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Once again we entered the Martin Hansen Memorial Art Awards at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum. These Awards are the 48th event – Congratulations to the Gallery Team and the continued recognition of Martin Hanson’s early patronage of artists initiatives in Gladstone through these Awards.

For us each award entered is a place to present new works and their presentation – it is a challenge that hones our skills as artists.

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This year Victoria’s entry was an artist book entitled String Theory Explained.

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Victoria COOPER’s String Theory Explained presented

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String Theory Explained… its all about the unplanned and chaotic nature of everyday life… the beauty and terror within the order of “normal” existence.

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Opening up the book

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Bibliographic Details:

Format: Concertina book embedded in folded cover

Media: various pen inks on art paper with Stonehenge black cover

Size: 764 x 230mm

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Doug’s entry this year was Story Trees – First Nations a concertina artists book presented in a circular form.

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Doug SPOWART – Story Trees artists book

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Artist’s Statement:

For me a poignant physical sign of First Nations presence remains embedded in the dead trees found throughout Mokoan. In witnessing these scar trees I found a profound sense of a time now passed and thoughts of the many stories that this place can tell.

This book was book two in a series of personal responses to encountering the locality of Mokoan and the Winton Wetlands. It was part of my contribution to the PALIMPSEST collaborative exhibition with Maggie Hollins and Victoria Cooper shown at Bainz Gallery in Wangaratta in August.

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Bibliographic Details:

Format: Concertina book

Media: Pigment inks on photographic paper

Size in circular presentation: 600 x 700mm

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Doug’s Story Trees installed at GRAGM

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The Martin Hansen Memorial Art Awards exhibition will be on show until 2.00pm on the 27th of January 2024 at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum.

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Here is some information about the 2023 Awards and the Entry Form.

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CLICK THIS LINK MH 23 Catalogue Online-r

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CLICK THIS LINK Martin Hansen Award 2023 Entry Details

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Photo of gallery installation courtesy of GRAGM

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