Off The Wall

Discover the undiscovered

Off The Wall is a major feature of The Weekend Australian Art Fairs in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. The showcase is dedicated to the promotion of independent and unrepresented artists and is a rare opportunity for the work of undiscovered artists to be viewed by thousands of active art buyers and over 100 high end commercial galleries.

At each art fair, a panel of highly respected individuals from within the arts sector including, curators, writers, artists and gallery owners, select 20 finalists from the hundreds of entries received. These 20 artists are recognised as being the most promising, engaging, provocative and talented emerging artists from across the country. The resulting showcase at each art fair is a strong key indicator of the most interesting emerging talent Australia has to offer. In recognition of this, commercial gallery directors flock to the feature to bid for the art stars of the future. Visitors are invited to snap up outstanding contemporary art at unbelievably affordable prices. Off The Wall is not to be missed!
The selection panel for Off The Wall at The Weekend Australian Art Brisbane in 2008;

Cash Brown - Off The Wall Co-ordinator and Artist
Brown is a Sydney based visual artist who is dedicated to the promotion of contemporary art in Australia. She has been the OTW co-ordinator since 2006.

Anthony Bennett - Artist
Anthony Bennett is an artist who only paints during ad breaks ... he has lived and worked in Tokyo, Rome, London, from those combined experiences he has concluded that Tom Cruise is a dick. He is a finalist in this year's Archibald prize with 'Portrait of Jon Farriss in a Kylie t-shirt'.

Alison Kubler - Curator
Alison Kubler is currently employed as a Curator (Public Programs) at QUT Art Museum, and works freelance as a curator and writer. She graduated from the University of Queensland with a double major in Art History, and has a Master in post-war and contemporary Art history from Manchester University, England. In 1995 she worked for the British Council on the 1995 Venice Biennale exhibition, General Release. 

Bruce Heiser - Director Heiser Gallery
Heiser Gallery is one of Brisbane's most well respected galleries and Bruce, is approved to value Australian paintings, drawings, prints, watercolours and sculpture after 1880; Australian indigenous art and material culture; Hermannsburg watercolours after 1936 and Urban art after 1975 (Australia Wide) for the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts and Program.

To view the artists selected for Off The Wall at Art Brisbane and for further information, Click Here