EXHIBITIONS

23 NOV 2018 - 20 JAN 2019

30 NOV 2018 - 20 JAN 2019

UTOPIA TROPICAE: THE SPIRIT OF THE NORTH

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

North Queensland exudes an energy unlike anywhere else in Australia. This is a difficult essence to pinpoint; an enigmatic and allembracing aura reflective of climate and environment.

This energy has engendered an authenticity of artistic expression amongst local artists, whose work reflects a sense of loyalty and identity to their environment, community, heritage, and future.

Utopia Tropicae: The Spirit of the North seeks to celebrate these artists, who reside in, or, who have a strong connection to Townsville, Cairns, and the wider NQ region, and who have made an enduring commitment towards the area’s visual arts and cultural conversation.

Curated by Lucy Belle Tesoriero and Jonathan McBurnie.

CHROMA: THE JIM COBB GIFT

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

In keeping with his wish that the public should have access to high quality original artworks, renowned paint maker Jim Cobb donated 35 remarkable paintings and two sculptures to Orange Regional Gallery in February 2013. Known as the Chroma Collection – this exhibition includes works by some of Australia’s most celebrated modern and contemporary artists.

An Orange Regional Gallery touring exhibition, with support from The Gordon Darling Foundation.

ROSS MANNING: DISSONANT RHYTHMS

Pinnacles Gallery

Dissonant Rhythms is Brisbane-based artist and musician Ross Manning’s first-ever survey exhibition. Manning’s exhibition features sculptures that repurpose everday materials and engulf the entirety of the spaces they exist in, capturing viewers in mesmerising experiences with light and sound. Working across experimental music and immersive installations, Manning’s sonic and luminous works have put him at the forefront of national and international art.

OBJECT brings together a group of works from the City of Townsville Art Collection that fall outside of the traditional paint on canvas and ceramic, and in doing so, encapsulates a unique expression of art that is worthy of attention. These works challenge the traditional idea that certain materials are suitable or unsuitable as a work of art while questioning the notion of what art can be.