Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery is located in one of Townsville’s finest heritage buildings, on the corner of Denham and Flinders Streets, in the city centre. The Gallery has a ground floor and first floor level with seven exhibition spaces.
On display are works by North Queensland artists as well as national and international touring exhibitions. Guided group exhibition tours are available upon request and prior bookings are essential.
Thirty-six Views of Castle Hill Sue Smith
19 December 2014 – 15 February 2015
In Thirty-six Views of Castle Hill, Queensland artist Sue Smith (who lived in Townsville in 2011-12) composes her own ukiyo-e, a floating world of contemporary experience.
The paintings contemplate the bittersweet beauty of experience, with the timeless, immoveable hill as backdrop to the constant flux and impermanence of all things.
Reverie 2014 oil and acrylic on canvas, 59 x 50.3cm
Imagining Place: Cultural Memories of North Queensland
Sandi Hook
30 January – 22 March 2015
Imagining Place investigates the cultural journeys of explorers and the unique qualities of ‘place’ in North Queensland. Artistexplorer Sandi Hook immerses herself in the natural environment, following paths crossed by early explorers to reveal a new sense of
the intimacy between place and pathfinder, past and present. The shattering and reconstruction of vessels emerges as metaphor for colonial incursion, colonisation and containment of place.
Stars in the river: the prints of Jessie Traill A National Gallery of Australia Exhibition
20 February – 10 May 2015
This exhibition celebrates the artistic career of one of Australia’s most important printmakers of the twentieth century, Jessie Traill. Embracing the medium of etching in the early 1900s, Traill forged a radical path for printmaking in Australia through the duality of her vision. Depicting the beauty of the natural environment alongside dynamic images of industry, her lyrical responses show a profound
understanding of the dilemma that requires nature to be sacrificed in order for the modern world to progress.
Drawn entirely from the National Gallery of Australia’s outstanding collection, Stars in the river: the prints of Jessie Traill examines the various facets of Traill’s printed oeuvre.
From overseas 1913 etching and aquatint National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 2007 © Estate of Jessie Traill
The Intuitive Landscape
Richard Lane
27 March – 10 May 2015
In his first major solo exhibition in twenty years, Richard Lane unveils a new series of ‘post-painterly abstraction’ works, extending upon his explorations in this field in the 1980s and 1990s.
Inspired by the Townsville landscape and the ground coverings found in his own backyard - which backs directly on to the
picturesque Ross River - Lane’s works entice and challenge viewers with bold veils of colour.
Lane’s work is represented in public, private and corporate collections in Australia, New Zealand, USA, Germany, the UK, Singapore, Brazil, Italy, Sweden, Holland and Japan.
Image: Richard Lane
Hervey Range [detail] 2013
acrylic on canvas, 75 x 100 cm
WOW®, World of WearableArt™
Glencore Children’s Exhibition
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May – 12 July 2015
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery will be the exclusive Australian venue for the major international touring exhibition WOW®, World of WearableArt™ in 2015.
One of New Zealand’s major cultural success stories over the past 25 years has been the spectacular growth of the World of WearableArt™, better known as WOW®. In that time, this landmark event has encouraged an explosion of creative activity, inspiring a
wide range of fashion designers, artists, costume-makers and other artisans from all over the world to enter the Awards.
This international touring exhibition presents the very best of the WOW® permanent collection; exciting AV presentations of the Awards Show; and a ‘workroom’ where visitors can delve more deeply into the story of WOW®, try their hand at some wearable art design, and experiment with stage lighting.
EXHIBITION
Country & Western: landscape re-imagined 1988-2013
Curated by Gavin Wilson 24 July – 20 September 2015Country & Western: landscape re-imagined 1988-2013 is a comprehensive landscape exhibition that aims to bring into focus the contrasting insights and cultural imperatives, both Indigenous (country) and non-Indigenous (western), that have given shape and substance to our evolving attitudes and perceptions of the national landscape over the past 25 years.
In the post bi-centennial landscape, artists have referenced the past, the future and the ever present, to identify and give a sense of place to the space they occupy. The experience can be grounded in the physical reality of a site, along with its deep, often-elusive spiritual associations. Yet, the idea of the bush as hostile and bewildering lingers on.
Present 2008
oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas
124 x 100 cm
Purchased by the Tweed Regional Gallery Foundation with the assistance of Ashby Utting, 2008
2015 Townsville Young Artist Awards and Annual Youth and Emerging Artist Exhibition
25 September – 11 October 2015
Townsville is home to a strong contingent of young and emerging artists, practicing in a variety of traditional and digital mediums. The annual exhibitions showcase works by a selection of these artists, with the 2015 Townsville Young Artist Awards offering prize categories for participants aged from pre-school - 18 years.
Each year, Gallery Services engages a leading Australian contemporary artist to undertake an intensive workshop for Townsville’s youth and emerging artists. The Annual Youth and Emerging Artist Exhibition features the works produced by the participants at these workshops.
Image: Regan Tamanui aka Ha!Ha!
Maori Chief 2013 aerosol on paper Gift of the Artist 2013 City of Townsville Art Collection
Ben Quilty: after Afghanistan
Archibald Prize-winner Ben Quilty is one of Australia’s most talented and respected artists. In 2011 Quilty travelled to Afghanistan as the Australian War Memorial’s official war artist. His task was to record and interpret the experiences of Australians deployed as part of Operation Slipper in Kabul, Kandahar, and Tarin Kot in Afghanistan and at Al Minhad Airbase in the United Arab Emirates.
After spending over three weeks talking to Australian servicemen and women in Afghanistan, Ben Quilty felt an overwhelming need to tell their stories. This exhibition features work made from this experience and the close relationship he formed with his subjects. For his official war artist commission, Quilty has created large-scale portraits that focus on the intense physicality of these soldiers and on the emotional and psychological consequences of their service.
Trooper Luke Korman, after Afghanistan (detail) 2012
aerosol and oil on linen, 190 x 140 cm
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The 60th Townsville Art Awards and 2015 Townsville Open Art Award
Townsville Art Society
23 October – 15 November 2015
Organised by the Townsville Art Society, this annual exhibition is the region’s most prestigious showcase for local artists, evidencing the diversity of practice within the region. Headlined by the major acquisitive Townsville Open Art Award, sponsored by Townsville
City Council, the exhibition also includes a host of further prize categories celebrating acrylics, watercolours, oils, pastels, ink, pencil and charcoal drawings, printmaking, and miniatures.
2015 Visual Art Student Exhibition
TAFE Queensland North
20 November – 6 December 2015
The annual exhibition by Visual Arts students of TAFE Queensland North’s Townsville Campus showcases the talent of the individual artists emerging from the school, and includes
traditional 2D art forms, 3D design, sculpture and new media art such as video and animation.
Book with Cranes 2014
Hebel, wire and comic book origami
22 x 29 x 20 cm
Peter Lawson: Retrospect 4 December 2015 – 7 February 2016
Peter Lawson explores over 40 years of his professional arts practice in Retrospect.
Lawson has an established reputation for his fine oil paintings depicting iconic scenes and locations from his travels around the world, as well as in his home city of Townsville.
The exhibition features his intimate observations, illustrations of Henry Lawson’s written works, and a selection of new works that mark a departure from his familiar traditional realist style.
Dry in the Bush [detail] 2009
Oil on canvas, 82 x 107 cm
Acc.2009.96
Winner of the Acquisitive Townsville Open Award from the 53rd Annual Townsville Art Awards. City of Townsville Art Collection
REEF 11 December 2015 – 14 February 2016
The depths of the ocean – along with the expanses of space, and the intricacies of the human brain – remain one of humanity’s greatest mysteries.
Coral reefs, of which there is no finer example in the world than the Great Barrier Reef, are amazingly diverse ecosystems and also perhaps the ocean’s most dazzling jewel. Coral reef structures are stunningly varied in colour and form, and also provide a home for a large selection of marine species.
Tragically, the Great Barrier Reef is diminishing and in great peril due to numerous factors, many of which are linked to human exploitation of the environment.
REEF is a curated exhibition, drawing sculptural works which respond to both the beauty and the vulnerability of the reef from a number of public and private collections.
In the development of this project and associated reef events throughout 2015, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery has worked closely with the community and a number of Townsville-based organisations; Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australian Marine Debris Initiative, Fibres and Fabrics Assoc. Inc., James Cook University, Museum of Tropical Queensland, Reef HQ, and Tangaroa Blue Foundation.
Image: Tom Risley
Reef [detail] 1987
Mixed media, 123 x 243 x 25 cm
Acc.1991.44
Purchased 1991
City of Townsville Art Collection
Pinnacles Gallery
Pinnacles Gallery opened in March 1996 as part of the Thuringowa Library and Council complex. The Gallery provided a space for the display of a diversity of art, social history and educational exhibitions to serve the needs of Thuringowa’s residents and visitors at the time.
Pinnacles Gallery moved in 2006 to a purpose-built gallery within the Riverway Arts Centre – the only purpose-built gallery in Townsville. The space offers a multitude of ways to present artwork and has the capacity to deliver multi-media artwork presentations. Guided group exhibition tours are available upon request and prior bookings are essential.
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The Antipodean Steampunk Show
An artisan travelling exhibition
13 February – 12 April 2015
Contemporary technology and Victorian styling will collide in spectacular fashion during The Antipodean Steampunk Show at Pinnacles Gallery.
If today’s technology had been introduced in the 19th century, what would the world look like? The Antipodean Steampunk Show attempts to answer this question in a fascinating mash-up of past, future, and fantasy.
This exhibition has been supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of Australian cultural material across Australia.
artisan is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. artisan acknowledges the assistance of the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
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Humbug Billy –
The Bradford sweet poisoning of 1858 2012
Digital photograph, 40.6 x 61 cm
Diggers in the Nam
Tim Page
17 April – 7 June 2015
In 1965 photojournalist Tim Page was with the Australian troops in Vietnam when they landed in Bien Hoa. Like many of those he photographed, Page was barely out of his teens, and filled with the bravado of youth. Armed with a bag of film and his camera Page captured some of the most iconic images of the Vietnam War before he was gravely injured and sent to the US to recuperate.
Diggers in the Nam is a selection of 20 silver gelatin prints, which have been printed as a limited edition box set by Chris Reid of Blanco Negro, one of the last master printers in Australia. The exhibition is presented to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the deployment of the first Australian battlegroup to Vietnam.
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Australian artillery from Nui Dat firing into the horseshoe 1966
A Permanent Mark: the impact of tattoo culture on contemporary art
19 June – 16 August 2015
A Permanent Mark: the impact of tattoo culture on contemporary art is a ground breaking exhibition that will explore and reconcile how two distinct industries - tattooing and contemporary art - are becoming increasingly interconnected. Tattoos and body art are central to many ancient cultures and civilisations, but it is the more recent popularisation and acceptance of tattoos in Western culture that has resulted in the artform permeating into the contemporary art sphere.
A Permanent Mark: the impact of tattoo culture on contemporary art will display works by significant local, national and international tattoo and contemporary artists that evidence the crossover of styles, technology and techniques, themes and iconography.
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Image: Shawn Barber
Abstract Self Portrait I 2010-12
Oil on canvas, 91.44 x 172.72 cm
©the Artist, Shawn Barber
ArtNOW and Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art
21 August – 13 September 2015
ArtNOW is an exhibition of works by senior students from the North Queensland region, delivered as part of Gallery Services’ Creative Classrooms Program. This annual exhibition is the result of ongoing collaboration between Gallery Services and secondary schools across the north.
The Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art recognises and promotes excellence in senior visual art education throughout state and non-state schools in Queensland. Since 1990, the program has helped raise community awareness of the degree of sophistication in concepts, diversity of technical competence, and the high standard of visual art education in Queensland secondary schools.
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Malohi [detail] 2014
Kirwan State High School
Mixed media on canvas
Transparent: Watercolour in Queensland 1850s-1980s
A touring exhibition developed by the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art
18 September – 22 November 2015
Transparent explores the long and diverse history of watercolour painting in Queensland. The exhibition brings together over 150 watercolours from the Gallery’s Collection, demonstrating the enduring appeal of the medium. Used by early settlers to depict the landscape, by later artists to evoke the growing city of Brisbane
and by wartime artists to record daily activities, the medium of watercolour is portable and adaptable, perfect for capturing quick impressions. The exhibition demonstrates the medium’s important role in Queensland’s visual history from its earliest colonial beginnings.
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Image: Vida Lahey
Australia (1882-1968)
Building the bridge 1931
Watercolour and gouache over pencil on wove paper on cardboard
Gift from the estate of Mrs Gladys Powell 1941
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
2015 Bachelor of New Media Arts Graduate Exhibition
James Cook University
27 November – 13 December 2015
Having explored creative art-making within a rigorous and supportive learning and teaching environment, the annual James Cook University Bachelor of New Media Arts Graduate Exhibition showcases the defining work of final year students, displaying a diverse range of disciplines.
School of Creative Arts
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Image: Andrea Schutz
East Coast Letters 2014
Typography
Work from the 2014 Bachelor of New Media Arts Graduate Exhibition
Screengrab7 International Media Arts Award
18 December 2015 – 28 February 2016
Artists from around the globe working with all forms of screenbased media, including multi-channel video, interactive media, digital illustration, audio sculpture, generative media and 2D and 3D animation, are invited to enter Screengrab7.
The exhibition is presented by James Cook University’s Arts and Creative Media program in partnership with Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville City Council.
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Image: Sonia Leber and David Chesworth
We Are Printers Too [screenshot] 2013
HD video, 5.1 audio, 16 minutes
Courtesy the artists and Fehily Contemporary Winner of Screengrab6 International Media Arts Award
Friends of the Galleries
Friends of the Galleries membership gives you an insider’s view of Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery, taking you into the world of art in ways that go beyond visiting and viewing.
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Image: Margaret Olley
Sydney, NSW, Australia b. 1923 d. 2011
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Still life – objects on a table c. 1976 oil on composition board, 75 x 115 cm
Acc. 1994.006
Gift of Ray Crooke 1994
City of Townsville Art Collection
The Vault Shop Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery welcomes you to The Vault ShopTownsville’s new exciting retail space for all things arts and craft. With an extensive range of arts books and catalogues; creative items and gift ideas sourced from some of the world’s finest arts institutions; and a dedicated space for monthly exhibitions of small, affordable artworks and wares by North Queensland artists and craftspeople, The Vault Shop has something for everyone.
Established during Perc Tucker Regional Gallery’s facility improvements in late 2014, The Vault Shop provides a local point of access to a host of items not otherwise accessible in Townsville, and also a consistent sales avenue for the region’s creative practitioners.
We look forward to seeing you in The Vault Shop, where we’re sure you’ll find something perfect for yourself or a loved one.
Indulge Shop
Support Your Galleries
Donating to Gallery Services
Townsville’s leading Galleries, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery, are focal points for arts and cultural activity in North Queensland.
Your financial support of the Galleries benefits the whole region by assisting us to grow and improve our facilities, extend upon our already vibrant and diverse exhibition program, and further develop the engaging array of education and public programs presented. Further, your donations enable the acquisition of significant artworks in to the City of Townsville Art Collection, an immeasurably valuable cultural asset that can be enjoyed by all Townsville residents.
Every contribution is gratefully received and acknowledged and all gifts, whether large or small, do make a difference. All donations should be made to Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville City Council. All donations over $2.00 are tax deductible. Please contact the Gallery on the contact details below if you would like to support your galleries.
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Image: Ken Done
Between the flags I [detail] 1996
Enamel, acrylic and oil crayon on canvas
213 x 152.5 cm
Gift of Ken Done, 2014. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gift Program.
City of Townsville Art Collection
The City of Townsville Art Collection offers compelling views, narratives and ideas of life in ‘the Tropics’, whilst revealing the individuals and forces which have shaped Townsville’s long and colourful history. Some of the works include Indigenous land, colonial settlement, Townsville port, World War II staging posts through to the modern military base and contemporary tropical city. The permanent collection holds more than 3,000 works of art, and Townsville City Council’s art galleries continue to be a gathering place for all those seeking to share the beauty of this
exciting collection of world art. The Collection is at the heart of the Council’s efforts to engage, educate and enrich the diverse populations drawn to the Townsville region.
The 2013/2014 financial year has seen unprecedented growth of the City of Townsville Art Collection; 88 works of art were acquired through purchases, direct donations, and donations through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
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Image: William Yaxley
Riverway, Townsville 2011
Oil on canvas 90 x 120 cm
Acc. 2013.0015
Purchase from Heiser Gallery, Brisbane 2014
Funded by Townsville City Council, City of Townsville Art Collection, Acquisitions Fund.
Photo: Holly Grech - Fitzgerald
Strand Ephemera
The
North’s
sculpture festival proudly supported by Glencore 31 July – 9 August 2015
Strand Ephemera, first held in 2001, is presented along the 2.2 kilometre beachfront promenade and recreational parkway known as The Strand, an idyllic parkland that looks out to Magnetic Island.
The event features works in diverse media by local, national and international artists, and is complemented by a dynamic program of free talks, forums, workshops, tours, functions and events.
Photographer: Andrew Rankin
Andrew Rankin’s winning entry in the Strand Ephemera 2013 Photographic Competition of Rainer H. Schlüter’s award winning installation Blue Dancers (Danseuses Bleues) - Quintet
Creative Communties
Gallery Services’ Creative Communities suite of programs aims to develop the arts and cultural activity present and available to individuals, groups and organisations within the Townsville region. Catering to all ages and abilities, the Creative Communities platform provides individuals and groups the opportunity to learn from local, national and international artists across a range of genres and mediums, both within and outside of the Gallery environment.
Creative Communities Programs include:
• art-box: Art activities for under 5’s
• Family Fun Days: Free art making workshops for young families at the Gallery
• Art Classes
• Art Escape School Holiday Program
• Artists Talks and Guided Tours
• Art After Dark: A dynamic after hours program including art film screenings, talks and artist presentations
• After School Art Program: Art workshops, held after school hours for primary school students.
For more information visit www.townsville.qld.gov.au
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Image: Marion Gaemers leading a drop-in Weaving Techniques workshop at Strand Ephemera 2013
Townsville Artist Market
Hosted by Pinnacles Gallery and held at the beautiful Riverway Arts Centre on a bi-monthly basis, the Townsville Artist Market provides local artists the opportunity to sell their products at a market solely trading in handmade arts and craft goods. Including fashion, unique jewellery, home wares, one-of-a-kind gifts, homemade food products and much more, there is something for everyone. The Townsville Artist Market is a holistic entertainment event for families, employing local musicians and roaming performers at each market, and featuring art demonstrations and drop-in workshops for children.
Townsville Artist Market 2015 Dates:
• 28 February
• 18 April
• 20 June
• 1 August (at Strand Ephemera 2015)
• 24 October
• 5 December
For more information visit www.townsville.qld.gov.au
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Townsville Artist Market, Riverway Arts Centre