MAIN CURATED EXHIBITIONS
Now showing
Gallery 1, 3, & 4
Nowhere Fast : Brisbane’s Punk and Post-punk Scene 1978-1982
The Photographs of Paul O’Brien: Curated by Robert Forster and John Willsteed.
Nowhere Fast at Woolloongabba Art Gallery features a selection of images from the book Nowhere Fast : Brisbane’s Punk and Post-punk Scene 1978-1982 which will be launched at the gallery on April 5. The book, with essays by Robert Forster and John Willsteed, is published by AndAlso Books.
Giclée prints of a selection of images will be on display and available for order.
The program includes two panel discussions at the gallery:
April 12 - Punk, Politics and The Police (Click here for details and booking)
Followed by live music at The Cave Inn with The Chordites and Scrap Metal
Audio recording of this panel discussion is now online (Youtube Link).
April 26 - Creativity, Culture and DIY (Click here for details and booking)
Followed by live music at It’s Still A Secret with The Cut Snakes, The Dustbin Hoffmans and Lov's é Blur
This project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
Exhibition dates
2 April - 27 April 2024
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Now showing
Gallery 5
Glen O'Malley, Blast Furnace 2020, Digital print, 44.5 x 30 cm (image) 64 x 49.5 cm (framed)
GLEN O'MALLEY
FLUX
Images abstracted from memories of disco madness and sculpture made from water and frozen in time, lovingly printed on paper, hand made from weeds growing on Japanese mountain tops, but photographed blindly with an automatic, point and shoot camera.
Exhibition dates
2 April - 27 April 2024 (EXTENDED)
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Coming soon
Gallery 2
Christina Lowry, Vigilans Avis 2124 (Bird Watching 2124) 2024, Giclee pigment ink print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 100% cotton 308gsm paper, Edition of 5, 790 x 635 mm
CHRISTINA LOWRY
Historia Naturalis
Ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms. In her latest collection Christina Lowry takes these relationships, particularly between humans and animals, as her muse. Historia Naturalis explores the effects of human intervention on bird, animal and insect species, articulating the evolving crisis these species are experiencing. Each piece Lowry creates is highly researched and intricately constructed, the product of investigations into art history, ecology and new technologies.
Subverting both artistic and museological displays, Lowry highlights the frivolity with which early collectors treated their bird, animal and insect subjects. Both lusciously decorative and haunting, the works draw attention to the one-sided relationship between the collector and their subject. Reframing our urge to collect and display, and our environmental impact more broadly, Lowry offers a view into the future if we decline to change our practices. Lowry’s works straddle uneasiness, their uncanny beauty reminding us that we possess the skills and technology to change the future. - Bree Di Mattina
Opening event
Saturday afternoon, 27 April from 3pm
Exhibition dates
27 April - 1 June 2024
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Coming soon
Gallery 1, 3, 4
RAY COFFEY
Hooligan Series
Reflecting on his childhood growing up in the UK, Ray Coffey examines the glorification and vilification of male aggression. Juxtaposing hooligans in the guise of hero’s and rejecting societal forms of acceptable violence.
Opening event
Saturday afternoon, 11 May from 3pm
Exhibition dates
7 May - 1 June 2024
WAG.GALLERY
CONTEMPORARY LEASE SPACE
Coming soon
Gallery 3
MATTHEW DOBSON
People And Places
Welcome to my 7th Exhibition and first in Brisbane. My Show is about Characters and People interactions in the surrounding area, whether that be in the neighbourhood or at the park or social gathering. Capturing the atmosphere through light and colour is what I have sought to describe and a feeling of the area. Thank you for attending my exhibition, I hope you enjoy. - Cheers Matt
Opening event
Friday night, 3 May 6pm-9pm
Exhibition dates
30 April - 4 May 2024
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