Jan Manton Gallery

Jan Manton Gallery is a leading art gallery located in the wool store precinct of Teneriffe. Director Jan Manton established the gallery in 2004 with the vision of supporting artists who contribute to the vibrant and dynamic discourse on contemporary art in Australia. The gallery’s exhibition program encourages collectors to connect through artist talks, exhibition openings and panel discussions.

Jan Manton Gallery

54 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe QLD, Australia

0419 657 768

janmantonart.com

Tue to Fri 10am–5pm,
Sat 11am–4pm.

Preview

Creativity beyond mortality

Have you ever wondered if someone who is no longer alive could create art? In answer to this question, biological artists Guy Ben-Ary, Nathan Thompson and Matt Ringold, in collaboration with the now deceased Alvin Lucier, have extended the experimental composer’s “ideas about the resonance of sound” for their immersive exhibition, Revivification at the Art Gallery of Western Australia.

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Feature

Shadow and light

A quiet power pulses through It’s Always Been Always at Fremantle Arts Centre, where six First Nations women artists reflect on kinship, Country and cultural memory.

Rosamund Brennan

Feature

Sammy Hawker’s acts of co-creation

Under Sammy Hawker’s gentle guidance, whale song takes shape, ocean water becomes collaborator, salt crystals scatter themselves like stars across analogue film, and ashes murmur secrets onto silver nitrate-soaked paper. Through what she terms “facilitated acts of co-creation,” Hawker gives voice to places, materials, and the more-than-human world.

Camilla Wagstaff

Interview

20 Questions with Tara Marynowsky

Multidisciplinary artist Tara Marynowsky reveals where she finds inspiration, the best time of day for creating and what we can expect to see in her current solo show Cave at Edwina Corlette Gallery.

Sally Gearon

Book Reviews

Shelf Portraits: Critical Currents

In our ongoing series, Shelf Portraits, Art Guide writers recommend the books—recently published or deserving of more attention—that shed new light on an idea that has long simmered in the art world or has helped them see a familiar medium in a different light.

Jane O'Sullivan

Interview

Julie Fragar on “painting in the first person”

With a current survey exhibition at Rockhampton Museum of Art chronicling 23 years of painting and photography, Julie Fragar talks about creative influences and what it’s like to observe a Supreme Court murder trial.

Jan Manton Gallery

Jan Manton Gallery

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