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Imants Tillers | Art + Australia – Issue One (53.2)
Imants Tillers text Metafisica Australe features in the current issue of Art+Australia (53.2) Extraterritoriality, an insightful essay looking at the influence Giorgio De Chirico and fathoming, the unfathomable. The magazine is published through the University of Melbourne and
SALA Festival | Advertiser Contemporary Art Award: Julia McInerney
Congratulations to Julia McInerney who was awarded the SALA FESTIVAL | THE ADVERTISER Contemporary Art Award for 2017. We will be presenting archipelago for SALA Festival, launching on the 2nd of August. https://goo.gl/DutfGB _ Image: JULIA McINERNEY- The situation had
HADLEY’S ART PRIZE | IMANTS TILLERS: FINALIST
Congratulations to Imants Tillers who is a finalist in the Hadley’s Art Prize, Australia’s richest prize for landscape art. The prize is an $100,000 acquisitive visual arts prize to be held annually celebrating painting, printmaking and drawing to reconnect with
JULIA ROBINSON | ARTSPACE SYDNEY, IDEAS PLATFORM
Artspace Ideas Platform, Sydney | 23 June – 14 July // OPENING Thursday 22 June, 6pm PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP ACE OPEN & ARTSPACE 43-51 COWPER WHARF ROAD, WOOLLOOMOOLOO, NSW Hybridising naturally occurring plant forms with practices of costuming and adornment,
LOUISE HASELTON + PAPULANTKUTJA ARTISTS | FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE
GAGPROJECTS artist, Louise Haselton has been working in the remote Western Australia desert with women at Papulankutja (pictured). Louise was there in April, and will be returning again in October when she hopes to invite some of the artists back
MATTHEW BRADLEY | MCA ACQUISITION
GAGPROJECTS is pleased to announce severals vessels from Matthew Bradley’s series One Hundred Vessels has been acquired by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia. Currently on presentation as part of The National 2017.
CHRISTIAN LOCK | ARTHUR GUY MEMORIAL PRIZE 2017
GAGPROJECTS congratulates Christian Lock as a finalist in the 2017 Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize. Designed to attract some of Australia’s finest contemporary artists and high calibre works, the inaugural Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize and exhibition was first held
HOSSEIN VALAMANESH | Trans-Trans-Figuration: Lajevardi Foundation / Tehran
Trans-Trans-Figuration: Sheikh Safi’s Anecdote & Any Expandable Thing May – June 2017 Lajevardi Foundation / Tehran Opening Reception – Friday – 12 May “Farsh” as an expandable thing performs a conceptual derivative to study a series of social and professional
NASIM NASR | A BROKEN LINK: Central Saint Martins (UK)
A survey of contemporary practice in artist film and video. The themes explored in A Broken Link include ideas of temporal and geographical displacement, of how digital technologies bring people and ideas together but also reinforce the essence of distance
James Tylor finalist in Ramsay Art Prize
James Tylor has been announced as a finalist in the 2017 Ramsay Art Prize. James is one of 21 finalists and is selected for his work ‘Karrawirra Yerta’. The finalists were selected by a judging panel of contemporary art specialists including
PETER ATKINS | LESS THAN: ART AND REDUCTIONISM
Peter Atkins is currently presenting work at QUT Art Museum as part of Less than: Art and Reductionism alongside a stellar list of artists including Sol LeWitt, Rover Thomas, Gemma Smith and Alex Seton. Curated by Katherine Dionysius and on
Nasim Nasr / The History of Video Art in Australia (Red, Green, Blue)
Nasim Nasr is currently presenting in The History of Video Art in Australia (Red, Green, Blue) curated by Matthew Perkins at Griffith University Art Museum until 8 July. Check it out if you’re in the neighbourhood. https://www.griffith.edu.au/visual-creative-arts/griffith-artworks/exhibition-program/2017-exhibitions/red-green-blue — Image:
James Tylor / Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize 2017
James Tylor is currently presenting in the Redlands Art Prize (Emerging Prize) curated by Callum Morton at the National Art School paired with established artist Christian Thompson. Our congratulations go to all the finalists and winners Diena Georgetti and Kenny
ART DUBAI 2017
ART DUBAI 2017 [Booth E7] GAGPROJECTS is delighted to present ARIEL HASSAN, JULIA ROBINSON, ANGELA VALAMANESH, HOSSEIN VALAMANESH at this year’s edition of Art Dubai http://www.artdubai.ae/gallery/gagprojects-2017/
GAGPROJECTS | NEWS, FEB-MARCH 2017
GAGPROJECTS | NEWS, FEBRUARY-MARCH 2017 Matthew Bradley @ The National ••• Matt Colishaw @ MONA ••• Juz Kitson @ Gaya Ceramics Art Studios ••• Christian Lock @ The Lions Art Centre ••• Julia McInerney & Julia Robinson @ Guirguis New Art Prize ••• Nasim Nasr
Logan Macdonald, GAGPROJECTS new gallery manager
Logan Macdonald joins us as Gallery Manager, following his previous role as the Curator of the Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia. Macdonald brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the role with over 10 years experience working in
GAGPROJECTS New Gallery Website !
we are delighted to start the year with a new website ! Although it is not fully finished, we will continue updating it and improving it to offer a comprehensive database of our artists works and exhibitions.
Matthew Bradley @ AEAF
Matthew Bradley presents a major solo exhibition A Forest of Lightning at Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide. Exhibition is open until 11 December 2016.