Born in Melbourne in 1959, Lewis Miller trained at the Victorian College of the Arts in the late 1970s, and completed post graduate studies at the College in 1982. In that same year the artist was awarded the College’s Hugh Ramsey Portrait Prize. Miller is considered one of this country’s leading figurative and portraiture artists. […]
The subject of Marisa Purcell’s artwork cannot be found in her paintings but comes about through the experience of them. Their meaning resides in the illusory spaces created between the swathes and splashes of brilliant saturated colour, and the bold and ghostly forms that spill out from her canvases to permeate the viewer. Purcell describes
Rod Moss legendary painter from the fringes of Alice Springs brings us more of his arresting imagery – a closer look into Aboriginal daily life in the desert. Often perplexing but always engaging, these graphic works can appear both mundane and sardonic. Tongue in cheek references and suggestive poses by the Aboriginal subjects simultaneously challenge
Christian Capurro works with a diverse range of media, tools and processes. He was curated into the 52nd Venice Biennale (2007) and also recently into: InVisible: Art at the Edge of Perception, Mass MoCA (2010); Mirror Mirror: Then and Now, IMA/Tin Sheds/Samstag Museum of Art (2009/10); Erased: Contemporary Australian Drawing, AGNSW/Asialink touring exhibition (2009/11); Negotiating this world: Contemporary Australian
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Talking about Robert Rauschenberg’s practice, John Cage once remarked ‘beauty is now underfoot wherever we take the trouble to look’. Taking this idea as a starting point and drawing on the Gallery’s contemporary collections, ‘Everyday Magic’ focuses on how the everyday — both materials and situations — can be transformed into art.
What happens when 98 creative people from painters and photographers to mimes and mathematicians get together to create 49 artworks? Seven With Another is a biannual art exhibition with a twist. For each exhibition, 14 artists from fields as diverse as photography and film to architecture and dance are invited to participate and work in seven
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How can we decouple our attention from the objectives that drive our lives–self-positioning, the promise of novelty, opportunities, life narratives, the constant maximising of pleasure and possessions? Part object iconography, part instructional video, part transcendental advertisement, Everything is a Distraction is an exhibition of new work by Marnie Edmiston. Using a combination of sculpture, video, photography and
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Wendy Sharpe is acclaimed as one of Australia’s most significant and awarded artists. She has won the Archibald Prize, the Portia Geach Memorial Prize (twice) and the Sulman prize (judged by Albert Tucker). She has received major commissions including Australian Official Artist to East Timor, the first woman painter since World War II. Wendy is
Opening on International Women’s Day, ‘Conversation Pieces’ presents works by Australian artists Agatha Gothe-Snape, Alex Martinis Roe and Hannah Raisin and collaborative works by Catherine or Kate, Scott Ferguson (Erika Scott & Brooke Ferguson) and Courtney Coombs & Caitlin Franzmann. These artists engage with ideas of contemporary feminism through processes of dialogue and exchange; exploring
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Richard Dunlop first began making large paintings colliding botanical illustration with still life and landscape conventions at a time when the status and the appeal of painting was waning. He described the taboo of mixing these previously distinct genres as irresistible. Today it seems that it is Dunlop’s paintings that are irresistible to both contemporary
This is the first major exhibition to consider the social consciousness that infused Arthur Boyd’s life and to link his political concerns with his artwork. Paintings, prints, ceramics and other materials from the Bundanon Trust Collection offer insights into how one of Australia’s greatest artists dealt with the social responsibility that defines humanity. The exhibition
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Opening Event Friday 7 March, 6-8pm / Exhibition Duration March 5 – April 5, 2014 Ryan Renshaw Gallery – 137 Warry Street, Fortitude Valley / 11:00am – 5:00pm Wednesday – Saturday
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If you have ever likened the similarities of man and beast you have merely scratched the surface of the notions at play in Yannick Blattner’s upcoming exhibition, ‘Low Blow’. The exhibition will see the presentation of Blattner’s new body of paintings that further divulge his pre-existing explorations into the constructs of the Australian male identity,
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An exhibition of work by contemporary Australian artist, Danie Mellor, is on display at the University of Queensland Art Museum, St Lucia Campus, from 18 January to 27 April 2014. The exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures and installations from the past 12 years of Mellor’s career (2002-2014). As an artist of Indigenous and European
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As a painter, Fred Williams (1927-82) is renowned for his innovative use of aerial perspective and abstract forms to represent the Australian landscape. Trained in Melbourne and England, Williams began his career as a figurative artist before developing an abstracted visual language to depict space. Whilst living in post-war London in the early 1950s Williams
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The Hold Artspace warmly invites you to the opening of two concurrent exhibitions on Friday the 7th of March from 6-9pm; A Knife and a Torch and Translations.A Knife and a Torch is an exhibition of work created by Kay Lawrence, Kat Sawyer & Vanessa Stanley while on location at Sanda Studio, Aimoto, Japan, created
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‘The Magic of Printmaking’ celebrates both the magical effects obtained through diverse printing techniques, and the magic that happens when a diverse group of seven artists explore these techniques together. The result is an exhibition that offers the viewer endless possibilities of to discover this magic in a wide variety of both artistic prints and
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Gemma Smith was born Sydney in 1978. In 1999 she completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at Sydney College of the Arts and in 2004 an honours year at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. Gemma Smith’s work begins with abstract painting, with a specific interest in colour’s ability to subvert the flat picture plane.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear one of Britain’s most successful contemporary sculptors, Richard Long share insights into his career and recent work, in conversation with Rex Butler, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Queensland. Recipient of the prestigious Turner Prize in 1989 for ‘the exceptional and enduring quality of his contribution to British art’, Long’s
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This exhibition combines the paintings of two of the Lethbridge L10 000 winners – David Kas from 2013 and Ai Shah in 2010. Both of these artists have a keen interest in landscape painting but utilize very different techniques resulting in very different styles. David looks at new ways of interpreting the landscape through his
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VIDEOHOLICA International Video Art Festival in Varna, Bulgaria starts the new open call for video art submissions for its 7th edition. The 7th VIDEOHOLICA will take place between 1st and 7th August 2014 in Varna, Bulgaria. This year’s edition of VIDEOHOLICA will be accompanied by an international panel discussion on the issues and opportunities for
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Building on the energy that emanated from LEVEL’s previous forum, ‘Feminism and Art in 2013’, ‘We Need To Act’ will focus on the future, looking at what it means to act in the political sense, and how artists, curators and writers are attempting to create change. With a keynote presentation from one of Australia’s most
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PORTAL is Luke Jaaniste ongoing project that brings together a host of vintage keyboards (Yamaha Portasounds from early 1980s) to create mesmerising ambient sound fields. PORTAL (NOCTURNAL) is a special late-night performance-scape in the car park of Metro Arts – as part of Metro Arts’ Pop Up Bar & Supper Club, timed for this year’s
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Showcasing works by the best artists, designers and creatives of QUT’s 2013 graduate class, alongside works by graduates of the inaugural Ars Electronica Futurelab Academy following their debut at the Ars Electronica Festival in Austria, #SHAPE14 exposes future innovators in all areas of art and design, including fashion, interior design, architecture and visual art. Now
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Magic Miles is set in one of those ordinary afternoons when somehow small details and experiences collide to become an exhilarating and perfect moment, maybe palpable only to you, you who it comes to more easily because you’re young and invincible, exuberant for anything and everything matters, even – or especially because – the ordinary
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A digital culture centre providing visitors with the opportunity to explore creativity across the arts, technology, science and enterprise. The Edge presents an ongoing calendar of exhibitions, events and workshops and offers free access to a range of hardware and software. At The Edge we aim to provide Queenslanders of all ages with the opportunity
This exhibition invites the audience to engage with contemporary art installation practice through an immersive sensory experience. Visitors will be able to carefully explore the tactile qualities of specific sculptural works by these artists through the sense of touch. This exhibition will include recent works by well-known artists, Sebastian Di Mauro and Carly Scoufos who
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Come along, have a drink, check out the amazing spaces at Jugglers Art Space that will be filled with a wide range of drawings, paintings, sculpture, collaborations, installations and live art by artists: Alice Weitherhal Joseph Gracia KNOCK Matt Lockwood Zoe Mary Opening Event Friday 21st February 6-9pm
Join Boxcopy for their next Weekender series, Earth Wind and Fire, featuring time-based works by four 2013 Brisbane visual arts graduates – Tom Brooks, Grace Kevill-Davies, Kinlyside and Sarah Poulgrain. The works in the exhibition are grounded in ideas of perception and staging experiences of the natural world. These emerging artists construct spaces for contemplation and
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Anastasia Booth’s practice centers on the problematic relationship between feminine desire and divergent sexual practice. During Booth’s 3 month residency at LEVEL her sculptural and video works have looked to the rituals, materials and iconographies associated with certain divergent subcultures. By appropriating these tropes, her resulting exhibition will consider how these signs function in portraying
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Sancintya Simpson was born 1991 Brisbane, Australia, where she currently works and lives. She is a first generation Australian whose migrant parents are of South African-Indian and Anglo-New Zealand heritage. The impact of being brought up in a cross-cultural environment has had a major influence on Simpson’s artistic practice; leading her work to be based
The Universe is made up of 90 percent dark matter – the only way we know it is there is from it’s gravitational pull. The exhibition Dark Matter a collaboration between Ali Bezer and Mitchell Donaldson envelops you; then leaves you wondering where you are and what you believe in. There are some explosive works
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If you have ever experienced that moment of despair after forgetting your next point of conversation then you will easily understand the concept of Glitch art. Imagine the expression on your face as you tried to remember what you had meant to say and the noises you had made as you tried to reclaim that
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I will support you for ever and ever by Carl Warner continues his ongoing engagement with the visual resonance of 20th Century Modernism into the 21st Century. This exhibition is offered as an online exhibition. Works can be viewed online and purchase enquires made via info@janamntonart.com Exhibition can be viewed at – www.janmantonart.com/carl-warner-i-will-support-you-for-ever-and-ever
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Brett Lethbridge will release the second round of his lighthearted pop inspired paintings titled Bulletproof Kiss. These paintings capture the adventurous spirit of exploration he and his wife are undertaking in the United States, traveling and exhibiting in the southern states and immersing themselves in the patriotic power of the land of the free.
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Brisbane-born painter and draftsman Lloyd Rees (1895–1988) is one of Australia’s most recognised and awarded landscape artists. The exhibition honours the important connection between Lloyd Rees and Queensland, especially regarding his early development as a draftsman and artist, the exhibition explores the range of his artistic achievements throughout his long career. Moving from Brisbane to
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