Once Upon a Midnight Dreary

Using bold colours, artist Jean-Maree Pool tells the story of vulnerability, oppression, corruption, war and death.
 Once Upon a Midnight Dreary looks at the tension between the beauty and innocence of youth and it’s fleeting nature. Each work holds hidden meanings, as the artist has been influenced by the vanitas paintings executed by the Dutch and Flemish artists of the 17th Century.
 These symbols include butterflies, flowers and bubbles, representing the brevity of life, along with skulls and beetles indicative of out final demise and return to earth.

Magic Garden

Magic Garden is the most unlikely garden to grow in the city of Bundaberg. The installation draws inspiration from childhood memories of feeling small amongst an environment so overwhelming in size. Within the Magic Garden grows felt plants and trees spanning many species of which some are real and others invented.
 
Like a small child lost in an overgrown garden, the imagination of wonder and make-believe are enabled to come to life.

Road Trip

Road Trip is a narrative of our time.
 The exhibition explores the colour of light, and transforms ‘everyday’ scenarios into beautiful compositions when seen from the air, presenting perspectives and colours rarely seen in traditional landscapes.

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Reconstructing the Human Form

Seeds and Blocks

Kids APT on Tour

On Saturday 16 January 2010, the Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery will host a free day of activities simultaneously with the Queensland Art Gallery, as part of the Kids’ APT Summer Festival.
Kids’ APT on tour features interactive activities for children and families created by a number of artists in the exhibition, including Ayaz Jokhio, Minam Apang and Runa Islam. The projects have been developed to reflect the themes of the APT exhibition offering children and families insights into contemporary art across the Asia Pacific region.
 
 

Antarctica – A Place in the Wilderness

Having spent several months on an Arts Fellowship in Antarctica, Brisbane photographer Judy Parrott’s exhibition of photographic works, audio, and found objects present a rare glimpse of life on Australian research stations.

Antarctica – A Place in the Wilderness is the product of an arts fellowship with the Australian Antarctic Division and six-week residency at Casey Station, one of three Australian bases. The exhibition covers life on the ship Aurora Australis whilst journeying south. It documents six weeks at Casey Station, including the work of the scientists and tradespeople, field trips, the day to day life of the station and the environment, and an Antarctic Christmas and New Year.
 

Here We Go | From Here to Here

The work of Paul Mumme investigates the often futile, ironic and contradictory nature of human behaviour.  Heavily influenced by Surrealism, his works are often humorous takes on slightly more serious observations of relationships, society and culture. 

Slapstick is probably more obvious in Mumme’s Photographic and Video works, where he, the suited protagonist, engages in actions that are either pointless, superfluous, contradictory in nature or just idiotic. 

Optical Shift

Using animation techniques to create the illusion of movement, audiences find themselves looking upon a cityscape of busy peakhour pedestrian traffic, black coat clad figures bustling by, heads down, umbrellas up.