Forthcoming

 

THE 2011 STAN & MAUREEN DUKE GOLD COAST CITY ART PRIZE

Darkwood no.19
153 x 153cm, oil on linen, 2011

 

Judge of the 2011 Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize Davida Allen, has announced the recipient of the $10,000 first prize to be Chris Langlois for his artwork Darkwood no. 19.

Allen made the following comments on the winning artwork.

“The imagery arrested my eye and then my imagination…I wonder what landscape is here…a cold wet evening? Dusk with a strong wind? Is the green undefined shape on the bottom left grass? Is the small whitey-blue mark water? Is there a driver of a car heading towards this threatening landscape? …For the audience it is the sheer pleasure of escaping from the present to a new reality…an adventure… this is true art! And I would like to congratulate Chris Langlois for his craftsmanship in the execution of this strong image. He has not overstated it. He has just given enough clues to ignite the imagination of the audience.

I am profoundly humbled and delighted by the energy that is shimmering on the walls of this exhibition…It is not fair that only ONE work can get the Prize!”

In addition to the prize money, the winning artwork will be acquired for the Gold Coast City Gallery Collection.

Gold Coast  City Art Gallery

10 December 2011– 5 February 2012

The Arts Centre
Coald Coast
135 Bundall Road,
Surfers Paradise QLD

 

 

NEW ROMANTICS

Ocean (green. blue. yellow) no.41, 2003
168 x 168cm, oil on linen, 2003

19 November 2011 – 15 January 2012

 

Rob Bartolo, William Breen, Sheridan Brown, Jane Burton, Jason Cordero, Peter Daverington, Iris Fischer, Louise Hearman, Chris Langlois, Tony Lloyd, Joanna Logue, John Morris, Saffron Newey, Sarah Nguyen, Izabela Pluta, Kathryn Ryan, Sam Smith, Sophia Szilagyi, Camila Tadich, Stephen Wickham, Philip Wolfhagen, Greg Wood

Something is happening in Australian art today. We are witnessing the resurgence of ideas that took root centuries ago – a return to passion in art, and a return to atmosphere and awe. Art today recognises that we have undergone a spiritual loss in recent times, and is summoning the courage to fill it. Its links to an art of two centuries ago are profound and undeniable.

Historians called it Romanticism; a disposition for melancholic yearning, for communion with nature, for the sublime. Australian artists, in countless numbers, are engaging with these themes again today. New Romantics surveys the work of twenty-two contemporary Australian artists who have reinvigorated this movement. This is the first exhibition that seeks to understand a paradigm shift that is shaping the course of Australian art in the twenty-first century. New Romantics coincides with the release of a major new publication.

OPENING: Friday 18 November 6.30pm (doors open 6.00pm). To be opened by Sam Leach, artist

CURATOR TALK: Friday 18 November 6.00pm with exhibition curator and author Simon Gregg

Image: Jason CORDERO, The Gates of Longing [detail], 2008, oil on linen, 112 x 244cm. Collection: Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale. Purchased by the Gippsland Art Gallery Society, 2010

Gippsland Art Gallery
68 Foster Street
Sale, Victoria
03 5142 3372

 

 

WATER MEMORY

Landscape (Narrabeen Lake) 2009 no.3
122 x 213cm, oil on linen, 2009

Anneke Silver, Pavel Lankas & Chris Langlois

Water Memory celebrates the sublime grandeur of the Australian waterscape.

Chris Langlois captures the ever-changing ambience of the landscape, with brooding skies, hazy mists and shimmering horizon lines.

Pavel Lankas’ work explores the tension, drama and uneasy calmness of our Port Macquarie coastline, where the ocean meets the sky and the storms brew.

Inspirational and uplifting large-scale landscapes are the hallmark of Anneke Silver’s artwork. Her aerial perspectives capture the topographical splendour of North Queensland waterscapes.

On view until 19 February 2012.

4th December 2011 – 19th Febuary 2012

This exhibition will be part of Port Macquarie Regional Galleries summer program which has been developed to showcase contemporary artists who explore environment and water themes within their works.

Glass House
Port Macquarie Regional Art Gallery
Corner of Clarence and Hay Streets,
Port Macquarie, NSW

(02) 6581 8107

 

 

 

QUIETUDE; BEYOND THE SURFACE