Vernon Ah Kee, Aleks Danko, Raquel Ormella and Gemma Smith are exhibiting new work as part of Contemporary Australia: Optimism at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. Optimism is the first in a planned series of triennial survey exhibitions of contemporary Australian art by the gallery. http://www.qag.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/coming_soon/contemporary_australia_optimism
The work of Eugene Carchesio is currently the subject of a major survey exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery opening later this month. Someone’s Universe: The Art of Eugene Carchesio, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 25 October 2008- 1 February, 2009. The exhibition is accompanied by a major new publication on Carchesio’s work.
http://www.qag.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/current/someones_universe_the_art_of_eugene_carchesio
Works by Vernon Ah Kee, Richard Bell, Ian Burn, Gordon Hookey, Natalya Hughes, Mike Parr, Sandra Selig and Gemma Smith feature in an exhibition of recent acquisitions from the University of Queensland Art Museum’s collection. New: Selected Recent Acquisitions 2007-2008, University of Queensland Art Museum, 29 November 2008- 1 February 2009.
A major new publication on the art of Rosslynd Piggott has just been released. Published by the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Extract: In 3 parts follows on from Piggott’s solo exhibition there earlier this year, and features essays by Rebecca Coates and Robyn Williams.
Raquel Ormella is exhibiting work in Better Places at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts over summer. Curated by Melissa Keys, Better Places seeks to explore ‘the space between the world we live in, and the world we wish for’. Better Places, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, 4 December 2008- 1 February 2009.
http://www.pica.org.au/view/Better+Places/726/
Works by John Citizen feature as part of Home, currently at the Lismore Regional Gallery. This exhibition explores the different ways in which Australian artists have approached the topic of home and associated themes of family and connectedness to place. Home, Lismore Regional Gallery, 21 November 2008- 17 January 2009.
Works by Vernon Ah Kee and Richard Bell are currently on display as part of an exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Curated by Hetti Perkins, Half Light is the first major survey of Indigenous artists engaging with photography and portraiture. Half Light: Portraits from Black Australia, AGNSW, 22 November 2008-22 February, 2009. http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/coming/half_light
Gordon Hookey is a finalist in the inaugural Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards. Hookey is one of 16 finalists selected from 157 nominated artists for this new $50 000 annual prize. Recent works by the artist feature as part of the Awards’ exhibition, currently at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1 November- 11 January 2009.
http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/exhibitions/Indigenous_Art_Awards_2008.asp
After its showing earlier this year at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, the Gordon Bennett survey exhibition, curated by Kelly Gellatly for the National Gallery of Victoria, now tours to The Art Gallery of Western Australia, 20 December 2008-22 March 2009. http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/gordonbennett/
Vernon Ah Kee has been selected to represent Australia at next year’s Venice Biennale. Vernon will present work as part of a group show curated by Felicity Fenner. For more information visit: http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/news/news_items/australian_contingent_selected_for_venice_biennale_2009