This exhibition presents an important suite of early paintings by Chinese-born Australian artist Ah Xian. Generously gifted to the Gallery by the artist and donors, these works largely draw on the iconography of socialist realist first aid posters from China’s Cultural Revolution (1966–76) and convey experiences of trauma and the process of healing. The ‘Heavy […]
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In 2006, Australian director Shaun Wilson visited the Romanesque-Gothic St. Michael’s church in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, encountering 51 medieval religious paintings. After painstakingly copying each artwork into a small travel notebook, Shaun reconstructed each painting through video using a series of actors and friends in locations of historical significance. Filmed between 2006-2013 in Germany, Australia
The exhibition, ‘Seen + Heard: Works and Multiples from the Collection’ draws on major artworks, installations and multiples (numbered editions) from the Gallery’s Collection, which address crossovers between popular culture, music, sound and visual art. In recent decades the Gallery has acquired a number of works that either directly incorporate sound as a component or
Regenerate will feature new works by six emerging artists. This exhibition will present new understandings of the human body as a site in which to explore notions of identity, sexuality and mortality and the points in which these notions intersect. The natural world, technology and the profundity of existence will all come into play as this
Sensual and tactile, Craig Waddell’s work celebrates both the sublime and the imperfect. Laying down paint, wet into wet, observing while intuitive colour and gesture build and change, he destroys, renews and resurrects images from everyday life. A close attunement to the natural world began during childhood on his family farm. Whether painting a rooster
Davida has said she works in episodes. This is through personal necessity, and because the life of the painting when wet, finishes quickly. There is a very strict technical limitation to make any changes. Whereas other methods of painting allow for changes to be made, Davida’s direct hands on caressing of the paint, the substance
Noel McKenna was born in Brisbane in 1956. After studying architecture at the University of Queensland in 1974 and 1975, the artist continued his education at the Brisbane College of Art, attending the College between 1976 and 1978. In 1981 the artist studied at the Alexander Mackie College, Sydney. In the late 1970s the artist
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Caitlin Franzmann lives and works in Brisbane. Franzmann originally trained as an urban planner and in 2012 completed a BFA at Queensland College of Art. She has exhibited at the Institute of Modern Art, QUT Art Museum, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Slopes Gallery and as a part of OtherFilm Festival 2012. In 2012, she completed a
Elisa Jane Carmichael belongs to the Quandamooka people of Minjerribah, NorthStradbroke Island and is very passionate about nurturing and preserving herstrong connection to the sand and sea, Yoolooburrabee. Her current practicevisually explores the beauty of nature and surrounding environment, drawinginspiration from her cultural identity and heritage.Elisa has exhibited as an artist nationally and internationally after
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REDSEA Gallery is pleased to present a new exhibition by New Zealand artist Ross Jones. This represents Ross’s first exhibition in Australia. Jones style encapsulates the art of storytelling. He loves to distort the light and capture that moment in time. They are a mixture of seemingly perfect places and events, but like all good
QUT Artist run initiative Post Datum presents Storage Space. This group exhibition features eight QUT students that are currently undertaking undergraduate or postgraduate studies. The artworks presented will communicate concepts of memory and investigate ways in which we store, retain and revisit both personal experience and technological processes.
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Pine Rivers Art Gallery is an intimate contemporary space presenting new and diverse perspectives from emerging to mid-career artists. Only 30 minutes’ drive from Brisbane CBD and a 5-minute walk from the Strathpine Train Station, the gallery program blends local and national artists through collaborative projects and inspiring exhibitions. The gallery is an incubator space
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Explore one of Australia’s premier regional art galleries, renowned for its diverse programming and iconic Children’s Gallery. Ipswich Art Gallery is a visual arts and social history museum offering a dynamic array of exhibitions and heritage displays, complemented by art workshops, events, and a dedicated Community Gallery. Situated on Yuggera Country, we’re just 30 minutes
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Exist as part of Metro Arts’ new Friday Night event series; is excited to be programming a series of works in progress from contemporary artists at Metro Arts.Please go to level 3, Metro Arts in studio 3.1 and studio 3.7Curated by Tara Heffernan, and starring Eleanor Jackson and Ma Ya Ga Ng Re Ne (Thomas Day)
Local West End institutions, Boxvintage and The End Bar, are set to host their second pop-up art exhibition on Friday June 6, 2014, this time showcasing the works of Brisbane painter and contemporary visual artistLaura Horrocks. This one-night-only exhibition, entitled Shape Shift, uses pattern, shape, colour and depictions of nature to explore the vast combination
How long is the coast of Britain? This question formed the basis of a research paper by mathematician, Benoit Mandelbrot, published in Science magazine in 1967. What seems like a straightforward question with a finite answer is in fact quite the opposite: as Mandelbrot discovers, when it comes to geographical curves, the smaller the increment of measurement,
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Pan lived an amazing life, even though it was cut short due to a severe case of teflonitis. Born in China, November 17th 2013, he leaves behind 1 000 000 brothers and sisters and our thoughts go out to them in this somber time. Pan was a great friend; the kind who was always there for you.
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Something to Prove showcases recent work by Benjamin Crowley exploring themes of masculinity and identity in contemporary Australia. Specifically this exhibition will consider how masculinity is connected to and superficially reinforced by physical strength, sexual performance, AC/DC, bulk beers and arm-wrestles. So come along, drink piss and get involved in the business of being a good
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A group exhibition of 3 TAFE students, specially chosen from there graduating exhibition by the Director of Jugglers art Space, Peter Breen. Artists include Briony Law, Damian Jacinto and Scott Siden. Briony Law For the exhibition, Nature Documentary, Briony Law presents works that document aspects of her nature through selected outcomes from her first semester of a
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EightONE signifies the union of eight graduating art students into one cohesive exhibition. We are the South Bank Institute of Technology’s first Advanced Diploma group and we are excited by the potential to introduce ourselves to South East Queensland’s creative arts community. Eightone ‘s opening night celebrations begin Wednesday the 4th of June from 6
Between 1950 and 1972, galleries run by Brian Johnstone were Brisbane’s foremost forums for contemporary Australian art; Marodian Gallery (1950–1952), and The Johnstone Gallery run with his wife Marjorie (1952–1972), represented an impressive range of Australian artists. The Johnstone Gallery was arguably Australia’s most famous commercial gallery at that time, exhibiting the works of Charles Blackman, Arthur Boyd, Ray Crooke, Lawrence Daws, Donald
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Where do artists come from? Is it a matter of choice to become an artist, or do some predefined qualities make it inescapable? As part of The Working Life, Vilnius-based artist Darius Mikšys will host an Artists Parents Meeting at the IMA on Thursday 5 June, where these and other questions will be addressed in a private forum. Artists Parents Meetings are live
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Flying Arts Alliance is presenting a new exhibition of works which celebrates the rich artistic influences and diversity of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists of Far North Queensland at the Shopfront Gallery during May. The exhibition, Freshwater Saltwater: Connecting to Country, is curated by UMI Arts resident curator Teho Ropeyarn and features thirty
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Featuring works by Richard Bell, Andrea Fraser, Marianne Flotron, Melanie Gilligan, Jesse Jones, Darius Mikšys, Stuart Ringholt, and Superflex. Representations of labour have a long tradition in art; and anxiety, fear and terror equally so. In the years since the 2008 global financial crisis, many artists have showed a renewed interest in examining the relationship between
The stormtroopers, in the epic Star Wars films, were a collective of military personnel. They carried out Imperialist duties, prescribed by the evil Lord Vader, with cool efficiency. This is an interesting choice of imagery, for an artist of politically subversive and culturally critical means. For Alasdair Macintyre, his shiny white warriors are emblematic of
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Natalya Hughes deconstructs, reconfigures and rewrites figurative images to form partially abstracted and highly patterned psychological worlds. Working broadly across painting, collage, print, animation and installation, Hughes conflates the boundaries between realism and the fantastical, grotesque and kitsch in an intense and often humorous exploration of decadence and the grossly familiar. Based in Sydney, Hughes’s
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Painter Jasper Knight completed a Master of Arts at the University of New South Wales. His broadly coloured, painterly works viscerally depict icons of the urban landscape. Knight has held solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Alice Springs and internationally in London. He was awarded the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship in 2003, the
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“The Long Martch” combines the historical concept of the marching army, with the perilous journey of the artist through time. Using the “stormtrooper” character from the “Star Wars” series, the lonely voyage of the artist is directly inscribed upon the armour of each trooper, reflecting both a homage to those who have gone before, as
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The Blaktism, a new video work by Megan Cope, is a high-energy performance and ritual that sees a young female “Fair-Skinned Aborigine” undertake a sacred ceremony in which she receives the rite of authenticity validated by cultural authorities ever present in the Australian cultural landscape. The sacred ceremony itself (too mystical to discuss in media ephemera)
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Svenja Kratz is a contemporary Brisbane based artist interested in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary creative practice, particularly the intersections between science and art. Svenja’s work gives rise to the complex relationships between humans and other organisms, engaging with the human endeavour to understand, manipulate and control the world around us, particularly through scientific research. Through her
The National Portrait Gallery calls all creative types aged 18 – 30 to submit a screen-based digital portrait for the $10,000 Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award 2014. The artist judged to have made the most outstanding screen-based digital portrait will be awarded a $10,000 bursary and an artistic residency at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
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Established in 2001, the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize attracts strong support from artists, collectors and critics and is the first and only national acquisitive prize that showcases the quality and diversity of sculptures of smaller dimensions. Over 500 entries from national and international artists are received annually and approximately 40 finalists’ works are exhibited over
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Entries for the 2014 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture are now open. In 2014 the Black Swan Prize for Portraiture features the $50,000 Lester Prize and a $7,500 People’s Choice Prize. For more information please visit – Website
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Each year, the Brett Whiteley Studio, administered by the Art Gallery of NSW, invites applications for a major travelling art scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to a talented young artist with an established body of work, who is best able to demonstrate the use and benefit of the scholarship to further their art education in Europe.
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The Lumen Prize Exhibition celebrates the very best fine art created digitally from emerging and established artists globally. Our goal is to focus the world’s attention on this exciting genre of fine art through an annual competition and global tour of the works selected by our eminent panel of judges. We are seeking the most compelling
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Director Chris Saines today called for Queenslanders to contribute to a major new art installation being created by Los Angeles artist collective, Fallen Fruit. Fallen Fruit of Brisbane: Pineapple Express! is a large, site-specific artwork that has been specially commissioned for ‘Harvest’, GOMA’s major exhibition exploring the production,
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