G(r)azing on flesh looks at the work of Carolyn McKenzie-Craig and Heidi Stevens. Both artists are invested in the gendered bodily experience within contemporary society. McKenzie-Craig investigates the potential for a gendered self free from social constraints whilst Stevens’ pursues an exclusively female symbolic order. The exhibition at The Hold presents a dialogue between McKenzie-Craig […]
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The much loved Linden Postcard Show returns in 2014 with a brand new look. This unique open entry competition sees hundreds of small format contemporary artworks adorn the gallery walls at Linden. Over $10,000 worth of prizes are available. Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts is a unique contemporary public art gallery located in the heart of St Kilda
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LEVEL are calling for participants in our feminist reading and resource room as part of the upcoming exhibition project THIS IS NOT THE WORK, to be held in September 2014 at The Block, Creative Industries Precinct, Queensland University of Technology.For the exhibition, THIS IS NOT THE WORK, feminist artist-run-initiative, LEVEL continue their investigation of alternative
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The Portia Geach Memorial Award is a celebration of female Australian artists. It’s Australia’s most prestigious portrait prize for female artists and has greatly contributed to the development of female artists in this country. It was established by Florence Kate Geach in 1961 in memory of her sister, Portia Geach and is awarded each year
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Feck, local producers of socially responsible erotica, invite you to submit your visual response to this erotic art competition for your chance to be exhibited as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. From the sleazy to the sublime, the ethereal to the explicit, FECK:ART welcomes art that aims to arouse. Join us in making the beautiful obscene and
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The ‘Harvest’ exhibition is a celebration of food in art. With over 150 works from the Gallery’s Collection, ‘Harvest’ includes magnificent still lifes from the seventeenth century to today, contemporary photography, bold video works, and dramatic large-scale installations, with major new acquisitions of works by Argentine artist Tomás Saraceno. Northern European still-life paintings of the
Tyza Stewart is a visual artist who explores gender identity through an art practice based in continual self-portraiture. Tyza uses documentation and memories from their own childhood as well as more current experiences to inform an interrogation of understandings of normality in relation to gender. Resulting self-portraits depict ambiguously gendered selves that publicly fail to
Since the twentieth century the tradition of self-portraiture has been re-evaluated, making way for a new physical and psychographic assessment of the artist’s body in art1As a consequence, artists have increasingly employed their own body as both the subject and object of work. With the growing advancements of technology, this discourse is undergoing a
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b.f.f. is a not-for-profit event that brings brisbane’s diverse and cutting edge artistic community to new audiences. an arts festival without bureaucracy and red tape – a festival that is inclusive and supports artists who are at all stages of their careers. Now heading into its 3rd year, b.f.f. will showcase our remarkable local artists,
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Scott McDougall’s art practice spans an impressive four decades. Since beginning his career in Queensland, Scott has travelled extensively, capturing intimate moments across the globe. His highly refined painting techniques allow Scott to not only capture a picture perfect scene but the mood and the people. He truly captures life as it is with his careful choice
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Platform 2014 brings together installation and large-scale artworks from early to mid-career Australian artists working in a diverse range of mediums. Artists include; Stephen Hart, Michael Doolan, Merete Megarrity and Gabrielle Courtenay. Stephen Hart’s work is often concerned with the human condition and our relation to the urban and built environment. 2014 recipient of the
Sophie Bottomley’s sculptures transform everyday materials into seductive forms which exhibit lush and repetitive textured surfaces – alluding to the artist’s hand. Through her attention to the internal and external qualities Bottomley invokes a strong corporeal and visceral relationship between the spectator and the artwork. The sculptures investigate the relationship between interior and exterior, form,
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Genine Larin seeks, through her art, to transform bodily affect into concrete knowledge. Stone Baby: An Exploration of Affect and Trauma in Visual Art showcases the outcomes of her material and digital explorations, in the form of installation, sculpture and film.Genine’s primary motivation can be described as a relational and ethical attempt to find a
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After winning the Italian Travelling Scholarship in 1957 and spending time in Rome , Daws lived and worked in London, travelling extensively. In 1961 his work was included in the influential exhibition Recent Australian Painting curated by the Whitechapel Gallery, London and was also included in the Paris Biennale des Jeunes, Paris . Since that
In a sense, all art is political. The perspective of the artist—a view that is inextricably tied to their unique social landscape—informs their art; likewise, those seeking to wield influence over others have used art as propaganda to promote political and social agendas. In recent history, some of the most potent examples of the use
Exhibition featuring Zhong Chen and Bruce Earles. Zhong Chen was born in Zhongshan, China in 1969. At the age of 19 he moved to Australia, completing a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the University of South Australia. Zhong completed his Masters of Fine Art from Chelsea School of Art in London. Zhong has gained acclaim as a three-time
Featuring Ian Smith, Ron McBurnie, Peter Hudson & Euan Macleod. The visual sources for the four artists in this exhibition extend from the letter box to the cosmos. Ian Smith contemplates the social and emotional implications of the “unavoidable images” of women in underwear regularly delivered to him as junk mail from large chain stores.
Teo Treloar’s intensely thought provoking work refuses to shy away from uncertainty, giving voice to duality, vulnerability and fragility. Notions of isolation, and tension recur in Treloar’s work, slowly teased out in his quiet yet intense images; in the faceless man that appears and reappears, busily engaged in cryptic activities. The subjects struggle and strive
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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
Join Maison Briz Vegas designers Carla Binotto and Carla Van Lunn and curators Nadia Buick and Madeleine King in a discussion of collaboration, sustainable design, and Queensland aesthetics. This special event is a part of the Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival program. Remember or Revive is an ongoing series by The Fashion Archives that connects contemporary designers with treasures from the past to
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This is a Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery touring exhibition of their biennial of contemporary jewellery award. It showcases artworks in metals, ceramics, plastics and other wearable media by experienced and often internationally renowned craft practitioners. Each year Contemporary Wearables unearths and presents challenging and inspiring works by young, innovative artists which keeps the exhibition at
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Virion is a biennial digital art exhibition, and online archive of digital creative practice, shown via a global network of public screens, exploring the internet’s potential in making connections between contemporary art, the environment, and the public. Each site provides a unique viewing experience while interacting with the social, cultural and day-to-day activities of the site’s
Brisbane based artist Kelly Hussey-Smith will discuss her work in the animal fanfair exhibition. Kelly is a PhD Candidate from the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University where she also teaches in the Photography program. She is interested in sharing human experiences through photography and storytelling. Refreshments provided. Image: Kelly Hussey-Smith, From Series – History Alive Date:
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The IMA and Room 40 are pleased to present a concert and a lecture by artist and musician David Grubbs. For over twenty years, Grubbs has left an indelible impact on music and art. Grubbs is an Associate Professor in the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College, CUNY, where he teaches MFA programs in Performance and Interactive Media Arts (PIMA), and Creative Writing. As a
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EDWINA CORLETTE GALLERY presents JACQUI STOCKDALE In Conversation with an Introduction by MARIAN DREW RSVP: gallery@edwinacorlette.com Jacqui Stockdale is highly regarded for her practice as a painter, drawer and photographer and has been recognised in major awards, prizes and institutional exhibitions. Stockdale’s work is both exuberant and serious. She sets up theatrical scenes using carnival masks, costumes and objects
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It is suggested that art theft is ranked as the fourth largest criminal enterprise after drugs, money laundering and weapons. Although, due to the sensitivity of the crime, most thefts are not made public. Join us for a journey through the mystery and complexities of art crime with Dr Pamela James, lecturer in Cultural and
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Tim Johnson’s highly individual contributions to the practice of making art and to debates about art in Australia, as well as his sustained engagement with diverse communities of Australian society, have constituted one of the most passionate, provocative and productive contributions to our cultural life by an Australian artist in recent decades. At the very end of the 1960s, after painting
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This collaborative exhibition blends the material thinking of artists Glen Skien and Tachika Yokota who embrace process and the hand-made object as a means of exploring the poetic and transformative nature of everyday objects. Through the reconfiguring of familiar objects fabricated through a variety of mediums both artists reflect on the loss and erasure of
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Recently on a train I overheard some teenagers mocking the name of a station. “What a dumb word – what does Kuraby even mean?” I knew what it meant. ‘Place of many springs’, a Bundjalung word. I had lived in the area for a long time and have fond memories of the creek that forms
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The churchie national emerging art prize offers an inspiring glimpse into the future of the Australian contemporary art scene. It provides a forum for artists to compete for highly visible recognition and does not restrict entries by category. All mediums are welcome, including painting, works on paper (drawing, editions, artist books), photography, new media and sculpture.
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The Carriers Traded with the half time sirens. A team of robotic footballers infected with the ‘Tiger Slime’ virus. The Visitors seep into their clockwork socks. Sixteen footballers break away from the EFL code and journey from freezing stadium home world to over time across the cold mountains. On the other side you step into the
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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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