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QUT Art Museum and the William Robinson Gallery are open to visitors. In the interest of health and safety, we ask that you take a look at our COVIDSafe guidelines prior to your visit: ❗ Stay home if you are unwell ❗ Check-in via mobile on arrival ❗ Use the provided hand sanitiser on entry ❗ Keep 1.5m from others 👉🏽 Read our COVIDSafe guidelines #linkinbio #QUTArtMuseum Hours Tuesday – Friday 10am – 5pm Saturday & Sunday 12pm – 4pm Free entry #WilliamRobinsonGallery Hours Sunday – Friday 10am – 4pm Closed Saturdays Free
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Six remarkable Queensland artists feature in our next exhibition, ‘Odd Bedfellows’, opening on 29 August. The visually disparate practices of Davida Allen, Fiona Foley, Joe Furlonger, Robert MacPherson, Tyza Stewart, and June Tupicoff are drawn together by their sub-tropical context – as Queenslanders, and as artists in the QUT Art Collection. 📌 ‘Odd Bedfellows’, opening 29 August #linkinbio 📌 QUT Art Collection #linkinbio IMAGE June TUPICOFF 'Before the fires' 2019 oil on linen QUT Art Collection Purchased 2019
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'Rite of Passage’ artist Julie Gough is the guest for this week’s online Art Forum, a series of talks by leading artists and curators hosted by @vca_mcm. A proud Trawlwoolway (Tasmania) artist, writer and curator, Julie Gough’s oeuvre reveals complex Australian histories through sculptural and installation works. Her evocative video work, ‘Crime scene (Survivor)’ 2019-2020 can be seen in ‘Rite of Passage’ until 16 August. 📆 Art Forum: Julie Gough via webinar Thursday 6 August at 12:30pm 🖱️ Head to @vca_mcm to book 📸 © Louis Lim
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"One of the things the book and exhibition look at is Bill’s relationship with the Archibald Prize. I love the challenge he put to them year after year, sending in an artwork that was both brilliant and a challenge to the Archibald’s – and the art world’s – tendency to take itself very seriously. Very often, his entries subtly reference a classical work of art, in this case Goya’s portrait of Carlos IV of Spain on horseback. The Goya portrait is an interesting one, since a narcissistic king would see the pomp in it and find it flattering, and yet it’s open to the rest of us too see pomposity, and something a lot less flattering. I think Bill wanted to explore some of that, and so there he is, in his farmer’s gear, on the back of a horse that’s not quite the noble steed. Now that I’ve seen it close up and taken a good look at his facial expression, I wonder if there’s a hint of a knowing look on his face, as if the Bill on the horse is in on the joke. The finishing touch was to call it not, for example, William and Mabel, but Equestrian self-portrait – another subtle nudge at inflated senses of importance. After we’d discussed this painting and the influence of the Goya piece, I googled the Goya portrait to take a look at it, and one of the first sites that came up was one offering to reproduce great works of art on coffee mugs. That seemed so nicely aligned with Bill’s skewering of pomposity, I decided we had to have one for the exhibition." — Nick Earls 🖊 #NickEarlsHighlights 📘'By the Book' exhibition curator and best-selling author Nick Earls shares his thoughts on Bill's 1987 Archibald Prize-winning painting, ‘Equestrian self portrait’. William ROBINSON ‘Equestrian self portrait’ 1987 oil on linen QUT Art Collection Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by William Robinson, 2011 ‘By the Book’ is showing at the #WilliamRobinsonGallery until 27 June 2021, head to #linkinbio for details.
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“During a time not so long ago, the Aboriginal population of this country transitioned from a free civilisation to a nation conquered. In the process, thousands of years of ecological and spiritual power and cultural knowledge were diminished, and many customs and traditions of our original people were lacerated – with many lost forever.” Shannon Brett, curator, ‘Rite of Passage’ Open until Sunday 16 August, 'Rite of Passage' responds to the significance of the year 2020 – 250 years since James Cook first arrived on our shores. Don't miss your chance to see the exhibition up close and in-person. Find out more – link in bio Photos by Carl Warner #RiteofPassageQUT #QUTArtMuseum #QUT #QUTArtAnywhere #QUTArt #AustralianArt
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"I’m shifting the documentary gaze of the camera away from land as real estate and expanding on principles of detachment from hard bed ownership. The real estate becomes an unreal estate and, in a way, connects more strongly to virtual reality and dream reality.” Leah King-Smith on her artwork ‘Evocations’ 2020 Thank you to visual art teachers from around Australia who joined us online this week for our ‘Analysing Art’ online workshop with 'Rite of Passage' artist Dr Leah King-Smith and Dr Charles Robb (QUT School of Creative Practice) 🎨💻 Stay tuned for future workshops! #RiteofPassageQUT #QUTArtMuseum #QUT #artteachers #teachersresources #qutcreativeindustries Photo by Louis Lim
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"Across his career, Bill has painted very few portraits of other people. His relationship with Ray Hughes was a very important one, and I wanted us to see Ray Hughes. It was quite a bonus to learn of a portrait of gallerist Ray Hughes that Bill had painted early in their relationship … with bunny ears and teeth. This was a great chance not just to see Ray, but to see him in a work of Bill’s that many people haven’t seen before." - Nick Earls 🖊 #NickEarlsHighlights 📘'By the Book' exhibition curator and best-selling author Nick Earls shares his reflections on a portrait of legendary art dealer Ray Hughes, which Bill painted early in his career. William ROBINSON ‘Portrait of Ray Hughes’ 1979 oil on board Collection of Sheridan Lee, Sydney ‘By the Book’ is showing at the #WilliamRobinsonGallery until 27 June 2021 HOURS Sunday – Friday 10am-4pm. Closed Saturdays. 🖱️ link in bio #BytheBookQUT #QUT #virtualtour #WilliamRobinson #WilliamRobinsonGallery #WilliamRobinsonByTheBook #QUTLife
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'William Robinson: By the Book' draws upon Nick Earls' novella, 'William Robinson: A new perspective', telling the story of the artist's long creative life. Download the audio-book to be guided through the exhibition stop-by-stop by Earls himself. Featuring soundwork produced by Brisbane-based artist, composer and QUT alumnus, Lawrence English. 🎼 Open now until 27 June 2021 Sunday – Friday 10:00am – 4:00pm. Closed Saturdays. Link in bio #BytheBookQUT #WilliamRobinson #WilliamRobinsonGallery #QUT
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Professional Development for Art Teachers! 🎨 Join an online workshop presented by Dr Leah King-Smith and Dr Charles Robb (QUT School of Creative Practice) to develop your visual analysis skills to apply in the classroom. Drawing on a selection of significant works from 'Rite of Passage', a QUT Art Museum exhibition curated by Shannon Brett, this interactive workshop will support teachers preparing for the Visual Art extended response examination. Registration essential - link in bio #RiteofPassageQUT #QUTArtMuseum #QUT #artteachers #teachersresources QUT Creative Industries #qutcreativeindustries
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“The best arguments in the world won’t change a person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.” Richard Powers, 'The Overstory'. We had the pleasure of Julia and Ken Yonetani joining us from Japan at this week's online Texta Book Club session! The artists had chosen to discuss 'The Overstory' by Richard Powers, which received a lot of love and light existential discussion 😉 We'll never look at trees in the same way again... 🌳🌲🌴 #Texta #TextaBookClub #QUTArtMuseum