WHEN : 23rd August – 1st September / Opening 23rd August, 6:00pm WHERE : Love Love Studios CATC Photoimaging students and The Love Love Art Gallery is excited to present “Just Looking, Thanks”. This free exhibition is a group project created by eleven emerging photographic artists studying photography full time at CATC. In the exhibition, […]
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WHEN : 23rd August, 8:00pm WHERE : Witchmeat ARI, 80 Hampstead Rd AN ADEQUATE RESPONSE TO GAMES, PERMISSION, THE TENSION OF ETHICAL PLAY, AND THE REQUESTS OF HEDONISM. A TERMINAL TO RECORD YOUR CONCERNS WILL BE ESTABLISHED ADJACENT TO THE ZONE OF PLAY. “Daily life has become aestheticized by a saturation of images and music,
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WHEN : 22nd August – 7th September WHERE : Milani Gallery Richard Bell was born in 1953 in Charleville, Queensland, and is a member of the Kamilaroi, Kooma, Jiman and Gurang Gurang communities. Based in Brisbane, Richard has held numerous solo exhibitions since 1990. He is represented in major collections in Australia and New Zealand
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WHEN : 22nd August, 6:00pm WHERE : Institute of Modern Art The Future Is Noise! Amelia Barikin and Greg Hainge (both University of Queensland, Brisbane) and David Toop discuss. Plus, we launch Hainge’s book Noise Matters: Towards an Ontology of Noise. A joint project with Room 40.
New Dawn explores the mysterious nature of reality in the objects and the mediatized spaces that surround us day-to-day; how do notions of the body, speed, excess, morality and even revolution translate from a purely technological and virtual gaming space into the real space of the audience? What do these translations mean when approaching ideas
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WHEN : 22nd August – 13th October / Opening 22nd, 6:00pm WHERE : Mild Manners Upstairs at Ksubi, Shop 2/30 James St,Fortitude Valley Having last shown solo in late 2009 at the late Doggett St Studio, the well loved Brisbane based painter has kept himself busy with commercial projects of late. Now, with the exhibition
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WHEN : August 21st – September 7th WHERE : Ryan Renshaw Gallery New work by artists : Antoinette J Citizen, Charles Dennington, Genevieve Reynolds, Jared Worthington & Matthew Greaves.
WHEN : 20th Aug – 21st Sep WHERE : Brisbane Powerhouse Strangely Familiar investigates the ‘unseen’ side of a differently-abled narrative effectively disrupting the ableist presumption of people labelled ‘disabled’ as inferior. Over the past twelve months Louis Lim has worked collaboratively with Jocelyn, Finbar and Anthony. The stories presented are not concerned with their
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WHEN : 20th August – 15th September WHERE : Brisbane Powerhouse Spare Parts brings together a diverse range of artists who each use pre-loved prosthetics as their canvas. Curator of this exhibition, Queensland amputee, Priscilla Sutton, started working on a fun creative project back in 2010. It started by Priscilla recycling her own old prosthetic
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WHEN : 3rd August — 14th September WHERE : Pestorius Sweeney House 39 Eblin Drive, Hamilton,Brisbane David Pestorius is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Sydney artist Gary Warner (*1957). In the late 1970s, Warner was a central figure in Brisbane’s vital post-punk and avant-garde art scenes. At the time, he lived
WHEN : 30th July – 24th August WHERE : Heiser Gallery Cherry Hood was born in Sydney in 1950. She studied Fine Art at The National Art School, concentrating on painting. In 2000 she attained a Masters in Masters of Visual Art and a Bachelor of Visual Art with Honours from the Sydney College of
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WHEN : 17th August, 6:00pm WHERE : 150 Enoggera Terrace, Paddington, Brisbane As part of their month long residency at Substation Gallery and Studio, Liv Vesnaver and Rachael Archibald have asked Ray Cavill, of Clayschool Brisbane, to come in and talk about his artform. This is free event and a very special opportunity. Image: Ray
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WHEN : 17th August – 15th September WHERE : Queensland Centre of Photography Meditating upon the landscape, scenes are constructed in collaboration with the subjects that provide the possibility for creating an intimate shared space that could be sexual. There is a tradition of depicting the female body in painting, with the land as a
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WHEN : 17th – 19th August / Opening 17th August 6:00 – 10:00pm WHERE : The Box, 29 Vulture St, in West End, Brisbane Recently returned from the US on an investigation into models of social practice and socially engaged art making and projects, artist and curator Alexandra Winters has searched for social practice in
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WHEN : 16th – 28th August WHERE : Bleeding Heart Gallery 166 Ann Street, Brisbane Reframed13 is the fourth show in a series of annual exhibitions by a group of local Brisbane artists These exhibitions are characterised by a multiplicity of styles and mediums across painting, photography, objects, installation and jewelllery, representing a diverse range
WHEN : 10th August – 15th December / Opening 16th August, 6:30pm WHERE : UQ Art Museum NEW 2013 features a selection of artworks acquired for The University of Queensland Art Collection during 2012–2013. The exhibition highlights the University’s active acquisition program, which continues a tradition of acquiring innovative artworks that respond to the contemporary
WHEN : 8th – 31st August WHERE : Project Gallery, Webb Gallery QCA, 226 Grey Street / POP at the Art Factory Gallery, 84 Merivale Street, Brisbane This exhibition showcases the works of emerging artists who explore the use of visual narratives as a form of critical inquiry into contemporary local, national and international debates.
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WHEN : 15th – 31st August WHERE : The Hold Artspace you & I is an exhibition of nine emerging artists which examines ideas of intimacy and shared experience. With works from individuals and collaborative pairs, relationships between lovers and strangers, individuals and objects, the body and memory will be considered. Through interactive and new
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DEADLINE : 16th August Musicians, performance artists, visual artists, installation artists and everyone in between, are invited to ravage Brisbane’s perspective of reality, steal their breath and make their hearts beat faster. Artists from all around Australia are being called to be part of the annual arts event, 2high Festival, to showcase their work and
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WHEN : 15th – 31st Aug WHERE : Metro Arts Jan Manton Art and Metro Arts are proud to announce Platform 2013, featuring Brisbane-based artists Judith Wright, Carl Warner, Shayle Flesser, Indonesian artist Jumaadi and Chinese artist Miao Xiaochun. Highlights of the exhibition include Restart and Disillusion, video works by one of the most influential
WHEN : 15th August, 6:00pm WHERE : Institute of Modern Art Berlin-based art-book merchants Motto create a one-night pop-up store. They will use the occasion to launch Making Worlds: Art and Science Fiction, an anthology edited by Amelia Barikin and Helen Hughes. Meet Barikin, Joe Shakespeare (Motto), and designer-publisher Brad Haylock (Surpllus, Melbourne). Bring cash.
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WHEN : 24th July – 24th August WHERE : Andrew Baker Art Dealer 26 Brookes Street, Bowen Hills, Brisbane Fiona Foley (born 1964) is a contemporary Indigenous Australian artist from Badtjala, Fraser Island, Queensland. She studied at the Sydney College of the Arts. She has travelled as an artist internationally and to remote communities in
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WHEN : 9th – 31st August WHERE : Artisan This exhibition, brought to Brisbane by the Japan Foundation, is a celebration of contemporary Japanese architecture as a reflection of Japan’s history, people and culture. Including photography and models of various buildings by Japanese architects, the selection spans everything from infrastructural facilities such as airports, to
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WHEN : 9th – 23rd August WHERE : Loading Dock Espresso, 2 Edmondstone St, South Brisbane West End photographer and muso Gerard Glynn is holding his first exhibition ‘Dry Dreams’ at Loading Dock Espresso. Better known as bassist for Brissy rockers Lords of Wong, Glynn has snapped photos for some of the local scene’s best
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WHEN : 6th August – 24th August WHERE : Woollongong Art Gallery Ben Hackworth’s feature film and short films that have screened in official selections at many festivals including Berlin, Cannes, Toronto, Montreal and Melbourne International Film Festival. His feature film CORROBOREE also screened as part of APT7 at Brisbane GOMA.
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WHEN : 7th August – 17th August WHERE Jan Murphy Gallery 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
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WHEN : 7th August, 6:00pm WHERE : The Glasshouse, QUT Kelvin Grove Brisbane Join Melbourne-based curator Laura Castagnini in a discussion about Feminism and Art. Laura will also be mentoring Level’s 2013 Emerging Curator in Residence, Lisa Bryan-Brown. Laura Castagnini is a curator and writer whose research interests include feminist art histories and their current
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WHEN : 5th – 30th August WHERE : Substation Gallery & Studio, 150 Enoggera Terrace, Paddington. For the month of August Liv Vesnaver and Rachael Archibald will be the artists in residence at the Substation Gallery.The gallery will be open everyday 10am – 2pm. OUR TIME IN THE SPACE During our month long residency at
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WHEN : 3rd – 24th Aug / Opening 3rd Aug, 5:00 – 7:00pm WHERE : Spiro Grace Art Rooms Join SGAR for the unveiling of Daniel Templeman’s newest exhibition ‘Four Rings’. The evening will showcase a major sculptural piece created as part of Templeman’s newly completed doctorate of Visual Art at Griffith University.
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WHEN : 3rd Aug – 21st September WHERE : Institute of Modern Art In 1997, Australian Alex Murray-Leslie and American Melissa Logan met at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts and formed Chicks on Speed. Although they would achieve fame as an electroclash band, Chicks on Speed started as a multidisciplinary art project, applying a
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WHEN : 30th July – 17th August WHERE : Edwina Corlette Gallery “The starting point for this work is about rocks, minerals and object collecting. I enjoy working with steel as a canvas because it allows me to be very physical with the work – scraping, rusting, depositing paint, erosion, sanding, layering – all feel
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WHEN : 3rd Aug – 15th Sep WHERE : QUT Art Museum In 2009, Shane and Sally Thompson bequeathed in their Will a personal collection of just under 400 artworks to the QUT Art Collection. This exhibition is a celebration of this generosity and brings together works from their collection alongside existing QUT holdings to
WHEN : 2nd – 11th August / Opening 2nd August, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Three White Rooms – 138 Latrobe Terrace, Paddington, Brisbane Art lovers will have their hunger stimulated by a striking new exhibition from artist Will Irving. Through his aptly entitled exhibition ‘Food for Thought’, Will celebrates the glory of epicurean tastefulness
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WHEN : 1st Aug – 10th August / Opening 2nd Aug, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : The Hold Artspace 274 Montague Rd, West End, Brisbane ‘Middle Ground’ presents the current stages of studio research by Fine Art Honours candidates from Queensland College of Art. Ranging from painting, sculpture, installation, textiles, jewellery and performance, ‘Middle Ground’
WHEN : 3rd Aug – 21st Sep WHERE : Institute of Modern Art This year’s show features Joseph Breikers, Caitlin Franzmann, Anita Holtsclaw, and Ruth McConchie. They were selected by Leonard and artist and QUT lecturer Grant Stevens. Each receives $5k to help them realise their project, thanks to a Creative Sparks grant from Brisbane
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WHEN : 30th July – 17th Aug WHERE : Jan Murphy Gallery Leslie Rice has spent more than15 years as an established tattoo artist (from a lineage of tattooists including his father and sister) and finds the transition to velvet to be strangely familiar. Like painting the body with a needle, painting velvet with a
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