Exhibitions
Current Exhibitions
PETITE PIECES 2019
ON SHOW: 13 FEBRUARY - 2 MARCH 2018
Aspire Gallery's annual small 'Pieces Competition' is back for 2019! This year the competition saw over 300 applications and some of the strongest work we have seen submitted across the past five years.
From 13 February - 2 March 2019, over 100 small works will fill Aspire Gallery's walls with the Gallery finalists vying to win the Judges' Choice Prize. With a size of 50 x 50 cm being the only limitation, a wide array of mediums and styles can be found in this year's exhibition - making it a tough job for those Judges.
We'd like to thank this year's Sponsors:
- Liquitex;
- Stop13@31;
- The Brown Cardigan Cafe;
- Quava Espresso; and
- Redland Yurara Art Society.
The catalogue of Gallery and Online Finalists can be viewed by clicking the link below!
Featured Past Exhibitions
I Imagine You With a Smoke and a Whisky
ON SHOW: 4 - 14 JULY 2018
Ashlea McFarlane is a Brisbane based New Media Artist, and her work is a poetic combination of photographic images, comprised of her surroundings and incorporates an aspect of digital painting. Layers of artworks are combined into a single entity depicting experiences, fragments of memories, and a record of what has passed.
“I Imagine You with a Smoke and a Whisky” was Ash's inaugural solo exhibition.
#CRG_DLTN Showcase
ON SHOW: 15 - 25 August 2018
Modern Art with an ironic twist!
Proving that cranes are more than just workhorses of the construction industry, #CRG self-styled and unique metamodern crane art is being showcased at Aspire Gallery. The post-postmodern urban pop crane art exhibition is #CRG's (artist Craig Dalton) brainchild. #CRG captures the construction sector and in particular, the creations built by cranes.
#CRG’s fascination with capturing cranes started in 2000 as he was leaving Brisbane City. #CRG turned and he saw Brisbane being built. Not by companies or people but by these man-made metallic contraptions – cranes. #CRG He took out his camera and captured an iconic shot of Brisbane before converting the work into pop art.
A selection of #CRG's latest work will be on show at Aspire Gallery from 15 - 25 August 2018.
Evocative Imagery
ON SHOW: 12 - 22 SEPTEMBER 2018
Some may know Michael for his ability to depict light and reflections, others know him for his incredible technical ability. For this exhibition, however, Michael wished to illustrate something equally important to him as technique - his emotional response to the subjects he chooses to paint.
"My aim is to communicate to the viewer the underlying reason why I paint: a reason that goes far beyond the academic considerations of composition, colour and tonal contrast. They are merely devices employed to convey a message. {For this exhibition}, I wish to explore a range of emotions, from the nostalgia and security of a warm, sunny landscape to the restless bustle of city scenes."
Also as part of the exhibition, Michael is looking at donating 20% of his proceeds of the sale of 'Watching The Passing Parade' to Homeless Connect - an initiative of The Council of Capital City Lord Mayors which offers assistance to people experiencing homelessness.
Beautiful Lie
ON SHOW: 26 SEPTEMBER - 6 OCTOBER 2018
The current body of work from newly emerged anonymous artist, Thcat, explores manifestations of capitalist culture and questions how they relate to notions of authenticity and meaning, whether real or rendered. The viewer is challenged to question their assumptions and interpretations of identity, culture and status through images that reveal diverse cultural influences, from music to street art to advertising.
About Thcat:
Thcat is a socially conscious and political artist whose work is heavily influenced by society’s pop and consumerism culture. New to the art world, Thcat is a manufactured identity whose work uses the street-scape scene as a source of inspiration as well as a resource to build and create art that reflects the cultural landscape that surrounds her.
Top of the Ocean
ON SHOW: 24 OCTOBER - 3 NOVEMBER 2018
The notion that the top predator in our oceans and waterways isn’t just a marlin, whale or pelagic fish but also plastic waste.
Join us for Bryan Shephard's 2018 solo exhibition, 'Top of the Ocean', where he explores the predatory nature of plastic in our oceans through two-dimensional and three-dimensional works.
