Asia-Pacific of Contemporary Art Triennial : Bulletin Vol.2 No.1 1994

Jla ji- "'g Montien Boonma (Thailand) Lotus Sound 1992 purchased for The Kenneth Shigeo Toya (Japan) Woods III 1991-92 purchased for The Kenneth and and Yasuko Myer Collection Yasuko Myer Collection THE KENNETH AND YASUKO MYER COLLECTION SPONSORSHIP AND FUNDING OF CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART Preparations are underway for the next Asia-Pacific Triennial to Seventeen works from the Triennial were purchased for the be held at the Queensland Art Gallery in 1996. The Queensland Queensland Art Gallery to form the nucleus of The Kenneth and Government has already made a major funding commitment Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. towards the next exhibition. Commercial sponsorship is also being At the Media Preview Mr Michael Myer announced the donation sought, allowing Australian companies as well as those of the of A$300,000 for the acquisition of works from the exhibition to form countries involved to support the Triennial. the collection. The Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art was supported by A tribute to the memory of prominent Australian businessman the Queensland Art Gallery Exhibitions Development Fund, a Kenneth Myer and his wife Yasuko who were killed in a plane crash capital based fund established by the Gallery with major donations in 1992, the acquisition of these works was made possible through from Japanese companies, to support major exhibitions. These a donation of $150,000 from The Myer Foundation, which was companies are Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd; The Nikko Securities Co., matched by a donation from Kenneth's son Michael Myer and his Ltd; The Meiji Mutual Life Insurance Company; Nomura wife Ann Gamble Myer. Australia Ltd; Japan Travel Bureau (Aust) Pty Ltd and Hitachi The Collection includes the work of Montien Boonma (Thailand); Australia Pty Ltd. Dadang Christanto, Heri Dono and Dede Eri Supria (Indonesia); The project also received one of the largest grants ever made for Shigeo Toya (Japan); Sulaiman Esa and Ismail Hashim (Malaysia); a single project by the Visual Arts/Craft Board of the Australia Bohn-Chang Koo (South Korea); Nguyen Xuan Tiep (Vietnam); Council, the Federal Government's arts funding and advisory body. Irene Chou (Hong Kong); Brenda Fajardo (The Philippines) and Xu Official international carrier was Singapore Airlines. Bing (China - not included in Asia-Pacific Triennial). Country specific grants and assistance have been received from The establishment of The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection the Queen Elizabeth Il Arts Council of New Zealand; The Japan of Contemporary Asian Art is a major contribution towards the Foundation, Tokyo; Australia New Zealand Foundation; Australia- Queensland Art Gallery's ongoing relationship with Asia. The Indonesia Institute; Australia-China Council, Australia-Korea collection will have a permanent presence in the Gallery through Foundation; Australian High Commission, Malaysia; Australian rotating displays of the works purchased. High Commission, Papua New Guinea; Australian Embassy, The Philippines; Australian High Commission, Singapore; Australian Embassy, Thailand; Australian Embassy, Socialist Republic OTHER ACQUISITIONS of Vietnam. Also acquired by the Queensland Art Gallery from the Asia-Pacific Commercial country specific sponsorship was received from Triennial were works by New Zealand artists including Neil Clarke and Kann, Lawyers, that sponsored the Japan component Dawson's site specific sculpture Canopy (1993), Anne Noble's of the exhibition; Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Solicitors, that series of photographs In the presence of angels (1988) and Michel sponsored the Malaysian component; and Gadens Ridgeway, Tuffery's Vaka faua tulu (family boat no.3) (1993) based on his Lawyers that sponsored the Papua New Guinea component. Samoan heritage. Further information on sponsorship opportunities may be obtained by writing to: 0 Executive Officer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Queensland Art Gallery Foundation P0 Box 3530 South Brisbane, Queensland 4101 AUSTRALIA Tel: 61-7-8407287 ' 7 _ist rCouncII for the Arts - - Queensland Premier, The Hon. Wayne Goss MLA, meets Japanese - r sculptor Tsuguo Yanai at an Exhibitions Development Fund function I \ at the Queensland Art Gallery