teetering, tittering, tits up is an exhibition of sculptural works that imagine structures for queer and multispecies intimacies. Playful reconfigurations of outdoor equipment such as tarpaulin, tentpoles, and trampolines offer refuge in their corrugations and curvatures. Developed in response to wetland bird hides and other cruising sites, the exhibition takes an irreverent, ironic, and absurd approach […]
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My work has long explored an enduring fascination with the role of flowers and plants within culture. The human impulse to gather small, fragile treasures from nature and offer them up to each other, ourselves or a greater god is something that has endured through millennia and across cultural and geographic divides. That simple and
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Thinking Business is a survey exhibition of the Australian art collective Barbara Cleveland. Working together for over 15 years, Barbara Cleveland’s practice draws on the historical lineages of both the visual and performing arts. The Barbara Cleveland artist collective was originally established in Sydney on Gadigal land. Founded by Diana Baker Smith, Frances Barrett, Kate Blackmore
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Suspended Moment includes key works by Katthy Cavaliere alongside the fellowship artists who benefited from her enduring legacy. The exhibit brings together new works by three recipients of The Katthy Cavaliere Fellowship: Frances Barrett Sally Rees Giselle Stanborough. The fellowship was established in the name of Italian-born, Australian artist Katthy Cavaliere (1972–2012). It was a one-off
Escaping the reality of war and enduring its trauma – caught between the war of indifference and empathy – the story of refugees are often forgotten or made invisible. This narrative void presents a challenge to refugees attempting to settle and flourish. Archaeology of Memory is an exhibition that attempts to fill this narrative void by telling
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Robert Brownhall (b.1968, Brisbane) is a realist painter, inspired by his local environment of South-East Queensland. Over nearly thirty years of painting, Brownhall has developed a unique style characterised by a strong connection to place with his moody nocturnes, broad sweeping panoramas and gritty vignettes of urban life. Brownhall’s realism is not slick. The humanity
Presented in conjunction with the Gallery of Modern Art’s blockbuster ‘Air’ exhibition, ‘Melting into Air’ (26 November 2022 – 23 April 2023) is the new, free cinema program at the Australian Cinémathèque, GOMA. It explores screen depictions of this essential element from over the past century, showcasing hidden mysteries within deep fogs, the sublime potential
Rebecca Ross lives on Kombumerri Country/Queensland’s Southern Gold Coast. Since completing a Master of Fine Art at Queensland University of Technology she has exhibited at the Embassy of Australia in Washington D.C. and Festival 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, and was awarded the Rome Studio at the British School at Rome by the Australia Council
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Michael Cook is a Queensland-based artist of Bidjara heritage. Over the last decade, Cook has produced works that interrogate the legacy of colonisation and invite the viewer to experience the other side of the coin, roles in reversal and histories re-written. His latest series of 12 large scale photographic works titled ‘Fake,’ follows an Indigenous
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“This framed glass is following me, obscuring and cropping my experience. A form of shelter. Looking over my shoulder, through another window I see muted green and brown encased in a red trim.” I spent 2012 in Turku, Finland. After 10 years, in August 2022, I found myself there again as an artist in residence
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GOMA Talks returns during ‘Air’ to ask the question – is cancel culture giving us a voice or suffocating us? Public shaming and calling out transgressions are social justice practices that have been around as long as society itself. In our increasingly digital world social media has become the contemporary town square, a place where conflicting
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‘Air’ showcases immersive and large-scale works by leading international and Australian artists exploring the cultural, ecological and political dimensions of air. When artists address the global issues confronting us today, they have the power to change the world – by changing the way we look at it. Chris Saines CNZM, Director QAGOMA Presented across the
Brisbane Art and Design (BAD) Festival, as an initiative of the Museum of Brisbane (MoB), is set to light up Brisbane with a wide range of exhibitions, activations, and showcases that celebrate the city’s creative culture. As a partner of BAD/MoB and Bonnie Hislop, Side Gallery is thrilled to announce the launch of Bonnie’s solo
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New works by artist Michael Georgetti. Image: Michael Georgetti ‘Cappella’ Acrylic on Canvas with custom brass frame 108 x 87cm
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Studio Gallery is proud to present a dynamic panel discussion and evening event on the intersection of art, design, and community. Delve deep into the minds of esteemed Australian artists, including Stanislas Piechaczek, Andy Harwood, Clairy Laurence, and renowned artist and Studio Gallery director Kerry Armstrong. The panel discussion will explore the role that art
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Hailing from Utopia in Central Australia Margaret Loy Pula continues a legacy of sharing culture. Painting traditional stories handed down from her father she depicts her homelands, bush foods and ceremonial designs using a series of finely detailed dots. Margaret Loy Pula paints her culture and her father’s dreaming. Her primary story is “Anatye” or Bush Potato dreaming. The
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Arranging fragments into desirable compositions to steer and guide the observer. Moulding our image to appear effortlessly beautiful, happier, sleeker, camouflaging the chaos. But we must embrace the un-curated fragments, the messy backgrounds which make us unique and interesting. When we lay ourselves bare we find strength and beauty. Navigating the labyrinth of content and
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Shifting Perspectives is a site-specific installation that invites participants to engage with their surroundings. As a continuation into Renee’s research into the overlooking of women artists, she is seeking new ways to occupy space in untraditional ways. The installation slowly reveals itself through the responsiveness of the participant, making them think about their surroundings and
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Soak is an invitation to collectively restore and revitalise mentally, emotionally and physically within the shared experience of a healing magnesium-rich foot bath. An inclusive, safe and playful sanctum held over two weekends in May, Wreckers Artspace will become a wellness destination. Concerns around the increase of diagnosed magnesium deficiencies in our bodies and decreasing
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Dadang Christanto, widely known for his works surrounding Indonesia’s 1965-66 genocide, returns to Jan Manton Gallery in his new exhibition LEGACY with a continued rigour and commitment to voicing the stories of the countless victims. Christanto grew up in Tegal, Central Java where he lived with his family during the 1960s. When Christanto was 8 years old,
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Mnemonic landscapes half-remembered through the haze of sun reflecting off plunging hills, landscapes slide from the haze of memory bleeding into bright smears. Ingrained mines the mental topography of memory to draw out emotional landscapes of Ari Athans own life. Time and place are compressed into bleary recollections, where individual points of focus stand out amidst foggy
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Join us for an evening with contemporary musicians and artists under the stars at Griffith University’s South Bank campus. Excite your senses with their new and developing sonic and visual works fusing traditional forms and new media, performing outdoors on the lawns and using the university architecture as a backdrop for projections. Featuring a performance
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Marian Drew’s latest work emerges from her contemplation of the speed of photographic representation and planetary change. The resulting sculptural photographs on aluminium present blurred, vast spaces for asteroid-like forms that are both stationary and adrift. Extending upon Drew’s investigation into the innovation and exploration of representational and still-life photography, rock fruit flower alludes to
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Bold, artistic, daring and always tonnes of fun, BRISBANE ART DESIGN (BAD) 2023 is back to highlight local art and design luminaries with an inclusive and immersive program of hands-on workshops, open studios, design talks and arty parties that will colour the town across three exciting weekends and showcase the inventive creatives shaping our city.
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Microdosing Sadness is an exploration of the expression of uncomfortable emotions within the public sphere. Drawing on her personal experience of sudden grief last year, Rose utilised images and words that were shared within that time to delve into the intricacies of sharing emotions in public versus private spaces. The exhibition prompts us to consider
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Returning to BSAF in 2023 for its eighth year, ‘Within These Walls’ facilitates a deeper look into Brisbane’s art scene, moving beyond the iconic murals that are at the heart of the festival and exploring various other creative mediums. With the intersection of different creative fields, Within These Walls Exhibition is a fantastic platform for
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Julie Fragar makes paintings about the stories we tell, simultaneously chronicling and critically analysing her chosen subjects. Bringing a unique level of psychological enquiry to the activity of painting, Fragar’s practice brings into focus the slippery relationship between reality and fiction. Through her unique language and remarkable aptitude as a painter, Fragar blends intense studies
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Main Drag applies aesthetics of kitsch and camp queer visual culture to the stereotypical signs and signifiers of local and communal identity, often seen along the national highway running through Rockhampton, the town in Central Queensland where Dunne resides. Dunne resurfaces images that the area uses to market itself to visitors, and frame its own identity
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New York-based artist Lea Bertucci has created a profound and personal universe of sound, stemming from her interests in sonic mass, harmony and texture. Her recent album A Visible Length Of Light sought to juxtapose her skills as a wind instrument performer against a mesh of tape noise, extended drone approaches and tidal waves of bass frequency. Her live
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The City Botanic Gardens transform into an outdoor gallery by night. Botanica: Contemporary Art Outside is returning to the City Botanic Gardens between 12-21 May 2023, 5‑10pm. This year will see ten large-scale installations, ranging from sculpture and projections through to augmented reality and interactive creations that will once again transform the gardens into an outdoor gallery. Attend an
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Set Present is an exhibition of new works by Nicholas Tossmann. Tossmann’s work utilises text in the forms of installation, sculpture, performance and video and is often made site specifically, considering spaces and architecture to imagine how viewers could physically engage and relate to intangible ideas. Tossmann uses text for its ability to give tangibility to intangible
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Archives can function in ways that are harmful to the individuals and communities they represent. They are sites of bureaucratic violence where “decisions are made, knowledge is created, and power is exerted in ways that affect the everyday lives of citizens”.[1] From family albums, legal proceedings, memorial, and art—join artist Raphaela Rosella alongside several of her co-creators
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AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST STREET ART FESTIVAL RETURNS TO BRISBANE FOR 2023 WITH AN EPIC LINE-UP OF LIVE MURALS, ART EVENTS & WORKSHOPS. Now in its 8th year, Brisbane Street Art Festival (BSAF) has become a cornerstone of Brisbane’s cultural calendar, drawing in thousands of visitors from around the country and the world. The festival’s interactive all-ages
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Are you an experienced Curator looking to be part of an iconic Brisbane exhibition? We are currently seeking expressions of interest for the 2023 Recovered Futures Art Exhibition. This is an exciting and rare opportunity for an esteemed arts professional to support an event with a rich 30-year history. Supporting the Art Exhibition Team over
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Public places private thoughts is a small body of work that continues to explore abstracted narratives that have been part of Gaye’s creative oeuvre and exploration for several years. Gestural marks paired with sharp and organic edges of shapes marry the composition and mix jarringly with the artist’s intense use of colour. Earthy, natural and vibrant hues are
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The IMA is thrilled to announce that the IMA Annual Gala and Benefit Auction 2023 will be held in honour of artist Megan Cope. Cope is a Quandamooka artist from Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) in Southeast Queensland, whose striking site-specific sculptures, paintings, and videos explore issues relating to place, identity, colonial histories, and the environment. Cope’s work was
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