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Milan Milojevic at Port Jackson Press

Thursday, October 6th, 2005

Milan’s work is now online at the Port Jackson Gallery with this accompanying rave…

Milan Milojevic employs the relatively new art of digital printmaking in creating his stunning, multifaceted work. Born in Tasmania of Yugoslav and German descent, Milojevic gained a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Printmaking) in 1976 from the Tasmanian School of Art. Currently Milojevic lives and work in Tasmania, where he is Senior Lecturer in Charge of the Printmaking Studio, Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania. Milojevic’s imagined landscapes contain strange, hybrid creatures that are foreign, yet somehow familiar. By refiguring elements from the natural world, Milojevic creates new and different species, and in doing so ‘looks to determine his own location in the world, positioned a he is between and within different cultures’ (Karen Lunn, catalogue essay, Milan Milojevic – Imaginary Worlds, Port Jackson Press 2005). Thematically the work draws from a myriad of sources, fictitious and factual. Milojevic’s complex imagery is reminiscent of 18th century illustrations, where artists and naturalists attempted to describe the flora and fauna of newly discovered lands. An appropriate reference point when seeking to discover the mind’s hidden territories. Awards and grants include the 2004 Australia Council’s New Work Grant, and the Australian Research Council Grant (Digital Printing Research) 1998, 1997 and1996 consecutively. Milojevic is represented in private collections in Australia and overseas, and public collections including: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Artbank, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia; Queensland Art Gallery; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart.
(Port Jackson Press, October 6 2005)

…well worth clicking through for a look at the exhibition on the gallery site.

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Impress Printmakers

Monday, October 3rd, 2005

Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland way up north from Tasmania.  A lot of tourism happens between our states, with Tasmanians seeking the warmth and Queenslanders seeking the cool.  Impress Printmakers Studio Brisbane inc. formed at the beginning of 2004 and have already put together an impressively active group.  Their September exhibition which opened on the 7th, On A Roll, sounds interesting and as I can’t find an end date it may be worth checking out if your in the area.  The entry says "…An exciting, community exhibition that celebrates the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote and the 40th anniversary of Indigenous people’s right to vote in Queensland…" and describes the project as being a representation of artists from a wide range of experience and backgrounds who are using a variety of printmaking techniques.  The title seems to refer to the funding for the exhibition which comes from the Queensland Government’s Gambling Community Benefit Fund.  Interesting.  I wonder if there is such a fund in Tasmania?

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