The Ipswich House is an exhibition being held at Ipswich Art Gallery until Mid-November. The exhibition is an enlightening encapsulation of some of Queensland’s early domestic architecture, frozen in time by 13 contemporary Queensland artists. The exhibition delves into the city’s significant architectural heritage through a selection of commissioned house portraits across a diverse range of mediums.

By taking a look at Jane Burton’s www.janeburton.com.au photograph of MacFarlane’s House #1, it’s quite clear that the exhibition not only documents important design trends and fabrication methods in Ipswich’s history, but also reveals more about the history and stories that belonged to the house’s inhabitants. I’ve always marvelled at the simple point and shoot formula of photography because of its ability to capture a million stories in one effortless motion.

Find out more about the Ipswich Art Gallery here!

- Guest Blogger Michaela Tam

‘The China Project’ is a three-part display that considers contemporary Chinese art practice. ‘Three Decades: The Contemporary Chinese Collection’ presents around 140 extraordinary works by 40 contemporary Chinese artists from the 1980s to the present, drawing primarily from the Queensland Art Gallery Collection. 

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