http://www.criteriongallery.com.au/news Criterion Gallery Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:05:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mary Scott is being shown at TMAG  - her work is in the show entitled Look Out, which opens on 12 March and runs until 4 July.  It features ten Tasmanian artists, and is a joint project between TMAG and Contemporary Art Services Tasmania (CAST). Mary's work is entitled The ... http://www.criteriongallery.com.au/news/mary-scott-and-look-out-at-tasmanian-museum-art-gallery John Vella's work, Blind, will be displayed in the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery's next exhibition New Acquisitions.  Works by Pat Brassington are also included in the exhibition, which opens on 11 March, and runs until 4 July.  Other contemporary artists include Hany Armanious, Gay Hawkes, Bea Maddock, Michael Doolan, ... http://www.criteriongallery.com.au/news/john-vella-features-in-new-acquisitions-at-tmag Kit Wise has opened a new show at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art's gallery, Mirka, in the Tolarno Hotel in St Kilda. The exhibition Summertime, consists of video works based on beaches in Australia and overseas, such as Ipanema, Monte Carlo and Waikiki. The exhibition continues until February 28, ... http://www.criteriongallery.com.au/news/kit-wises-summertime-at-acca-at-mirka-and-at-experimenta The COLLECT Art Purchase Scheme provides interest free loans for the purchase of works by contemporary Tasmanian artists. Australian residents can apply to buy sculpture, glasswork, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photography, furniture or jewellery that retails between $400 and $10,000. The minimum amount you can borrow is $750 and the ... http://www.criteriongallery.com.au/news/criterion-gallery-collect-art-purchase-scheme Scott Redford is a finalist in the University of Queensland National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize 2009. His work Cartoon Me is a characteristically large-scale, vivid confection of laser-cut vinyl and perspex. The winner was announced on 27 November by the judge Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, the Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, ... http://www.criteriongallery.com.au/news/uq-national-artists-self-portrait-prize Scott Redford's video works Dead Board 1 to 4 and Dead Board 6 will be screened over the summer months at the National Gallery of Victoria International in Melbourne. They can be viewed on the first floor in the area opposite the cafe. Video still Scott Redford Dead Board 3 2003 DVD 11:46 min Camera ... http://www.criteriongallery.com.au/news/scott-redford-at-the-ngv-international Scott Redford is included in the show Wax On - From Cronulla to Palm Beach and Beyond, at the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery in Sydney. His works, Surf Nauman: Surf/Riot In My Handwriting, 2007, an installation in neon tubing, and his DVD Screen Tests for Reinhardt Dammn (Coolum), 2009 ... http://www.criteriongallery.com.au/news/wax-on-from-cronulla-to-palm-beach-and-beyond-at-hazelhurst-regional-gallery James Newitt's video work Saturday Nights has been included in the exhibition at the Campbelltown Arts Centre - What I Think About When I Think About Dancing. The exhibition features works by a number of artists including David Noonan, Mitch Cairns, Shaun Gladwell, Larissa Kosloff, Agatha Gothe-Snape, The Kingpins ... http://www.criteriongallery.com.au/news/james-newitt-at-campbelltown-arts-centre Congratulations to Neil Haddon whose work, 'Portrait with Paperchains', was declared the winner of the City of Whyalla Art Prize 2009 on Friday 16 October. The Whyalla Art Prize was established in 1972 to promote contemporary art and has developed into a significant award. It is an acquisitive award and ... http://www.criteriongallery.com.au/news/neil-haddon-wins-city-of-whyalla-art-prize-for-2009 Matt Coyle's work is included in the exhibition Horror, Come Darkness at the Macquarie University Art Gallery. The exhibition has been curated by Rhonda Davis, the Senior Curator at Macquarie University Art Gallery. The contemporary artists featured in the exhibition investigate the dread of horror using a number of schemas to ... http://www.criteriongallery.com.au/news/horror-come-darkness-macquarie-university-art-gallery