Brisbane
artisan
45 King Street, Bowen Hills 4006. T (07) 3215-0800. E info@artisan.org.au W www.artisan.org.au H Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. artisan is Queensland’s home of craft and design. Gallery, store and workshop space supporting and promoting contemporary craft and design practice for both makers and their audiences.
The Ferryman’s Hut Metro Arts
29 Macquarie Street, Teneriffe 4005. T 0417-085-699. E dennismccart@internode.on.net W www.dennismccart.comMay 29 to June 5, 11am–5pm (opening Sat June 4, 4–7pm) Ephemerality – rivers edge lands by Dennis McCart. This exhibition presents the artist’s ongoing investigations (past and present), interpreting landscapes edging the Brisbane river and their transitory nature.
FireWorks Gallery
9/31 Thompson Street, Bowen Hills 4006. T (07) 3216-1250. E art@fireworksgallery.com.au W www.fireworksgallery.com.au H Tues–Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00. To June 11 Ian Waldron: The tower of blue horses. Also, Walala Tjapaltjarri: Tingari Arrangements. June 17 to July 23 Travelling stories: A tribute to Michael Nelson Jagamara.
Institute of Modern Art
Judith Wright Arts Centre, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006. (07) 3252-5750. Free entry. Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00. To July 9 – and . Brings together a group of Australian and international artists who each use their artmaking to explore and expand on the creation of value. Guided by the idea of the circular economy and its compelling counter-narrative to the untenable model of eternal growth, each work in this exhibition offers a provocation to make us reconsider what is “counted” in our society and why. Curated by Tulleah Pearce. Also, by – award-winning artist and director first solo exhibition in Australia explores the magic and dynamism of Blackness in a realm where time and space are altered. The now, the past, and the future are rethought and reordered to create something soulful and mind-bendingly visceral.
