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Rockhampton Art Gallery is proud to present The Gold Award 2018, the fourth iteration of this biennial painting award. The Gold Award 2018 presents a select group of nine invitational artists, from a diversity of artistic practices. The resulting exhibition represents a range of artistic styles including abstraction, figuration, landscape, appropriation and symbolism. From politically-charged statements, to sublime contemplation of the very act of mark-making, The Gold Award 2018, features artists Tony Albert, Richard Bell, Dale Frank, Richard Lewer, Jan Nelson, Bundit Puangthong, Paul Ryan, Huseyin Sami and Gemma Smith, with each artist offering us a snapshot of contemporary painting in Australia. -- Gallery website.