Photography - Look - Brisbane Art Galleries
People who say that there is no such thing as bad art are lying. LOOK takes an objective view of the subjective world and, with a free drink in our hand, guides you through Brisbane's best galleries and art exhibitions. From institutions to artist-run initiatives, installation to illustration, photography to painting, LOOK is an ongoing document of Brisbane's ever engaging and growing arts culture.
The State We're In
We're all up for a big drink, and boy do we need it after starting all respective jobs again. Not that work makes you want to break any sort of drink celibacy right? Right. Well, what we've got in the land of Queens is enough reason to down a red in celebration this week. Commemorating our fine photographers is something we need more of anyway; less internet upload, more real photos.
Jesse Hawkins
Jesse Hawkins is a local photographer whose talent I am reminded of daily because a print of one of his works hangs above my toilet. To make matters weirder, the print is of myself...let me explain; I didn't put it there, my flatmate did. I didn't want it hanging in the living room because it kind of looked like a bizarre shrine, and I didn't really want it in my bedroom for the same reasons.
New York Buck
Dane Beesley is one of those Brisbane anomalies. A man after your own heart, living through the lens Dane went in search of that darn big apple in New York City. Taking a bite big enough to break your jaw, he has returned home with a pocket full of used film and some livin' on the edge stories to tell.
One Night Edition: Rachael Parsons
"POLAROID IS DEAD!" the newsman cried in February last year, sending a shockwave through the vintage-photo-lovers blogs of the world. "Where's the world's alchemy going? How am I going to portray my enigmatic romance!?" The story goes: the expiry date of the last batch of Polaroid will be the 9th of October 2009.
Taryn Simon: An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar
It's hard to not be a little paranoid in this world of CIA, FBI top secret business. Old ladies who protested for love and peace in the 70s now have a hard time getting a travel visa for the US of A. Meanwhile our cinema screens are filled with doomsday alien serial killers.
American photographer Taryn Simon got inspired by the bureaucratic bullsh*t (namely rumours of WMDs and secret sites in Iraq) and took matters into her own hands by documenting secret sites within her own country.
Kairos: A photographic exhibition by Natasha Menon
Say hooray and jump for joy! Twice. Or once, really high. Firstly because emerging Brisbane photographer, Natasha Menon, is holding her debut exhibition, Kairos. Secondly because now you've got a seamless excuse to be peeking around The Fort. No, 'The Fort' isn't what the kids are calling Fortitude Valley these days.
Underexposed
When I hear the words rock photography, I'm usually inclined to cringe a little. I mean, who wants to see a photo of the same stage set up, with the same pinky-blue tinged lighting, the same sweeping meaningful gaze of the frontwoman/man. I'm hoping Underexposed changes my perceptions of this genre and, from the sounds of it, it just might give me a punch in the back of the head and yell at me in that Mr.
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