory meetings of private and public worlds within the modern hotel room. By turning the hotel room into a camera obscura, the name given to the phenomenon whereby an image of the surrounding world is projected
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Adam Lester’s work comes from a need to make sense of cultural ‘noise’. Travels in Greece and Asia, and an interlude in the hippy north of New South Wales, have laid the groundwork for this artist’s penetrating perception of the contemporary milieu. Steering a course between the political and the aesthetic, Lester appropriates from the
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A group exhibition from the Griffith University Art Gallery Collection. Featuring artists: Lesley Dumbrell Miles Hall Melinda Harper Nevil Mathews Chris Howlett Frank Osvath Kerrie Poliness Gemma Smith Paul Selwood For more information please visit the – Website
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The Skin I’m In is a focused examination of identity expressed through personal narratives, encompassing issues of evolution, gene modification, prosthetics, and lineage along with concepts of skin and bruising. The exhibition presents a number of lithographs, a ‘nana blanket’ constructed from screen printed aluminium, photographs and drawings on paper maché, and paper maché body casts.
This program offers audiences an opportunity to engage with the diverse and compelling genre of the contemporary war film, and was conceived to accompany the UQ Art Museum exhibition Conflict: Contemporary responses to war. Curated by John Edmond, PhD candidate in The University of Queensland’s School of English, Media Studies and Art History (EMSAH), the program
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