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Brisbane Graydon Gallery

29 Merthyr Road, New Farm 4005.
T 0418-740-467. E graydongallery@gmail.com
Andrew Baker Art Dealer W www.graydongallery.com.au Two week hire space,
for all art practice and artisans. Now taking 2020
26 Brookes Street, Bowen Hills 4006. bookings, only three spaces available between Feb 4
T (07) 3252-2292, 0412-990-356. and June 21.
E info@andrew-baker.com W www.andrew-baker.com
H Wed-Sat 10.00 to 5.00, or by appt.
Paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures by
leading contemporary Australian, Melanesian and
Polynesian artists, including: Lincoln Austin, Leonard
Brown, Michael Cook, Karla Dickens, Marian Drew,
Ruki Famé, Fiona Foley, Donna Marcus, Michel
Tuffery, Katarina Vesterberg and William Yang.

Art from the Margins Gallery
& Studios
136 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
T (07) 3151-6655. E aftm@wmq.org.au Graydon Gallery
W www.artfromthemargins.org.au H Mon-Fri 10.00
to 4.00. Jan 28 to Feb 28 Serenity: the art of John Institute of Modern Art
Fu Chong. John Fu Chong grew up in Malaysia Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts,
and moved to Singapore to study fine art before 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
immigrating to Australia in 1981. Coinciding with the T (07) 3252-5750 F 3252-5072. E ima@ima.org.au
2020 BrisAsia Festival, Serenity: the art of John Fu W www.ima.org.au Free entry. H Tues-Sat 11.00
Chong features landmarks and rural landscapes from to 6.00. Feb 22 to April 25 Mariana Simnett:
across Australia, a nostalgic record of Fu Chong’s CREATURE. The first exhibition in Australia by
exploration of his adopted homeland. London-based artist Marianna Simnett brings together
a body of video and sculptural work telling wicked
tales of transformation with a cast of children, beasts,
and mutants. Surveying the last six years of Simnett’s
practice, alongside new work, this will be the largest
solo exhibition of her moving image work to date.
Also, IMA Belltower: Sancintya Mohini Simpson:
K l n m dhar y / they’ve given you the name ‘coolie’.
Simpson works between painting, video, poetry, and
performance to address the impact of colonisation on
the historical and lived experiences of her family. More
broadly, she traces the movements and passages
of indentured labourers from India to South Africa
during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Her practice
draws on the archive to explore the complexities of
John Fu Chong, Keep the Developers off the Bridge, 2004, synthetic migration, memory, and trauma. Through narrative
polymer paint on canvas, 62 x 87cm and ritual she creates spaces for ongoing resistance
Courtesy the artist and Art from the Margins Gallery & Studios and healing.

Edwina Corlette Gallery
629 Brunswick Street, New Farm 4005.
T (07) 3358-6555. E gallery@edwinacorlette.com
W www.edwinacorlette.com Director: Edwina Corlette.
H Tues-Sat 10.00 to 5.00, or by appt. To Feb 15
With the sun in my Eyes by Bridie Gillman.
FireWorks Gallery

9/31 Thompson Street, Bowen Hills 4006.
T (07) 3216-1250. E info@fireworksgallery.com.au
W www.fireworksgallery.com.au H Tues-Fri 10.00 Marianna Simnett, Blood In My Milk (still), 2018
Courtesy the artist and Institute of Modern Art
to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Feb 14 to March 21
Tribute: Paddy Carroll & Campfire Group.

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