Brisbane Art: "Synergy" exhibition opens Fri Jan 16th at Circle Gallery, West End.
Circle Gallery, at 274 Montague Rd, West End (on the corner of Scott St, one block south of the intersection of Montague Rd and Vulture St – click here for a Google Map), is hosting the new exhibition “Synergy”, featuring the work of four artists, Valeriu Buev (see here also), Joanna Hietzke, Dianne Williams and Tony Greaves.
The short exhibition opens on Friday January 16th 2009 at 6pm, and then it will be open from 10am to 4pm each day until Wednesday January 21st. For more information about the Synergy exhibition, call Dianne Williams on 0422 609 318.
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Brisbane Art: Free Tours at Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art
Each gallery offers two tours each day, at 11am and 1pm. For the Queensland Art Gallery tour, meet at the Melbourne St Information Desk, and for the GoMA tour, meet at the main GoMA info desk. The reason these tours are free is that they are run by volunteers at each gallery, giving up their time to share a love of art.
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Brisbane Auditions: Sun Jan 18th, "He Died With A Falafel In His Hand"
Via girlclumsy’s blog:
The play “He Died With A Falafel In His Hand”, based on Brisbane author John Birmingham‘s notorious book about just how bad living in share housing can be, is going to be on in Brisbane next March. Auditions are on Sunday January 18th at 4pm at the Brisbane Arts Theatre, 210 Petrie Tce, Brisbane City (click here for a Google Map).
If you’re on Facebook, you can join the play’s group here, and you can purchase a copy of the book from Amazon.com if you click here.
, is going to be on in Brisbane next March. Auditions are on Sunday January 18th at 4pm at the Brisbane Womens’ Rights: volunteer performers needed for Vagina Monologues aftershow
V-Day will be at the Globe Theatre February 5th and 6th this year. There’s going to be a performance of The Vagina Monologues, with performers donating their time and proceeds going to women’s rights/women’s support charities.
The crew are looking for Brisbane bands, solo artists and performers to do the aftershow. If you’re interested, or to find out more, email Lesley or Sarah at brisbanevday@yahoo.com or call Lesley on 0424 456 536.
Brisbane Art: Sam Blanch’s Bridges To Elsewhere: What I Thought
UPDATE: Sam Blanch responds to this article:
I would just like to say that the content of the show is quite varied, there are sixty paintings in all and people bring a lot to specific paintings and not much to others. It is these kind of serendipitous moments I am interested in, I love that people find favourites and find paintings they want to bring into their lives. Its like playing a giant game of snap.
I’ve just added photos to the descriptions of the artworks below. Even if you’re reading this after the exhibition closes, if you like what you see you can buy the art by calling Sam on 0409 630 923 – or (+61 409) 630 923 from overseas. His email address is Sammablan800@hiptop.com.au
I went to the opening of Sam Blanch’s exhibition “Bridges To Elsewhere” at the Circle Gallery last night. There were six paintings that stood out for me.
First of all, “Chocolate delight. Kiss of a Frog”, a painting of a chocolate Freddo Frog on a dark background.
Next, “Flight of Freedom. Freedom dares to float”. This work is has a dark blue sky as the background, with a yellow sun and smallish white clouds. Most of the panel is taken up by four yellow curves that make up the shape of a flying creature, maybe a large bird or a dragon. There’s no details at all: the shape of the lines has to do all the work of telling you what this figure might be.
“Arc Angel Michael” wears a bright flourescent reddy-pink robe, and above his greenish head are a dark orange halo and translucent wings. He holds a broadsword whose pommel comes up to his chest, and a green snake is wrapped around the blade.
Across the room, “Angel” is in a very different style to “Arc Angel Michael”. “Angel” is another figure with almost no details – the lines have to do the work of meaning again. I quite liked this one – it’s the sort of work you might find at, say, a “progressive” Anglican or Uniting Church.
A smaller room off the main exhibition room has nine paintings in it, called “The Origins of Nine (expanded version)”, one to nine. I liked 4 and 9.
4 is the white moon looking down on a white yacht, on the ocean at night. The painting is mostly dark blue – the sky is untouched with paint, while the sea is marked with black and white swirls.
9 shows two faces looking directly at each other, between them taking up three-quarters of the panel. Among the mess of colours that cover each face, a single eye in each face stands out in stark black and white. Hand painted words fill the space between the faces:
nine ways to say i love you nine ways to say i am sorry nine ways to say anything you please then there is silence
The face on the left is mainly purple and green, the one on the right is purple and orange.
There’s a booklet on sale for three dollars, which has poems by Sam, each linked to an artwork. In the introduction he explains that his art is part of his reaction to his struggle with his subconscious, and that “looking at each painting is like crossing a bridge to my unconscious mind”.
You can look at Sam Blanch’s paintings for free from 10am to 5pm today until this Wednesday, January 14th 2009, at the Circle Gallery, 274 Montague Rd, West End. It’s on the corner of Scott St and Montague Rd, one block south of the Vulture St/Montague Rd intersection, above the Art Shed. Click here for a Google Map.
The paintings are also for sale, at $70 each. You can buy from Circle Gallery or call Sam Blanch on 0409 630 923 – or (+61 409) 630 923 from overseas. His email address is Sammablan800@hiptop.com.au
By the way, artists can hire the Circle Gallery for DIY exhibitions and don’t get charged commission.
Brisbane Activist, Editor and Photographer Iain Clacher dies.
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Brisbane Children: brizzykidz.com is full of ideas for things to do with your kids
If you’ve got children and you’re wondering how to keep them occupied during these summer holidays, then you might want to take a look at the BrizzyKidz website. Glenys Power, the writer, says:
Hi, I’m Glenys Power and this blog is for all Brisbane mums and dads that ask their friends about the places they take their children to and the activities they do. Here you’ve found a community that can answer the question “What’s that like?“.
The blog has reviews of playgrounds, free holiday shows at shopping centres, and things to see and do with your kids. So if you’re wrangling any children, drop in and have a look around.
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Brisbane Music: Saturday Sunsets at The Shire with Honky Kong
This video, Reflection Connections, is by Honky Kong, who are playing 3 free Saturday evening gigs at The Shire Tea House in West End.
On their MySpace site, where you can listen to two of their tracks, Honky Kong say:
We search through all sorts of music and cherry pick the best and most vibrant. We have a motto which is a lamp that guides us through the endless soloing and esoteric meanderings that fog up the world of Jazz. With all due respect we say “Cut out the overindulgence!”. Originally started as a five piece Jazz/Hip Hop fusion ensemble in 1999. The current members Honky Kong have moved from The Cinematic Orchestra and DJ Shadow inspired ‘theatre of the mind’ music into collecting, crate digging, DJing, short films, loop digging, live scoring, and making mix CDs. Over time HK has developed a set of aspirational genres; Twisted Jazz, Afro Love, and Super Fusion.
Honky Kong’s YouTube channel is here. Honky Kong will be playing at The Shire Tea House on Saturday 10th, 17th and 24th of January 2009 from 5pm to 9pm. The Shire Tea House is at 71 Russell St, West End – click here for a Google Map.
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Brisbane Emergency(?): Fire Alarm causes Busway evacuation yesterday
This photo by Flickr user obLiterated shows the scene yesterday morning as the Queen St, King George Square and Roma Street Busway Stations on the Inner Northern Busway were evacuated. The evacuation happened because a fire alarm went off – it turned out to be a false alarm, reports the Brisbane Times.
obLiterated says:
“On the way in to town on the bus this morning, the 2-way radio started telling the driver that the Queen Street bus station, trhen the King George Sq bus station then the Roma St Bus Station were being evacuated and closed. No obvious reason, just “don’t come here” messages.
We got into town and the entrances were closed, fire alarms sounding and general mayhem ensuing. “
Brisbane Art and Craft Blogs: Desire to Inspire’s blog roundup
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