Stretching Space is an exhibition curated by QUT Honours student Brooke White. It is part of a greater research project that is concerned with exhibition design for contemporary art. This project aims to discover and address the curatorial problems which arise when a conventional art space seeks to contain works which are deliberately difficult to […]
Coalesce is an exhibition by Bridie Gillman and Keira Kavetsky consisting of paintings, drawings, assemblages and video, exploring, collecting, gathering, assembling. The exhibition runs from 15th – 17th September.
Gavin Hipkins is an Auckland-based artist who works with photography and moving image. He has been described as a ‘tourist of photography’ reflecting a strategic treatment of eclectic historic styles and photographic techniques. He has exhibited widely in New Zealand and Australia and his works have been included in major curated exhibitions in the USA,
DIAGRAM have the opening of their fourth show at Ryan Renshaw Gallery. The featured artist is REBECCA SMITH. WEBSITE
My own private neon oasis is a contemporary arts project inspired by the dynamic histories and diverse cultures of Sunnybank. It is also an opportunity to discover or rediscover this unique Brisbane community. Immersed in the local ambience and not knowing the language, it’s easy to be a tourist in your own backyard. For my
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WHEN : 15 September · 6:30 – 7:30pm WHERE : Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA)Stanley Place, Brisbane, Australia During ‘Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams’, the entertaining evening discussion program GoMA Talks explores the mind, imagination and art from a range of perspectives. How is the mind’s capacity evolving? What contributions do philosophy, science, art and
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The Joy of Loss, featuring The Joy of Loss performance installation with Grant Johansen (trombone, flugelhorn and live electronics), Penny Mullen (dance) and David Sudmalis (keyboards, percussion and computer) WEBSITE
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WHEN : Thursday 15 September and Thursday 13 October | 11am | Free WHERE : QUT Art Museum Guided tours of Dreaming of Chanel with exhibition curator, Nadia Buick. Please meet promptly at 11am in the Art Museum foyer. RSVP to 07 3138 5370 or artmuseum@qut.edu.au WEBSITE
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A Remote Echo, magnetic tape, surround sound, 2009 Lawrence English is media artist, composer and curator based in Australia. Working across an eclectic array of aesthetic investigations, English’s work prompts questions of field, perception and memory. English utilises a variety of approaches including live performance, installation and found sound/vision to create works that generate subtle
WHEN : 8:20pm – 10:00pm Wednesday 14th September, WHERE : Turbine Hall, Brisbane Powerhouse JOIN US FOR ANOTHER CREATIVE NIGHT AND BE INSPIRED. JUDE ANDERSON: artistic director: punctum STEVE BULL: pvi collective NINA HAMILTON: Social Architecture | photography LES HOOPER: head of art, kelvin grove state college JOHN MONGARD: landscape architect PAUL OSUCH: Anywhere Theatre
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Tamarind trained Master Printer, Fulbright Scholar and head of the School of Visual Arts at Boston University. Allen will present an exhibition to showcase prints and printed objects that draw upon the technical complexity and proficiency of her printmaking practice utilising numerous media including lithography, intaglio, screenprinting and chine collé. Allen’s work has been exhibited
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WHEN : 14th – 25th September For more information – www.brisbaneemergingartfestival.com/call-out • Submissions are due by 5pm on 25 September 2011. • Online submissions only. • Submissions are welcome from any area of visual arts practice. WEBSITE
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WHEN : 15th – 28 September Das 500 is the online critical writing space for Das Platforms, home to Das Superpaper and Das Cinema.Our editorial focus is on dissecting emerging and contemporary arts practice across all mediums, as well as the critical analysis of issues and trends within the contemporary art community – all within
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Todtnauberg is a video work dealing with the ‘epoch making encounter’ between the Jewish poet Paul Celan and the German philosopher Martin Heidegger in 1967, commemorated by a poem of the same name. On one hand, is Celan’s attempt to remember the dead counterpointed by the guilt he feels towards his parents who died in
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HUMANNATURE, Video portrait projection on nature, 1998 – 2008 Craig Walsh was born in Orange, NSW, in 1966 and has been based in Brisbane, Queensland for the past 20 years. He is primarily interested in hybrid and site-specific projects, and often utilises projection in response to existing environments, exploring alternative contexts for contemporary art. He
The Wandering Room would like to invite you to an exhibition by Lugas Syllabus and Eric Rossi. Your time and my time is a mixed media cultural exchange between local emerging artist Rossi and rising Indonesian star Syllabus and is a prequel to their upcoming exhibition at the Woolloongabba Art Gallery (running from Friday the
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WHEN : 10 September · 15:00 – 17:30 WHERE : Queensland College of Art, Griffith University Where does arts relationship with criticality stand? Can art still be critical? Can art making now, still be considered a form of protest? Where does criticality stand in a culture of mass communication? Can art be critical of itself,
‘ Abreast ‘ Cutting, tearing and poking Judy-Ann Moule re-forms material objects through processes of suturing, wrapping and polishing for the exhibition Memory Sense. Moule is a visual artist who creates sculpture and installation pieces using a multiplicity of found and cast-off materials. Influenced by childhood memories, reflective spaces are suggested through symbolic objects to
Presenting Contraband: an exhibition featuring 9 of Brisbane’s finest emerging artists. Ranging in background from graffiti and street art, to illustration and fine art, this diverse group of contemporary artists are united through an engagement with the history, beauty and craft of traditional media. With post-everything sensibility these artists continue to develop the visual language
Griffith University Printmakers Club is proud to present DETOUR : An exhibition of selected works by talented print club members to celebrate the month of print hosted by ‘Impact7’ International Printmaking Conference in Melbourne, September 2011. Griffith University Printmakers Club is a non-profit, student-run organisation based at Queensland College of Art, Southbank that offers professional
Group show including: Carmela Ruffinom, Bo Stahlman, Simon Graydon, Burntfeather, Jude Robinson, David Thorley, Tricia King, Holly Leonardson, Catherine Insch, Ben Baker, Alex Gillies, Vanessa Johnson, Scott Keim, Jake Reston, Sue Beyer
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You are invited to Jugglers’ upcoming showcase of interactive and collaborative works by resident artists Jac Bates, Victoria Plum and Charmers Malgapo. Initiating the project with the concept of positive rewards that arise from suffering, comes this reflection of a community working together to build and rebuild something beautiful. Water bomb, splash and splatter paint
WHEN : 08 September · 17:30 – 18:30 WHERE : Queensland Centre for Photography, Corner of Cordelia and Russell Streets, South Brisbane The QCP is warmly inviting you to our upcoming free presentation about Diane Arbus, presented by Dr Stephen Hobson, this coming Thursday 8th September 5.30pm. The American photographer Diane Arbus died in 1972
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WHEN : 08 September · 1:00 – 2:00pm WHERE :Griffith South Bank Graduate Centre, Lecture Theatre Room 1.23 Lynne Allen is currently Director of the School of Visual Arts at Boston University and a Professor of Art. Previously she was a Professor of Art at Rutgers University from 1989-2006 and Director of the Rutgers Centre
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WHEN : 6pm WHERE : Metro Arts, Gallery 2 Join Matt Dabrowski and Melody Woodnutt for an informal but in-depth Artist Talk evening at Metro Arts Galleries. Explore the exhibitions and hear from the artists about the process behind their works. This is what I do Matt Bradley, Matt Dabrowski, Richard Grayson, Michael Stevenson &
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Choke Up, pen and watercolour on paper, 20.9 x 29.7cm, 2009 www.mariannetempleton.com
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New paintings by Ed Zaccone. “God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style. He just goes on trying new things.” Ed Zaccone was born in 1983 and grew up in regional Victoria. After frittering away his time happily engaging in street art, he
Transforming Pixels is the title of a new work created by Melly Niotakis (Social Justice Photographer) and Lenine Bourke (Artistic Director of Contact Inc) in collaboration with 10 transgender and gender diverse people based in South-East Queensland WEBSITE
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Marian Drew, born in 1960, Bundaberg, is one of Australia’s most significant contemporary photographic artists. Drew’s practice, spanning more than twenty years, is characterised by innovation and exploration of photo-media. Drew has held over 20 solo shows across Australia, United States, France and Germany and is currently represented by galleries in United States and
A collaboration between Australian and UK based printmakers and papermakers. The artists will work over a period of time developing new works and artist books. WEBSITE
In her exhibition Blood / River / Black / Water at FireWorks Gallery, Joanne Currie presents a myriad of lyrical new artworks that have a strong political resonance and are infused with her characteristic river painting style. Currie’s works are inspired by her childhood memories on the banks of the Maranoa River and reveal an
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DEADLINE : 2 Sept 2011 WHERE : Canberra Institute of Technology’s Reid Campus. Established in 1984, the National Campus Art Prize (previously National Tertiary Art Prize) is the premier tertiary art competition in Australia. NCAP is open to any student at a participating AACA campus with or without an art background. The Art Prize attempts
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Queensland Rail has undertaken a multimillion dollar project to renovate Brisbane railway stations, including using the best of Queensland artists to add colour and vibrancy.These artists, consisting of designers, sculptors, printmakers, painters, installation artists and sign writers, have come together to collaborate for this amazing project. The 20/20 Station Renovation Project has seen the artists
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Deadline Date : 2 September, 2011 WHERE : Clayton Utz, Level 28 Riparian Plaza, Brisbane CBD Clayton Utz is one of Australia’s largest and most successful law firms and is proud to support the Arts through the Clayton Utz “LAUNCH” Art Award. The Award offers a $10,000 winner’s prize and exhibition space for the finalists
WHERE HAS ALL THE WINE GONE? IS A SERIES OF PORTRAITS BY JORDAN GRANT DRAWN FROM THE ARTIST’S PRECEPTION OF LIFE AS HE KNOWS IT, AND AS HE VIEWS IT AROUND HIM. THROUGH A SERIES OF AMBIGUOUS SCENARIOS GRANT SEEKS TO EXPLORE THE GAMUT OF HUMAN EMOTION AND INTERACTION. DRAWING ON THE ORDINARY, THE MUNDANE
