We have embarked on a project together with QLD Ballet dancer and choreographer Jack Lister to fuse dance with visual art. Frustrated with the lack of dialogue between different artistic disciplines, we decided to take matters into our own hands and create a work of art that embraces each others processes. Essentially we are creating a work of art with 3 principal layers, dance, film and digital art. Stage 1 involved Jack choreographing a series of movements and performing them with his colleague and friend, QLD Ballet dancer Sarah Thompson. Together they created a truly moving piece that will literally make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end - they are NOT human!! Stage 2 began on Monday night. Cinematographer Greg Henderson joined forces with Jack and I to capture the dance on film. The result left us all speechless and the final footage will serve as the base for Stage 3 where local digital artist Gert Geyer will work back into the frames to create an animated digital artwork. We will debut the work in laser projection at Marie Claire - Up Late on James Street - March 12! In the meantime, here is a behind the scenes look at Stage 1 & Stage 2 in production. Stay tuned!!

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TWFineArt is pleased to be collaborating with James St on their cultural project RESORT! We will be launching the Chris Trueman exhibition - Alchemy in the Gallery on the 23rd of October and featuring art on the street by Melbourne based artist Briony Barr on the 24th.

RESORT is coming…

From October 23 to 25, James Street will transform into an urban vacation, hosting presentations and parties from sunrise to sunset.

Easton Pearson will be launching their Cruise ’14 Collection Show, and the street will come alive with a showcase of contemporary Queensland art-works curated by the IMA.

On Friday October 24, all of your favourite James Street retailers will be staying up past their bedtime during RESORT After Dark. The street will transform into a balmy party under the stars where you can enjoy pop-up shops, in-store exclusives, designer meet and greets, as well as exciting music and art experiences.  It’s going to be one hell of a street party!

Stay tuned for the official program with events including discussions with international tastemakers, exciting in-store collaborations and events from the precincts most creative and innovative residents across fashion, design, art and global trends.

Mark it in your calendars ladies and gents, because RESORT is sure to become an essential fixture on the cultural calendar. We look forward to checking you in at RESORT.

We will be lounging pool side with our RESORT partners: Audi Centre Brisbane, MAC Cosmetics, Bank of Queensland, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane Airport Corporation and Stylecraft.

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SUZY KUNZ is an artist working in Photography. Her focus was Photography and Sculpture at Indiana University, and also pre-med at the University of Colorado where she received a BFA. She also has an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she studied Sculpture and Filmmaking. She has lived in Manhattan since 1986.

A traditionalist at heart, Suzy's Black &White portfolio is made up of silver gelatin prints. No photoshopped photos included. All prints are editioned

[caption id="attachment_8766" align="aligncenter" width="638"] Invented Frivolia, Suzy Kunz 2000[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_8773" align="aligncenter" width="652"] Morning Glories I, Suzy Kunz 2000[/caption]

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We are all about breaking down the traditional gallery/museum experience of art. Live with it, react to it and don't be afraid to have an opinion. The Cultural Flanerie is a BLOG written by TWFA's partner & good friend Carrie McCarthy. It is a wonderful 'wander through the arts and minds of others' in a manner that is frank, witty, honest and without pretense.

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When I think about these words by Jeanette Winterson, I can't help but think of the work of the outsider artist. The term ‘outsider art’ was coined in 1972 as an English equivalent of the French term ‘art brut’, which literally translated means raw art. It basically refers to unrestrained artwork created by self-taught, fringe dwellers such as folk artists, the mentally ill, the incarcerated, the recluse and the eccentric. In other words, artwork created by those unbound by the cultural norm. Because such artists are removed from cultural and academic standards, it is believed that a purely creative impulse motivates and drives their work. Canonized artists seeking a new, raw form of expression beyond the academicism of western tradition like Picasso, Klee, Matisse, Miro & Dubuffet developed a keen interest in this impulsive form of art making. They collected the work of outsider artists & used their imagery as a source of inspiration for their own art. Check out the relationship below between ‘Totem’ by outsider artist Gaston Chaissac (left) & ‘Figure’ by Pablo Picasso (right).

Contemporary artists such as TWFA's Chris Retsina still draw inspiration from outsider art - See below 'Ghon Fucci #3' by Chris Retsina. There is a raw quality to this type of work that is engaging and confronting on a primal level. In these cases, what may appear clumsy or untrained is actually a deliberate neglect of academic technique and a disregard for the norm or the expected, a pursuit of creative freedom. The practice of the outsider artist is essentially rebellious and pure, with an innocence that is very compelling if you rid yourself of expectation and see beauty in aesthetic relationships beyond the cultural norm. Let's be honest, we all strive to be different, free, and Outsider Art is an uncontrived realization of this ambition.  

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