Metro Gallery News 2009

Chris Booth @ the Museum of Brisbane

Following the success of Temperature: Contemporary Queensland Sculpture in 2004, Museum of Brisbane will once again find out who is heating up the local contemporary art scene.

‘Taking the temperature’ describes the practice of monitoring and interpreting to better understand the condition of something – in this case, the current work from some Queenslands most outstanding artists.

This exhibition, showcasing work by more than 20 artists from Brisbane and Queensland, will include the beautiful work of Chris Booth.

http://www.museumofbrisbane.com.au/

	news archive	home artists current upcoming contact us news
2009 METRO ART AWARD	AND THE FINALISTS ARE....
Archibald Prize 2009 Metro Gallery would like to congratulate artists Yvette Coppersmith and Jasper Knight, who have both been selected as finalists in the prestigious 2009 Archibald Prize. We would also like to congratulate Sam Leach and Ben Quilty, both Metro 5 Art Award winners, who have also been selected as finalists. Finally, Vincent Fantauzzo, Michael Zavros, Guy Maestri and Abbey McCulloch as previous Metro 5 Art Award finalists, now also finalists in the Archibald Prize 2009. Good luck to everyone.	http://www.thearchibaldprize.com.au/finalists/archibald
2009 METRO ART AWARD download form here
Chris Booth @ the Museum of Brisbane Following the success of Temperature: Contemporary Queensland Sculpture in 2004, Museum of Brisbane will once again find out who is heating up the local contemporary art scene. ‘Taking the temperature’ describes the practice of monitoring and interpreting to better understand the condition of something – in this case, the current work from some Queenslands most outstanding artists. This exhibition, showcasing work by more than 20 artists from Brisbane and Queensland, will include the beautiful work of Chris Booth. http://www.museumofbrisbane.com.au/
Daniel Truscott @ 2009 City of Albany Art Prize Daniel Truscott has just been selected as one of the finalists in the 2009 City of Albany Art Prize with a painting called CAUGHT IN THE PAST: http://www.albanyartprize.com.au/
Dear Collector, TAKING A FRESH LOOK - JANUARY 2009 What’s in a name? Quite a lot we think, so we have decided to change ours from Metro 5 Gallery to Metro Gallery. Since 2006, I have been the Managing Director of the gallery and its majority shareholder along with Dr Michael Nissen. So it’s time to drop the number ‘5’ which originally described the number of directors involved when we opened the gallery seven years ago. We will start the New Year with a fresh name and logo. We hope you like it! The exceptional growth of the gallery has allowed us to introduce some new artistic directions. This year, we successfully supported and exhibited three indigenous artists. We have now formed strong alliances with several of Australia’s most respected Aboriginal artist communities and look forward to continuing to support their established and emerging artists. While our major focus has been contemporary Australian art – with luminaries including John Olsen, Jason Benjamin and Jasper Knight exhibiting at the gallery next year – we are also delighted to be exhibiting three international artists as well. Nicky Hoberman, recognized as one of Britain’s foremost figurative artists, Alexander Hoda, a controversial young sculptor and graduate from the Royal Academy in London and Blek Le Rat, the great French stencil artist who Banksy credits as a major inspiration. You can view our 2009 exhibition schedule at www.metrogallery.com.au in the new year. We look forward to welcoming you to Metro Gallery in 2009. JANUARY, 2009 Barry Fitzgerald, Managing Director Dr Michael Nissen, Director Andrea Candiani, Gallery Director Anita Traynor, Contemporary & Indigenous Art Consultant Kelly Barber, Designer