There is a language, little known Watson Wisler 11 September – 28 November 2020 During the Victorian era flowers were used to send coded messages to express feelings that otherwise could not be spoken. ‘There is a language, little known’ aims to visually represent this secret language to convey a message or sentiment. With…
Portals of the Inanimate Chelle Wallace 11 September – 28 November 2020 In the earliest fixed canon of painting genres Still Life was given the lowest rank, regarded as mere recordings of inanimate objects. ‘Portals of the Inanimate’ seeks to celebrate these domestic scenes, and their much loved influence on Chelle Wallaces’…
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This week Kathy’s exhibition Floating Geometries opens in the Long Gallery. Images drawn from the urban streets of Murwillumbah intersect with photographs of architecture and art collections from overseas holidays. She has recontextualised these images within the Long Gallery and Precinct spaces to create this series of paintings, photographs, mixed media works and a projection-based…
Gauge Rae Saheli 10 July – 5 September 2020 Gallery DownTown +View Artist Talk with Rae Saheli Based on the ‘process movement’ Rae Saheli creates a body of work that represents both chaos and chance elements juxtaposed with her planning of intention or intervention. Saheli explores the intersection between random and controlled elements by shooting…
Fragmented Cohesion Annie Long 10 July – 5 September Gallery DownTown + View artist talk with Annie Long The ‘Wood Wide Web’ acknowledges the communal and communicative nature of plants and microbes within the structure of a forest. Our local native forests are dynamic and evolving communities where survival dramas are played out daily despite…
Floating Geometries Kathy Mackey 10 July – 5 September M|Arts Long Gallery In this exhibition, Gold Coast based artist Kathy Mackey continues exploring the performative aspects of photography as the basis of her work. Images drawn from the urban streets of Murwillumbah intersect with photographs of architecture and art collections from overseas holidays. She…
Qantas Magazine Proclaims We Are “Cool” Qantas Magazine’s April edition declared the Tweed Region as a “cool” short break to do around Brisbane and highlighted M|Arts, Gallery Downtown and Bacaro Restaurant as great places to visit. Just goes to show, if you’re are local from the Tweed Region, or looking for things to do on…
IN RESIDENCE IN THE LONG GALLERY In partnership with gallerist Lorraine Pilgrim, M|Arts is delighted to announce a pop-up residency by Kathy Mackey. Kathy Mackey is a Gold Coast based photomedia artist whose work explores the complexity of space and light within art and architecture. She works across photography, painting and installation and is thrilled…
Interplay: profiling the four collection areas The Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre collection features works across four areas: Australian portraits; artworks of regional relevance; Australian artists’ prints and the life and work of Margaret Olley. The Interplay exhibition at Gallery DownTown features over 20 works by Australian artists including those local to…