An exhibition of new works by artist Sam Cranstoun. Opening event: Thursday 2 October, 6 – 8 pm This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
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Between the 1840s and the 1860s, a rather curious artifact circulated sideshows and carnivals. The Fiji Mermaid, as it was titled, comprised of the mummified head and torso of a monkey, attached to the tail of a fish. While there was no evidence that the creature, exhibited by eccentric American philanthropist P.T. Barnham, was
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The AX3 – American Aperture Awards are an international open call for photography possessing uncommon vision. This opportunity is open to photographers of all backgrounds who capture images that make the unknowable known. Our goal is to celebrate the most iconic photos taken by new and emerging talent, as well as professionals, from around the
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Inviting us to intertwine our rational side with our intuition, John Aslanidis’ elegant chromatic paintings offer a vision firmly grounded in knowledge of physics, mathematics and music theory. His colour and line create a poetics of the interval – the space between – and blur the normative boundaries between what we see, hear, feel and
Julie Dowling was born in Subiaco, Western Australia. Working in a social realist style, Dowling draws on diverse art traditions including European portraiture and Christian icons, Mexican mural painting, Papunya Tula dotting and Noongar iconography. Dowling works like an ethnographer, recording the deep-seated injustices in the Indigenous community. Her pictorial works have a strong political
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New paintings by artist Leonard Brown showing at Andrew Baker Art Dealer Image: STAND A LITTLE CLOSER (2014). Oil on linen, 120 x 180 cm
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Landscape painting has a long and illustrious history in Australian art, however few artists have tackled the subject in such a way that the use of landscape represents a creative leap forward. This can be said for Sir Russell Drysdale and Sir Sidney Nolan in the 40s and 50s, John Olsen and Fred Williams in
“I have known Band’s art since his first exhibition in Australia in 1987 and I have always been moved by it. Band has a profound talent to create beauty, to make beautiful art. Band has a serious relationship with colour, shape, line and texture and the expression of these elements is as essential to him
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Ryan Renshaw Gallery will close after 10 years and will be hosting a closing event on Friday 10th October. The accompanying exhibition will feature an interactive installation by Michael Candy, Andrew McLellan, and Kiah Reading. In October 2004 we opened a small gallery in Brisbane with the simple premise of providing a free space for emerging artists working
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Much has been made of Eady’s practice as a series of devious works that infiltrate both the gallery, the public space and the skin of its viewers. On first approach his works avoid the radar, slipping in under the guise of humour and irony and deliver something of a knockout blow that comes unannounced. Looking up
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Lethbridge 10000 Finalists exhibition features a collection of the artists to watch that have been sourced from our annual art award, the Lethbridge 10000 Art Award. The Artists are: Selene Cochrane Julie Cane Martin Tighe Michelle Caitens Anne-Marie Zanetti Lisa Christensen These six artists each demonstrate exceptional skill with their paint medium and showcase the talent
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‘Emerald’, a solo exhibition of new works by Brisbane based artist, Andy Harwood. Harwood has retreated into a mathematical labyrinth of warped geometry, grasping influence from colour presently consuming him, ‘EMERALD’. Modernism was a dirty word through the nineties and well into the two-thousands, however in that always-cyclic way it has returned and brought to attention
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A-CH Gallery presents ‘Observe’ as part of Dispatch, a window space exchange program. The exhibition will feature an installation by Alexander Jackson Wyatt as per an exchange with SLOT Gallery, Sydney. A-CH Gallery’s curator Kate Mackenzie has used Jackson Wyatt’s work as a starting point for the exhibition, inviting Brisbane artists Alrey Batol, Rachael Archibald,
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There is something about water that helps us recover a sense of wellbeing and harmony that we easily felt as children. Fluid and flexible, it helps alleviate the stresses and anxieties of everyday life, encouraging us to relax, let go, and become weightless. In this collection, ‘Splash!’, Margaret Ingles has created a series of “visual haikus” capturing
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NAVA Connect offers artists five online courses to enhance their professional expertise and skills in areas ranging from grant writing, managing a business, marketing themselves and their work, expanding career opportunities and building an online presence. The online format enables artists from anywhere in Australia the flexibility to learn at times that suit often busy
The Creative Sparks Program is a joint initiative of Brisbane City Council and Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. The grant program aims to: invest in creative projects within a community context which deliver artistic, cultural, social and economic returns support artists, artsworkers and producers in the development of new work and extension of their creative practice
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Luke Maninov is an imaging neuroscientist and artist living in Brisbane, Australia. His designs are heavily influenced by natural forms and his continuing work in the fields of biomedical imaging and neuroscience. Through the study of comparative structure in plants and animals his work examines the shared features that define the living and the organic. First
Liquid Architecture is an Australian organisation for events, exhibitions, performances and situations of the world’s leading artists working with sound. Once a “sense-specific” festival, interested in listening and the depth of individual sound perception, Liquid Architecture is broadening its focus of concern to engage the social, cultural, political, economic as well as aesthetic frameworks in which
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Continuing his interests in material reality, virtuality, repetition and the common good, Peter Alwast presents a series of paintings which chart the origins of the human species. The exhibition presents a dialogue between paintings made in the real and their virtual counterparts, constructing and deconstructing perceptions about origin and hierarchy. Long live the chickens and
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The inhabitants of Vipoo Srivilasa’s enigmatic porcelain kingdom have much to tell us. As contemporary figurines they communicate through gesture, pattern, colour and texture: their delicately configured messages are full of poetic insight into the human condition, carrying more than just a touch of wry humour. At first glance, their balanced poise beckons for our
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In England, he was noted for his huge murals. In Australia, however, James Guppy is known for his exquisitely executed, small, evocative paintings. His art displays courage and honesty in the way it explores human emotions, identifying and commenting on the cultural and emotional legacies with which we live. Guppy portrays people in moments of
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Salli Sixpence’s latest collection of macro photographs ‘Once Were Oceans’ was born out of impressions gleaned from a long walk through the Australian outback. Drawing on memory of this journey Salli reconstructs vistas using mirrors, colour card, paint, flora and condiments to conjure a remarkably convincing interpretation of the arid plains and flooding rains of a big
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It seems counter-intuitive to put together art – a form or medium dominated since Kant by questions of intentionality – and the object-oriented ontology arising out of the recent philosophical movement of Speculative Realism. However, undoubtedly one of the corollaries of Speculative Realism’s unchaining of ontology from ‘correlationism’ – the assumption that reality must somehow
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Are you a manager or experienced independent currently working in the arts? Do you want to take that next step in your career? Are you aspiring to take on a more senior position or strategic role? If so, this program has been designed for you. The Australia Council for the Arts invites applications for
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Maryann Talia Pau is a practicing weaver, artist and designer. She is an exhibiting artist, collaborator, sista and lover of Pasifika crafts, bling and material culture. Born in Apia, Samoa, Maryann grew up in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand and has recently moved to Brisbane with her family after developing her art and work in Melbourne.
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About the Gallery The main exhibition space is a set of nineteen mailboxes measuring 46 x 286 x 14cm. All boxes have glass fronts and LED lights. Seventeen of the boxes each measure 23 x 12.5 x 12cm & the two boxes near the foyer entrance each measure 20 x 12 x 12cm (dimensions are approximate as each box varies slightly.)
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The IMA welcomes teachers to join us on Art Teachers Day for an immersive professional development program engaged with peers, educators, curators, and artists working today. In association with the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), the morning session is located at Cinema A, GOMA. The afternoon program is located at the IMA. View
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QUT Creative Industries Precinct is calling for submissions from independent artists, curators and/or collectives to be a part of the 2015 Exhibition Program at The Block. We’re seeking applications for an exhibition/project/performance which considers the unique spatial and technical capabilities of The Block and embraces experimentation and inter- or trans-disciplinary practice. The successful applicant/s will
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The A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize are awarded to Australian artists who have demonstrated talent and achievement in traditional styles. The Art Prize is intended to encourage, support and advance classical training of emerging artists (in their early to mid-career) at any stage of life, who are pursuing the study and practice of
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Get an introduction to making mobile apps for Apple iOS using Xcode. Xcode is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that contains the tools that are used to build some of the most popular apps in the market. The workshop will start with writing and building code, showing how to get the most out of source
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The Burnie Regional Art Gallery is now calling for entries for the Burnie Print Prize 2015, which will be held for the fifth time after the inaugural competition in 2007. The Prize has been increased from $12,000 to $15,000 making it, alongside the Fremantle Print Prize, the equal-first richest prize for printmaking in Australia. The judges for
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This is a call out for applications for one Exhibition Team Leader from Queensland as part of the Professional Development program for the Venice Biennale 2015. Please note that this position was formerly known as “Venue Attendant Team Leader”. This position is co-funded by Arts Queensland. The Professional Development program is an essential part of
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Forgotten Treasures Like rain on tarmac… the smell of old books… a brand new fairytale… your first time clubbing… a brave new world… a standing ovation….our new dreamtime. Join us in creating an inspiring and magical experience for Brisbane as we commandeer the most majestic landmark in the city. The iconic Old Museum will be
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Please join us for two solo exhibitions by Genevieve Reynolds and Jared Worthington, opening 6pm Friday, 12th September at The Hold Artspace, West End, Brisbane. In Genevieve Reynolds’ paintings, overlapping layers of translucent colour obscure and reveal earlier compositions, forming tunnels leading into the work’s history. The resulting forms protrude and recede, oscillating between reading as objects or
RARE CUTS Volume 1 is a fundraiser with all profits going to DVConnect, a not for profit outfit that arrange assistance such as counselling, intervention, transport and emergency accommodation for Queenslanders who are in danger from a violent partner or family member. They also assist in moving between 12 and 20 pets to safety each
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The ArtStart program has been created to give financial assistance to recent arts graduates, helping you make the challenging transition from studying to having a professional career in the arts. If you’ve completed an accredited Certificate IV arts course or higher in the past three years – or are about to complete one – you could be eligible.