Alan James | Corporate & interpretive writer

Launceston, Tasmania

Category: Work

  • Queensland Museum acquires US/ME/U

      Delighted to report that Queensland Museum has acquired my US/ME/U assemblage.   This was the signature piece from the Bespoke installation I contributed to at the Museum late last year. More here.   Thank you Museum. It had your name all over it ; )

  • Museum pieces

    My wordy artworks at the latest Bespoke installation at Queensland Museum. Fitting in nicely with the salvage/recycle theme.   Collectors’ CaféQueensland Museum South Bank24 August – 24 September 2012Extended until end October 2012   [metaslider id=4287] 

  • Redland Art Gallery acquires Mindfulness 101

    Thanks to everyone who made it to the Signs of Life exhibition at Redland Art Gallery. Pleased to report that the gallery has acquired Mindfulness 101, which is now on permanent display in the Cleveland Library. Excited to be in a public collection. And a library!

  • Redland Art Gallery exhibition

    Some images from the Signs of Life exhibition at Redland Art Gallery: December 2011 – January 2012 … [slideshow_deploy id=’3938′] Photos: Sean Young Exhibition catalogue …

  • Know Thyself

    Know Thyself [OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR]  Alan James 2011 Laser cut, polished stainless steel with diamond etched text 60 x 50 cm (approx. 15 kg) Artist’s multiple—labelled, number-stamped and signed on back   [slideshow_deploy id=’3956′]   Type spec by Dan Pike at The Letter D. Photos: Erik Williamson.

  • Mindfulness 101

    Mindfulness 101 [you are here] Alan James 2011 Fibreglass, vinyl lettering and automotive paint 160 x 20 cm Redland Art Gallery collection. On permanent display at Cleveland Library. Design spec: Dot Dash. Fabrication: Albert Smith Signs.

  • Sign Writing

    Poetic textual assemblages from salvaged scrap road signs.   [slideshow_deploy id=’3971′]     Photos: Sean Young

  • Nothing to fear but fear itself

    Nothing to fear but fear itself [HERE BE DRAGONS] Alan James 2009 Retroreflective and reverse-cut coloured film on aluminium 75 x 150 cm (approx. 8 kg) Artist’s multiple—labelled, number-stamped and signed on back   [slideshow_deploy id=’3987′] Photo: Erik Williamson

  • Pareidolia

    Pareidolia [THIS IS NOT A SIGN] Alan James 2009 Screen print on retroreflective film on aluminium 90 x 120 cm (approx. 8 kg) Artist’s multiple—labelled, number-stamped and signed on back   [slideshow_deploy id=’4015′] Photo: Erik Williamson

  • Gladstone’s Police Creek interpretive signage

    Gladstone’s Police Creek interpretive signage

    Police Creek is an important part of Gladstone’s natural environment, local history and cultural heritage. This series of interpretive signs along a popular walking trail in Gladstone explains the historical, environmental and cultural significance of the local watercourse. The signage details the life and history of the creek, including some rather confronting and previously undocumented…

  • South Bank sustainable urban design feature

    There was always a lot riding on South BankFeature article for Place Leaders Association publication, Place Making for the Future: 14 case studies in sustainable urban design. Have a read …Publisher: Place Leaders Association | Client: South Bank Corp

  • QPWS marine life mobile display

    QPWS marine life mobile display

    A series of interpretive banners exploring the Queensland coastal marine environment. Part of a mobile display for QPWS. Client: Qld Parks & Wildlife Service | Design: See-Saw

  • Birdsville’s Thutirla Pula Story Place interpretive signage

    Birdsville’s Thutirla Pula Story Place interpretive signage

    One of the most important Dreamtime stories from Central Australia is that of Thutirla Pula—the Two Boys. This series of interpretive signs at a significant Aboriginal ceremonial site in the Queensland Outback town of Birdsville presents a local telling of the story. Working with designer Adrienne Williams from See-Saw, we travelled to the very remote Birdsville to survey…

  • South Bank Creations magazine

      Made in South Bank   Written and edited a few of these over the years. Newsletters with potential.    Always thought a mag by, for and about all that is South Bank could be a wonderful thing. We started to scratch the surface with Creations.   Have a read.   Client: South Bank Corp |…

  • Arkhefield 92|07: the first fifteen years

      We be Arkhefield   After 15 years of practice, Arkhefield had created some very impressive buildings, but they’d never done a brochure. So, to mark a decade-and-a-half, they decided to commit a few projects to print.   Not ones to do things by halves, this booklet is the result. It made the shelves of…