WHEN : 6th Aug, 10.30am WHERE : The Day Nursery, Old Government House Held in conjunction with the exhibition, Roy Lichtenstein: Pop remix, this month we tackle Metro by Alasdair Duncan. Liam Kelly is the very model of the modern male – boys want to be him, girls want to be with him. He and […]
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WHEN : Until 19th August WHERE : Fireworks Gallery A series of paired and group exhibitions celebrating attitudes, images and a Multitude of materials sourced from the bush + rural areas. Winter Lines will feature Australian artists George Tjungurrayi, David Paulson and Walangkura Napanangka Image : David Paulson, Tenebrae III, 2009, oil on canvas, 150x160cm
WHEN : 4th Aug, 10:00am – 2:00pm WHERE : UQ Art Museum In association with the Desert Country exhibition, please join our seminar exploring contemporary approaches to working with Indigenous communities and collections in South Australia and Queensland, and hear about the community engagement initiatives Glasgow museums have successfully implemented over the past 30 years.
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WHEN : Until 4th Aug WHERE : Metro Arts Across the sea is a new screen-based installation by Anita Holtsclaw. The work explores the part that the landscape and narration play in cinematic constructions of gendered identity. across the sea considers both the role of the artist, as well as the auteur in cinema, to
WHEN : 4th Aug, 6:00pm WHERE : Boxcopy Clover : New work by Archie Moore Exhibition dates : 4 – 25 August 2012 In mid 1981 the then Premier of Queensland Joh Bjelke-Peterson snubbed a World Council of Churches investigation into Aboriginal living conditions by saying that there was no need as Aboriginal Australians ‘lived
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WHEN : 4th Aug, 2:00 – 4:00pm WHERE : Jan Manton Art Joseph Daws’s painting practice operates between landscape and abstract painting. It acts as an arena for the artist to explore visual forms in parallel, the associated visual language, and the perception between abstraction and figuration. Daws is currently completing his PhD in Visual
WHEN : 4th Aug, 6:00 – 10:00pm WHERE : Love Love Studios DEVOUT: best wishes, explores the repetitive use of prescribed slang and esoteric symbols between friends and loved ones. The use of cryptic discourse and iconography manifests itself into a language system only understood by the selected few. This phenomenon of codified intimacy is
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WHEN : 4th August, 5:00 – 7:00pm WHERE : 111 Constance St, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane The MAAP Board invites you and a guest to the launch of MAAP SPACE & opening exhibition by Zhang Peili. Please join us at 5.30pm for an in-conversation with Zhang Peili, followed by the official opening of the exhibition and
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WHEN : 4th August WHERE : Lethbridge Gallery Linda Zucco’s first collection at Lethbridge Gallery will open on Saturday 4 August 2012. Linda has a sharp and modern style with fresh compositions that produce modern paintings that pack a punch.
WHEN : 3rd Aug, 6:00 – 9:00pm WHERE : Art Factory Gallery, 84 Merivale Street,Brisbane. From Japan – Prints from Tama Art University is a curated group show featuring recent work by Kuniko Satake and other print artists associated with the Tama Art University (TAU) Satake and Queensland College of Art, Griffith University (QCA) senior
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WHEN : 3rd Aug, 6:00pm WHERE : Jugglers Art Space Finalists Exhibition opening reception and winners announcement. Exhibition continues until Friday 17 August 2012 Artists : Bronwyn Hill, Donna Malone, Liana Evans, Cameron Eaton, Penelope Gilbert-Ng, Rehgan DeMather, Oksana Waterfall, Peter Kozac, Kristina Hall, Andrew Harwood, Gaye Chapman, Alun Rhys Jones, Karen Gray, Ray Coffey,
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WHEN : 3rd August, 7:00 – 11:00pm WHERE : Salt House Gallery, New Farm, 888 Brunswick St Rubens Cantuni aka Tokyo Candies Brendan O’Connor (Aus) Kat Cameron aka Team Kitten Tiffany Atkin (Aus) Maho Kamimura (Japan) Laura Strange (Aus) Dan Hancock (Aus) Emma Dalzell (Aus) Ella Mobbs (Aus) Rhiannon Claire McLay (Aus) A celebration of
WHEN : 2nd Aug, 6:00pm WHERE : Institute of Modern Art How Are You, Jannik Splidsboel’s 2011 documentary on the work of Danish-Norwegian art couple Elmgreen and Dragset. Courtesy Radiator Film. Splidsboel goes back to the very beginning when Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset met at a gay bar in Copenhagen and embarked on a
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WHEN : 5:00 – 6:00pm WHERE :QUT Creative Industries Precinct In conjunction with the exhibition Parallel Universes, QUT Creative Industries Precinct will host Then and Now, a panel discussion investigating how historical video art can help us understand and contextualise contemporary practices in moving image. The panel, chaired by Grant Stevens, will be made up
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WHEN : 2nd – 31st August WHERE : Lust For Life Tattoo William Mobbs ‘Eye Candy’ & Ella Mobbs ‘Bone China’ exhibition launch. William Mobbs lives and works in Ocean Shores in Northern NSW, having originally studied art in Brisbane and has numerous successful solo exhibitions in Byron Bay and Sydney to his credit. He
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WHEN : 2nd Aug, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Pickle Gallery, Contemporary Artisans Collective, 20 Lyons Terrace Windsor In the Now – an exhibition of current work & works in progress by the Jewellers & Metalsmiths Group of QLD. Exhibition dates : 2nd-15th August Works by: Pippin Blackwell, Leeanne Bond, Ann Chadwick, Adrianna Collard, Georgina
WHAT : Call For Applications DEADLINE : 3rd September, 2012 Each year the Asialink Arts Residency Program sends approximately 30 Australian writers, performers, artists and arts managers to undertake residencies in Asia. Since its inception in 1991 the program has sent more than 680 people to host organisations in over 20 countries. The grant of
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WHAT : Call For Artists DEADLINE : 3rd August, 2012 The JADA is a premier biennial arts event. In 2010 there were over 420 entries in the Award from which 46 works were selected for the exhibition. Selection is by a panel of artists and gallery professionals. The Judge selects the winner and acquisitions from
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Cameron Eaton is Australian and lives and works in Brisbane, Queensland. Since 1992 he has worked as a Structural Draftsperson, Designer and Detailer for large and small consulting firms including BHP Engineering, Hatch and Arup. In 2002 he established Eaton Industrial Imaging, a business focused on specialised 3D CAD modelling for the construction industry. His
WHAT : Call For Artists DEADLINE : 1st September 2012 Entries for the 2012 Australian Stencil Art Prize are now open. An exhibition of finalists and winning works will exhibit at the Chrissie Cotter Gallery in Camperdown, Sydney, from the 21 November to the 2 December 2012. The Australian Stencil Art Prize is an acquisitive
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WHAT : Artist Grants Opportunities The Seed Fund supports emerging musicians, artists and arts workers via our 3 grant categories and 5 strategic initiatives in 2012. Grants and initiatives are made financially possible by donations from within the music and arts community and it’s thanks to our many donors, most of whom are industry professionals,
WHEN : 29th July, 6:00 – 9:00pm WHERE : The Scratch Bar, 8/1 Park Rd Milton, Brisbane Joseph Breikers will host a metal night at the Scratch Bar in Milton. Breikers mines his long-term investigation of metal culture to produce a blog and customised bar experience. Presented by Three Projects Three projects is a collaboration
WHAT : Professional Development WHEN : 29th July, 10:00 – 4:00am WHERE : Circle Gallery, 274 Montague Rd West End COST : $45/$55 Securing funding and finding sponsorship for an art project or event can be a tough job. While it is tempting to take a scatter gun approach to fundraising and see what comes
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WHEN : 28th July, 7:00 – 9:00pm WHERE : Boxcopy A Sound performance collaboration. Level 1, 129 Margaret Street Brisbane.
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WHEN : 28th July, 5:00 – 7:00pm WHERE : The Hangar, Lower 151 Musgrave Road, Red Hill Brisbane Featuring Michelle Knowles, Melissa Ryke, Erika Scott and Jemima Wyman. Curated by Brooke Ferguson Cleanskins is a one night exhibition of video work by selected Brisbane based artists who hail from North Queensland. It will bring together
WHEN : 27th July 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Project Gallery, Queensland College of Art, 226 Grey Street, South Bank Chromophilia – An abnormal attraction to colour. Not nearly subtle enough to be eroticism and not so brazen as to be fetishism; this particular attraction to colour is a blatant disregard for respected colour theory
WHEN : 28th July, 6:00 – 9:00pm WHERE : Anthea Polson Art The quite extraordinary Memory Motel exhibition of paintings, drawings and installation pieces continues Peta Houghton’s “ongoing autobiographical project.” This new body of work however, is also a very personal meditation on the transience of the physical body, the mind and memory. “Through old
WHEN : 27th July, 6:00pm WHERE : Ryan Renshaw Gallery Zammit Projects presents a series of exhibitions in the Ryan Renshaw Window Space. Launching with the work of Brisbane artist Chris Bennie, the space acts as a proposal for a new gallery.
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WHEN : 27th July, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Ryan Renshaw Gallery Yvonne Todd : ‘65% Seahorsel’ / Exhibition Dates : May 30 – June 23, 2012 Image : YVONNE TODD Moonsap, 2012, Type-C photograph, 134cm x 107cm, edition of 3, framed WHEN : 27th July, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Ryan Renshaw Gallery Charles
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WHEN : 27th July, 6:30pm WHERE : The Red Herring: 9 Alcester St. Grange Laura Brinin is a Brisbane-based, emerging contemporary artist. Her practice explores relational aesthetic notions with an emphasis on domesticity, the home, and relationships. These umbrella terms lead to notions of the home and surrounding environment, domestic rituals and relationship observations. A
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WHEN : 27th July, 5:00 – 10:00pm WHERE : 80 HAMPSTEAD ROAD, HIGHGATE HILL Truth-worship is a first solo exhibition by Alrey Batol. Starting out primarily as a performative sound and video artist, now exploring new media installation and electronic sculpture, Alrey has been sporadically performing and exhibiting in Brisbane mainly in underground circles. The
WHEN : 27th July, 6:00 – 7:30pm WHERE : QUT Creative Industries Precinct A special screening event of Bill Viola’s The Reflecting Pool Collected Works 1977-1980 (duration: 62 minutes), including Ancient of Days (1979-81) and The Reflecting Pool (1977-79). Refreshments will be provided on the night and participants who RSVP through Eventbrite will receive an
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WHAT : Call For Artists DEADLINE : 27th July Hosted by the Noosa Biosphere Cultural Board, the inaugural Noosa Biosphere Art Prize is an award with particular interest in incubating creative practice at the intersection of art, science, technology and the environment. The award theme for 2012 is ‘Innovation in Green Art’ and will fund
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WHAT : Call Out DEADLINE : 27th July, 5:00pm Artists and artist-led teams are invited to submit proposals for iconic data-generated public artworks that engage with environmental and behavioural issues in evocative, unexpected and playful ways. ANAT and Carbon Arts are pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for three high‐profile artworks to be developed
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WHEN : 26th July, 6:00pm WHERE : The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct A retrospective of seminal video art from 1970 to 1985. To be opened by David Perry Click here to RSVP
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WHEN : 26th July, 6:00pm WHERE : Institute of Modern Art The IMA will launch the new issue of Australian Art Collector with Ripe for the Picking, a panel discussion on the talent-spotting of emerging artists, with curators Jose Da Silva (Octopus 10), Robert Leonard (Fresh Cut 2012), Leigh Robb (Hatched), and gallerist Ryan Renshaw,
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