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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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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Correspondences brings together the work of New Zealand based artists whose works explore notions of communication, correspondence and exchange. While seeking to promote dialogue and discourse between Australian and New Zealand artists, this exhibition also forms the first part of an exchange project with Enjoy Public Art Gallery, a non-commercial artist-run initiative based in Wellington. The
“If you want to change the world. you first have to change the story. Because stories-not facts-guide our thinking”.The Re-imagining Narratives exhibition is the culmination of an appreciative inquiry doctoral research project by Dr. Theresa Renando, whose findings are represented via visual art and narrative forms. The arts were used to help people connect with the
Megan Cope’s upcoming exhibition Twice Removed explores aboriginal history through cartographic records. The artworks feature Military and Parish maps within the South-East Queensland area. Twice Removed revisits significant sites where displacement or relocation occurred. Cope imprints the current water level rises to reminding us that this history of survival and hardship exists in living memory today. Exhibition Dates | July 10 – 26 2014 Opening times: Thursday-Friday 11am-5pm. Saturday 12am-4pm
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During 10-13 July, seventeen musicians from Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane will be performing small ensemble repertoire from Bach to Xenakis to jazz for The Long Weekenderat FireWorks Gallery in Newstead. Alongside a backdrop of striking artworks from Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu, NT there will be also be an installation of six contemporary paintings by Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, Yvonne
Robert Dickerson is one of Australia ‘s best known painters. Born in Sydney , Australia in 1924, he is the son of a tinsmith.He worked as a boy fashioning tin funnels and scoops in the father’s workshop, and in his leisure hours would hurry to the museums to draw and read and look at great
Artists: Dora Pula Beasley, Rita Pitjara Beasley, Priscilla Pitjarra Foster, Annessa Kemarre Ross Holmes, Michelle Pula Holmes, Robina Pitjara Jones, Margaret Ngwarraye Long, Angeline Pitjara Luck, Lily Pula Miller, Colleen Ngwarraye Morton, Joycie Pitjarra Morton, Lilly Kemarre Morton, Milly Kemarre Morton, Daisy Kemarre Moss, Agnus Rubuntia Pula, Nanima Rambler, Josie Ngwarraye Ross, Kindy Kemarre Ross,
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Hot Modernism unearths the stories of Queensland’s mid-century architecture. This moment in our history, inspired by a new way of thinking about sub-tropical living, brought a wave of fresh ideas, design and debate to the Queensland landscape. From the rolling expanse of the Riverside Expressway, to soaring concrete structures like the Torbreck apartment building, and
The use of condemned hospital linen, a heavily loaded material, forms the backbone of this body of work, which focuses on the systems, processes and emotions that surround death and dying. Condemned hospital linen refers to any laundry items processed at a hospital that have become unfit for use and are destined for incineration. These
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Each year Boxcopy presents a curated program of exhibitions and events. We work closely with exhibiting artists to support the development and production of new works within a critical context. We welcome proposals for exhibitions and projects from artists, curators and collectives at any time. The program is set 12 – 18 months in advance.
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Carol Jerrems’s gritty, poetic and elusive images show people trying to find a new way of life and action in the 1970s. Her images have come to define a decade in Australia’s history. In contrast to an earlier generation of internationally renowned magazine photojournalists such as David Moore, the new generation did not seek commissioned
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