Australia’s Monthly Briefing on Art
QLD
May 2013 Listings
Art Almanac is the essential guide to Australia’s art galleries – a monthly magazine listing the exhibition schedules of over 550 art galleries throughout Australia, packaged in an easy-to-use format, supported by gallery maps, an artist index, and profiles of current art exhibitions. Queensland art galleries and their May 2013 exhibition schedules are listed below, for listings of art galleries in other Australian states please use the links above.
Brisbane
Andrew Baker Art Dealer
26 Brookes Street, Bowen Hills 4006.
(07) 3252-2292, 0412-990-356.
info@andrew-baker.com
www.andrew-baker.com
Wed-Sat 10.00 to 5.00 or by appt.
Paintings, photographs and sculptures by leading contemporary Australian, Melanesian and Polynesian artists, including Lincoln Austin, Leonard Brown, Tony Coleing, Michael Cook, Fiona Foley, Rosella Namok, Dennis Nona, Michel Tuffery, Katarina Vesterberg and William Yang.
Fireworks Gallery
52a Doggett Street, Newstead 4006.
(07) 3216-1250.
info@fireworksgallery.com.au
www.fireworksgallery.com.au
Free entry.
Tues-Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00.
To June 1 20th Anniversary Group Exhibition.
In Focus: Laurie Nilsen and Michael Nelson Jagamara.
Grahame Galleries + Editions
1 Fernberg Road, Paddington 4064.
(07) 3369-3288.
info@grahamegalleries.com
www.grahamegalleries.com
By appt. To May 10 Intersections by Bruno Leti.
Heiser Gallery
90 Arthur Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
(07) 3254-2849, Fax 3254-2859.
bh@heisergallery.com.au
www.heisergallery.com.au
Tues-Fri 10.30-6.00, Sat 10.30-5.00.
May 7 to June 1 Freehand Geometry by Ian Smith.
Institute of Modern Art
420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
(07) 3252-5750, Fax 3252-5072.
ima@ima.org.au
www.ima.org.au
Director: Robert Leonard.
Free entry.
Tues-Sat 11.00 to 5.00 (Thurs until 8.00).
To May 25 In a Lonely Place by Gregory Crewdson, and All Divided Selves by Luke Fowler.
June 8 to July 27 Be Do Be Do Be Do by Judy Millar, and Home 3 by Olaf Breuning.
Jan Manton Art
Contemporary Australian and International Art
1/93 Fortescue Street, Spring Hill 4000.
(07) 3831-3060.
jan@janmantonart.com
www.janmantonart.com
Director: Jan Manton.
Wed-Fri by appt, Sat 10.00 to 4.00.
Jan Manton Art has a changing program of leading and emerging contemporary artists.
To June 8 Lost and Found by Dadang Christanto.
Jan Murphy Gallery
486 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
(07) 3254-1855.
jan@janmurphygallery.com.au
www.janmurphygallery.com.au
Director: Jan Murphy.
Tues-Sat 10.00 to 5.00 or by appt.
To May 18 Robert Malherbe.
May 21 to June 8 Michael Muir.
Jugglers Art Space Inc
103 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
(07) 3252-2552.
info@jugglers.org.au
www.jugglers.org.au
Thurs-Fri 12.00 to 5.00 or by appt.
Philip Bacon Galleries
2 Arthur Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
(07) 3358-3555.
artenquiries@philipbacongalleries.com.au
www.philipbacongalleries.com.au
Tues-Sat 10.00 to 5.00.
Philip Bacon Galleries is the largest and most established dealing gallery in Brisbane. We have a large selection of important 19th-century, 20th-century and contemporary paintings and sculptures in stock.
To May 11 Neil Frazer.
May 14 to June 8 Robert Brownhall.
Queensland Art Gallery
Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
Stanley Place, South Brisbane 4101.
(07) 3840-7303, Fax 3844-8865.
www.qag.qld.gov.au
Free entry, unless otherwise stated.
Mon-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 9.00 to 5.00.
From May 18 Voice and Reason considers the QAGOMA Indigenous Collection from points of cultural intersection, examining the conversations and conflicts between Australia’s ancestors and settlers. Artists featured include: Vernon Ah Kee, Gordon Bennett, John Citizen, Sue Elliott, Fiona Foley, Robert MacPherson, Luke Roberts and Judy Watson.
May 25 to Sept 1 Death and Life: Rakuny Ga Walnga: Contemporary Arnhem Land Art – GOMA stages its first collection-based exhibition of contemporary art from Arnhem Land, featuring bark paintings, hollow log memorial poles, sculptures and weavings that embody the idea of the circulatory nature of death and life.
Queensland Art Gallery (QAG)
Stanley Place, South Brisbane 4101.
(07) 3840-7303, Fax 3844-8865.
www.qag.qld.gov.au
Free entry, unless otherwise stated.
Mon-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 9.00 to 5.00.
To June 23 Artist’s Choice: Michael Zavros. Brisbane-based artist Michael Zavros takes his own seductive realist painting ‘Unicorn in the anticamera’ (2009) as his point of departure to curate an exhibition from the QAGOMA Collection that examines contemporary beauty, decadence and ego in terms of possessions.
Queensland Centre for Photography
Cnr of Cordelia and Russell Streets, South Brisbane 4101.
(07) 3844-1101.
www.qcp.org.au
Wed-Sat 10.00 to 5.00, Sun 11.00 to 3.00.
To June 2 Littoral by Kristian Laemmle-Ruff.
QUT Art Museum
2 George Street, QUT Gardens Point Campus (next to the City Botanic Gardens), Brisbane 4000.
(07) 3138-5370.
artmuseum@qut.edu.au
www.artmuseum.qut.edu.au
Free entry.
Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 12.00 to 4.00.
Visit website for programs and events.
To May 26 Foundation’s edge: artists and technology.
Redland Art Gallery
Capalaba
Capalaba Place, Noeleen Street, Capalaba 4157.
(07) 3829-8899.
gallery@redland.qld.gov.au
www.more2redlands.com.au/ArtGallery
Free entry.
Mon-Tues, Fri 8.30 to 5.00, Wed 9.00 to 5.00, Thurs 8.30 to 7.30, Sat 9.00 to 4.00.
To June 5 Youth: in Transit works from the Redland Art Gallery collection.With responses by Tania’s Arthouse, a local youth art group, this exhibition explores ideas of youth, reinvention and immortality. Selected by emerging curator, Dominique Macedo, Youth: in Transit links the process of reinvention in art and creativity to the experiences of youth and how it feels to be young today. Artists featured include Simone Eisler, Julie Reeves and Joachim Froese among others.
Redland Art Gallery
Cleveland
Cnr Middle and Bloomfield streets, Cleveland 4163.
(07) 3829-8899.
gallery@redland.qld.gov.au
www.more2redlands.com.au/ArtGallery
Free entry.
Mon-Fri 9.00 to 4.00, Sun 9.00 to 2.00.
To May 19 How Yesterday Remembers Tomorrow profiles six contemporary Australian artists who are past recipients of the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship for emerging practice.
Also, Unorthodox Aphorisms by emerging Queensland photographic artist Yavuz Erkan, who invites viewers to distance themselves from their conventional routines. His performance-based photographs question stereotypical gender behaviour by creating physical sensations using tactile objects and materials.
May 26 to June 30 (opening Sun May 26, 11am) Going Public – Photographer Richard Nolan-Neylan brings the private space of the artist’s studio or workspace into the public realm with Going Public, a series of portraits of prominent Queensland artists and their studios. Curated by Jacqueline Armitstead, this engaging and evocative exhibition plays with concepts of the ‘gaze’ while also broadening our understanding of the artist, their creative spaces and processes. Traditional roles are reversed with the artist becoming the ‘subject’ for the gallery viewer’s contemplation. Floor talk: Wed May 29, 12pm.
Suzanne O’Connell Gallery
93 James Street, New Farm 4005.
(07) 3358-5811, 0400-920-022, Fax 3358-5813.
suzanne@suzanneoconnell.com
www.suzanneoconnell.com (member of ACGA).
Wed-Sat 11.00 to 4.00 or by appt.
Specialising in contemporary Australian indigenous art. Representing leading Aboriginal artists; works include paintings, fibre and wood carvings.
White Canvas Gallery
26 Church Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
0412-641-487.
Wed-Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat-Sun 9.00 to 4.00.
May 16 to June 2 (opening May 17, 6pm) I AM… contemporary art by MOSAIC International Arts Collective.
Far North
Artspace Mackay
Civic Precinct, cnr Gordon and Macalister streets, Mackay 4740.
(07) 4961-9722.
artspace@mackay.qld.gov.au
www.artspacemackay.com.au
Free entry.
Tues-Sat 10.00 to 5.00.
To June 23 Highlights: Libris Awards 2006–2010, and Greatest Hits: Volume 3.
To May 5 Body on the line & Mana Pasifika, Siamani Samoa selu laíau (German Samoa hair combs) and Comb over.
May 10 to June 30 2013 Libris Awards: The Australian Artists Book Prize, and The book as site: reading resonance.
Australian & Oceanic Art Gallery
Cnr Grant and Warner streets, Port Douglas 4877.
(07) 4099-4494, Fax 4099-4417.
kerry@oceanicart.com.au
www.oceanicart.com.au
Contact: Tom and Kerry Colrain.
Representing contemporary Australian artists including Lockhart River artists Rosella Namok and Samantha Hobson, Denis Nona, Geoffrey Dyer, Arone Meeks and many others.
Gab Titui Cultural Centre
Cnr Blackall Street and Victoria Parade, Thursday Island 4875.
(07) 4069-0888.
www.gabtitui.com.au
Mon-Sat 10.00 to 3.00.
KickArts Contemporary Arts
96 Abbott Street, Cairns 4870.
(07) 4050-9494.
www.kickarts.org.au
Mon-Sat 10.00 to 5.00.
KickArts is regional Queensland’s leading contemporary visual arts organisation and presents a program of local, national and international artists.
To May 18 Gallery 1: Blow Out by Anne Maree Reaney and Mona Ryder.
May 24 to July 27 Gallery 1 and 2: Renegades: Outsider Art.
Feature Wall: to May 25 Old Becomes New by Rick Beresford.
Rockhampton Art Gallery
62 Victoria Parade, Rockhampton 4700.
(07) 4936-8248, Fax 4921-1738.
gallery@rrc.qld.gov.au
www.rockhamptonartgallery.com.au
Director: Tracey Cooper-Lavery.
Free entry.
Daily 10.00 to 4.00, closed public hols.
Find us on Facebook.
To May 19 Stars of the Tokyo Stage: Natori Shunsen’s kabuki actor prints, a National Gallery of Australia touring exhibition. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor: 100 Years, 100 Women, 100 Stories, 100 Brooches an Artisan travelling exhibition toured by Museum & Gallery Services Queensland. Also, Michele Kershaw: Another place a Rockhampton Art Gallery exhibition.
May 20 to June 7 gallery closed for maintenance.
Gold Coast
Anthea Polson Art
18-20 Mariners Cove, Seaworld Drive, Main Beach 4217.
(07) 5561-1166.
info@antheapolsonart.com.au
www.antheapolsonart.com.au
Director: Anthea Polson.
Daily 10.00 to 5.00.
May 25 to June 8 The Arid Zone by Margaret Ackland.
Gold Coast City Gallery
135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise 4217.
(07) 5581-6567.
gallery@theartscentregc.com.au
www.theartscentregc.com.au
Free entry.
Mon-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun and public hols 11.00 to 5.00.
To May 5 Evangelion Art Exhibition.
To May 19 The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2013.
From May 11 Smalltown.
Lorraine Pilgrim Gallery
Studio 87, 87 Ridgeway Avenue, Southport 4215.
(07) 5532-7170, 0418-767-495.
lorraine@lorrainepilgrim.com
www.lorrainepilgrim.com
Mon-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, weekends by appt.
To May 24 Colours of the Australian Dream solo exhibition by Angela Bettes.
Marks & Gardner Gallery
69 Main Western Road, North Tamborine 4272.
(07) 5545-4992.
www.marksandgardner.com
Wed-Sun 9.00 to 4.00.
To May 15 Dave Groom.
May 17 to June 16 Jacques van der Merwe.
19 KAREN Contemporary Artspace
19 Karen Avenue, Mermaid Beach 4218.
(07) 5554-5019.
info@19karen.com.au
www.19karen.com.au
Tues-Sat 10.00 to 5.00.
19 KAREN Contemporary Artspace exhibits exciting and bold artwork. Our exhibitions rotate every month, ranging in style and genre from pop surrealism to street art to the still undefined.
May 11 to June 8 Nature, Nurture by Amanda Shelsher, Wild Horses by Anne Smerdon, Wild Things by Jacqui Doran and But at least I have you to remember me? by Jennifer Mondfrans (USA).
Special group show at The Sofitel Hotel Gold Coast (opening Fri May 31, 6-8pm) The Art of Cirque du Soleil. Bookings essential, please email us at info@19karen.com.au
Osborne + Grace Gallery
Marina Mirage, Sea World Drive, Main Beach 4217.
(07) 5532-2282.
sales@osbornegracegallery.com.au
www.osbornegracegallery.com.au.
South East Region
RAYGUN Art Projects
Upstairs, 249 Margaret Street, Toowoomba 4350.
www.raygunlab.com
A platform for shared critical dialogue.
May 3 to June 5 Soul Kitchen by David Usher.
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery
(SRAG)
Cnr Lock and Marsh streets, Stanthorpe 4380.
(07) 4681-1874.
admin@srag.org.au
www.srag.org.au
Free entry.
Tues-Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat-Sun 10.00 to 1.00.
To June 2 Tibrogargan Meets Girraween by landscape painter Gabi Mika-McNaughton, Lines and Spaces by Rob O’Brien who creates magic with paper, ink and watercolour, and Laced with Place introducing Ozzie Lace with artist Dorothy Haig.
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
531 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba 4350.
(07) 4688-6652, Fax 4688-6895.
art@toowoombaRC.qld.gov.au
www.toowoombaRC.qld.gov.au/trag
Free entry.
Tues-Sat and public hols 10.00 to 4.00, Sun 1.00 to 4.00.
May 11 to June 16 Creative Power: the art of George Baldessin an exhibition of selected prints and drawings showing the development of Baldessin’s various themes as well as his very individual style. Curated by Tess Edwards Baldessin. On loan from Australian Galleries. A Maitland Regional Art Gallery touring exhibition. This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of Australian cultural material across Australia.
Sunshine Coast
Caloundra Regional Gallery
22 Omrah Avenue, Caloundra 4551.
(07) 5420-8299, Fax 5420-8292.
galleries@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
www.galleries.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
Curator: Nina Shadforth.
Free entry.
Wed-Sun 10.00 to 4.00.
To May 26 INSIGHT: The Hermannsburg Potters Collection of the Moreton Bay Region an exhibition of over 40 pots produced by a group of unique and talented artists, celebrating the diversity of art practice taking place in contemporary Indigenous communities. A travelling exhibition developed by Moreton Bay Regional Council and Simon Turner, toured by Museum and Gallery Services Queensland.
May 29 to July 7 Lagau Dunalaig (island lifestyle) is a significant exhibition of works of art on paper by Cairns-based Torres Strait Islander artists Brian Robinson andJoel Sam. The exhibition explores the theme of the natural environment and its impact upon traditional and contemporary Torres Strait Islander culture. A KickArts Contemporary Arts touring exhibition.
Noosa Regional Art Gallery
Pelican Street, Tewantin 4565.
(07) 5449-5340, Fax 5449-0905.
galleries@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
www.galleries.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
Curator: Nina Shadforth.
Wed-Sun 10.00 to 4.00.
To May 26 International Baltic Mini Textile Triennial.
Also, Drawer(n) from Life – Veronica Cay.
Also, Hidden Dimensions: Lyne Marshall.
Also, Taste of Art.
Western District
John Mullins Memorial Art Gallery
Cnr Leichhardt and Warrego Highways, Miles 4415.
(07) 4679-4430.
dogwood.crossing@wdrc.qld.gov.au
Mon-Fri 9.00 to 5.00, w’ends & public hols 10.00 to 4.00.
To June 4 Studio Project Western Downs Regional artists.