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Gold Coast City Gallery
 
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Gold Coast City Gallery Sons of Beaches

Sons of Beaches 72

Gallery 2 February 4 - March 18, 2012

Coinciding with the 2012 Quicksilver Pro and the inaugural Bleach Festival of Surf Culture, Sons of Beaches features a surf documentary and installation that examines the dev…

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Judy Watson Heron island Suite #12 Etching on paper ( Detail ) Courtesy the artist and Grahame Galleries + editions

JUDY WATSON HERON ISLAND SUITE

Foyer Gallery February 11 - March 25, 2012

Judy Watson was born in Mundubbera and belongs to the Waanyi language group and is one of Australia’s most significant practicing artists. Her work is characterized by deeply felt understanding of …

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Lisa Jones Replicator 2009 (acquired 2010 JADA). Collection Grafton Regional Gallery

JACARANDA ACQUISITIVE DRAWING AWARD (JADA) 2010

Gallery 1 February 11 - March 25, 2012

Putting a pencil to paper and drawing is probably the first experience that many students have with art making. Despite this, drawing was regarded as less important than other art forms. Drawing ha…

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Alana Hampton, Half and half 2011, still from digital video. Courtesy of the artist.

Marian Drew + Alana Hampton: The Lorikeet Island Project

Gallery 2 March 24 - May 6, 2012

Marian Drew and Alana Hampton present a multi-channel media and sound installation; creating an immersive environment through the layering of light, sound, light drawing and the projection of still…

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Darren Sylvester, What happens will happen 2010, lightjet print. Winner of The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2011. Gold Coast City Gallery Collection

2012 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award

Gallery 1 March 31 - May 13, 2012

Photography is the medium of our age – everyone has a camera now and if you are in a public place a camera is most certainly watching you.  This annual exhibition of the best work by over 5…

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Image : Alasdair McIntyre Dinky-Di 2011 (Detail) Gold Coast City Gallery Collection

Art on Art

Gallery 2 May 12 - June 24, 2012

The art world is a rich storehouse of stories and imagery for artists to reflect upon. This exhibition presents artists making artwork about art, the history, the politics, the fashions and the con…

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Image: Melinda Harper, Untitled 1994, on display in The Arts Centre Foyer

I Love My City Art Collection

Gallery 1 May 19 - July 1, 2012

As part of our celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the opening of Gold Coast City Gallery, we’re inviting 25 members of the community to select their favourite work from the huge collection of…

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Sandra Landholt flying model1 (Detail) Courtesy the artist

Shakin’ The Contemporary Kinetic Aesthetic

Gallery 2 June 30 - August 5, 2012

Kinetic sculpture is sculpture that moves and artists who make it are not content to have their artwork sit quietly in a corner just waiting for someone to come and look at it. Kinetic sculpture ba…

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Sue Ford, Self-portrait 1974 from the series Self-portrait with camera (1960–2006), selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 2011. Courtesy Sue Ford Archive

Time Machine: Sue Ford A MONASH GALLERY OF ART TRAVELLING EXHIBITION

Gallery 1 July 7 - August 19, 2012

A monash gallery of art touring exhibition. Sue Ford (1943–2010) was one of Australia’s most important photographers and filmmakers. Ford studied photography at RMIT and in 197…

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Image credits: Chih-Chi HSU, A dwelling in infinite brightness 2009, stoneware, white slip. Honourable Mention 2010 Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award

28th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award

Gallery 1 August 25 - October 14, 2012

2012 Judge – Kevin Murray, Independent Curator and Writer $10,000 First Prize Up…

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Scott Redford Miami Ice 2003 Courtesy the artist.

Sexualising The City

Foyer Gallery October 20 - December 2, 2012

Within the popular imagination there is a direct link between the image of the sexualized body and the city imageof the Gold Coast. These perceptions are however often limited by cliché and d…

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