There is a common misconception that the purpose of highly crafted work is to primarily demonstrate technique or skill. Craft based practices may be less likely deemed as conceptual. Reflective material requires a spatial engagement; as you move, so does the reflection. The nature of highly polished, reflective material is to blur the division between […]
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Free Curator Talks: ILEANA Gallery
Come and enjoy this free daily talk with curator Boris Cornelissen at 5pm at ILEANA and see works by leading international artists, including the British father of Popart, Richard Hamilton, and Pop artists from the US and China. […]
The Tent Dress Project: IVY NIU
Brisbane designer IVY NIU’s Tent Dress Project is a collaboration with 10 featured artists from Australia and abroad, where fashion meets art in a colourful expression of creativity. Featured artists Frances Cannon, Bianca Mavrick, Ellie Hopley, Kitiya Palaskas, Emily Green, Rachel Burke, Chantal Fraser, Phil Ferguson, Tantri Mustika and Nadeesha Godamunne have each interpreted Ivy’s signature tent dress in their […]
BADtaste Food Truck Night
In an industrial-chic converted builder’s yard and warehouse you will find a community hub playing host to an open air food truck event every Friday night. With a choice of food trucks, local musicians and cool bar offerings we are already a well known secret amongst Albion’s locals. So grab your best people (and friendly […]
Evidence: Arone Meeks
May 2021 sees Onespace Gallery launch a solo exhibition entitled, Evidence, by Cairns based artist, Arone Meeks. Creating works of art that speak of cross cultural interaction, relationships, gender, traditional and modern spirituality and his environment – this body of work also delves into notions of anthropological fetishisation of First Nations people. Paintings and prints […]
OCCURRENT AFFAIR: proppaNOW
Established in 2003, Brisbane-based Aboriginal artist collective proppaNOW has returned from a five-year hiatus to present OCCURRENT AFFAIR. The exhibition showcases new and recent works by Vernon Ah Kee, Tony Albert, Richard Bell, Megan Cope, Jennifer Herd, Gordon Hookey, and Laurie Nilsen. Engaging wordplay through its title, OCCURRENT AFFAIR references the sensational journalistic style of […]
Immaterial Counterpoint Act: A Natural Low
An ephemeral, degenerative sound-focused happening featuring enigmatic local & interstate multidisciplinary artists in a collaborative, experimental installation discarding mercantile tools for amplified found/recycled/stolen objects while rejecting anticipated latent profound purpose and celebrating the unexplainable intrinsic fascination toward the unaesthetic discord. Immaterial Counterpoint Act is curated by A Natural Low – a small, local independent community […]
Bellevue: Stephen Nothling
During BAD the Woolloongabba Art Gallery will be home to Stephen Nothling’s latest offering, Bellevue. A homage to his meanderings along Bellevue Street in Highgate Hill, each large-scale landscape is accompanied by an intimate floral motif collected from an obliging front yard along the way. […]
By the Book: Nick Earls
The exhibition brings the book to life, with an audio book recording guiding visitors through artworks, photographs and artefacts referred to in the text. By the Book also features a new collaborative sound work produced by artist Lawrence English, which draws on field recordings from the landscapes that Robinson painted. […]
Opening Night: The Artist’s Garden by Bernard Ollis
In his typical whimsical style Bernard Ollis has produced artworks of lush, kaleidoscopic renditions of The Artist’s Gardens and studios he has visited during his lifetime. Hear from Bernard Ollis about his new exhibition at his artist talk and take a wander through the exhibition. […]