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This year marked the fourth incantation of the UQ Art Museum’s ‘National Artists’ Self-Portrait Prize,’ inviting artists to explore modes of self-expression and to reflect on the individual in society. Self portraiture has undergone many changes over the last century where the medium is no longer tackled with the traditional paint to canvas approach. It has seen

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Queensland Small Towns: Photo-documentary Project

  Often forgotten Queenslanders – both people and places – brought into focus last month, with the exhibition of more than 100 photographs, stories and video portraits at the Brisbane Powerhouse. The Queensland Small Towns: Photo-documentary project exhibition showcased stories inspired by people living and working in Dalby and Moranbah – two rural Queensland towns

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Simon Starling In Speculum

The Simon Starling exhibition showing at the Institute of Modern Art from October 5th to November 30th 2013 presents a series of visual puzzles using an extensive array of materials. From sculpture and installation to photography and film, all the works within the exhibition are a result of extensive research, fine-tuning, and editing. Whilst in

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Hightide: QLD Design

WHEN : 25th October – 8th February WHERE : Artisan The Hightide project began with a design publication that captures a snapshot of recent design and shines the light on the current crop of high-profile Queensland designers who are paving the way forward. This exhibition features works from furniture to product design by the 23

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The Burrow, Creative Gallery Space : Artist Call Out

DEADLINE : Open Call Out The Burrow Creative Gallery Space is located in Brisbane’s West End at The Burrow cafe and restaurant. The Burrow supports the creative growth of Brisbane by providing a unique exhibition space for a wide range of emerging & professional, local Visual Artists. Ranging from Paintings on canvas, drawings, sculpture, photography,

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Space-Non-Space

WHEN : 20th December – 2nd January WHERE : The Loading Dock, 2 Edmonstone Street, West End Memory is a complex network within the human subject. The works of four local artists in SPACE–NON–SPACE present the fluidity and complexity of memory while maintaining the possibility to be read differently in relation to each other. The

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Fresh Talk

WHEN : 19th December, 6:00pm WHERE : Institute of Modern Art Fresh Cut artists Anita Holtsclaw and Ruth McConchie discuss their works in Fresh Cut 2013: Part 2. Both make works addressing the gaze—voyeurism and surveillance. Holtsclaw explores the representation of women (and the feminine) in cinema. She presents her romantic films in specially constructed

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Shin Koyama : Pika-chan

WHEN : 20th November – 23rd December WHERE : Jan Mnaton Gallery Now based in Arita, the home of Japanese blue and white ceramics, Koyama continues to explore manga-style motifs with the comically grotesque. Pika-chan is a creature born out of the nuclear disaster of Fukushima. Half angel of death and half kewpie doll, Pika-chan

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END13

WHEN : 13th December, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : SmallWorks Gallery SmallWorks hosts its annual end of year exhibition. Showcasing a lineup of international and national artists, the exhibition delivers a rich range of works from the small to the large, from painting to sculpture, from photography to light based works. Artists : Scott Eady,

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Lincoln Austin : Behind the Lines

WHEN : 15th November – 21st December WHERE : Andrew Baker Art Dealer Australian Artist Lincoln Austin investigates the blurred boundaries between Ideal and physical realities.Through geometry, pattern, systems and repetition Lincoln Austin engages with the formality of mathematics, the poetic of metaphor and the potential of material.Austin’s works range in scale and process markedly;

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Boxcopy Weekender : Altered States

WHEN : 6th – 8th December WHERE : Boxcopy Altered States brings together video works by three artists interested in processes of transformation, translation and distraction, and the unreliable transmission of information. Jon Rafman restages the fast-paced, high-adrenaline experience of first-person shooter video gaming as a melancholic, wandering Bildungsroman: a search for past places, lost

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A River Without Banks

WHEN : 6th – 14th December / Opening 6th Dec, 6:00pm WHERE : The Hold Artspace A River Without Banks is a contemporary drawing exhibition including six Brisbane-based emerging artists. It will focus on the philosophical and conceptual possibilities of the medium, and will use new media, interactive works and installation to challenge and extend

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Cynthia Breusch

Born in Brisbane in 1959, has a Diploma in Visual Communications from the Queensland College of Art and now lives and works in the Blue Mountains. She has held more than 30 solo exhibitions and has been included in numerous group and ‘by invitation’ exhibitions around Australia, in Tokyo, and California, where she also held

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Uncanny

WHEN : 5th – 20th December / Opening 5th, 6:00 – 7:30pm WHERE : Judith Wright Centre Shopfront Seven emerging curators and seven Queensland artists have come together to present ‘Uncanny’, an exhibition that explores the strange in the everyday. The artworks on show disrupt familiar scenes to re-examine expectations and perceptions. “Visitors to the

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The GAS: Graduate Art Show

WHEN : 28th November – 7th February / Opening 28th Nov, 5:30 – 8:30pm WHERE : Griffith University Art Gallery, 226 Grey St, South Bank The annual curated showcase of Queensland College of Art graduate artists, including The Survey Co. Art Prize winners. GAS features Fine Art (Jewellery and Small Objects, Painting, Printmaking and Sculpture),

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PechaKucha Brisbane Vol 35.

WHEN : 4th December, 8:20pm WHERE : Brisbane Powerhouse PechaKucha Night takes place in 704 cities around the world. Be inspired by Brisbane’s creatives who each present 20 slides, 20 seconds each, 6 mins 40 seconds of inspiration. Volume 35 Speakers : CJ Hendry [Illustrator] Photorealistic drawings using only black ink as her medium. Jane

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Postcard Art & Exchange

DEADLINE : 31st January, 2014 CALLING ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, WRITERS, ILLUSTRATORS, CREATIVE PERSONALITIES FOR AN EXCHANGE ART PROJECT Art 5 ARTWORKS – Each artist receives 5 postcards. Any media or style can be used without altering the shape of the postcard.It is optional to write an open letter or thought on the back of your postcards.

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Patrick Langlois

WHEN : 29th November – 12th December / Opening 30th Nov, 3:00 – 5:00pm WHERE : Lethbridge Gallery Continuing the theme from his earlier work, Patrick Langlois has expanded upon his unique style of portraiture and representation of the female figure in his new painting collection. Drawing upon his career in architecture, Patrick’s canvases are

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Don’t Look So Offended

WHEN : 29th November, 6:00pm WHERE : Witch Meat ARI A group of Brisbane artists have been asked to set aside any inhibition towards their social or professional relations in a community of artists by producing a work that replicates the practice of another – whether in homage, mockery, or somewhere in between. What does

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Lip Anthology Launch

WHEN : 28th November, 6:00pm WHERE : Institute of Modern Art Published in Melbourne from 1976 to 1984, Lip magazine was a lightning rod for Australian feminist art, engaging with women artists’ moves into performance, ecology, social-engagement, and politics. Brisbane’s own Vivian Ziherl has just edited The Lip Anthology, bringing together the best moments from

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