The China Project

288 The following is a catalogue of the Queensland Art Gallery’s collection of contemporary Chinese works post 1980. Li Zhensheng’s print portfolio (1964–76) is included as a preface for its documentation of the Cultural Revolution. Works marked with an asterisk are not featured in the ‘Three Decades’ exhibition. CATALOGUE OF WORKS Ah Xian China/Australia b.1960 Heavy wounds series no.10 1991 Oil on canvas / 110 x 90cm / Gift of Nicholas Jose and Claire Roberts through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2008 (Disembodied hand, bandaged in lower register) (from ‘Heavy wounds’ series) 1993 Synthetic polymer paint, ink, oil on wooden board / 50 x 40.5 x 2cm / Gift of Nicholas Jose and Claire Roberts through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2008 China China – bust no.1 1998 Porcelain, cast from figure, with handpainted cobalt underglaze and clear glaze / 30 x 41.5 x 23cm / The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2000 with funds from The Myer Foundation, a project of the Sidney Myer Centenary Celebration 1899– 1999, through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation China China – bust no.3 1998 Porcelain, cast from figure, with handpainted cobalt underglaze, reduction-fired red copper glaze and clear glaze / 30 x 32.5 x 21cm / The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2000 with funds from The Myer Foundation, a project of the Sidney Myer Centenary Celebration 1899–1999, through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation China China – bust no.4 1998 Porcelain, cast from figure, with handpainted cobalt underglaze, reduction-fired red copper glaze and clear glaze / 32 x 36 x 19cm / The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2000 with funds from The Myer Foundation, a project of the Sidney Myer Centenary Celebration 1899–1999, through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation China China – bust no.10 1998 Porcelain, cast from figure, with handpainted cobalt underglaze and clear glaze, carved / 31 x 40 x 21.5cm / The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2000 with funds from The Myer Foundation, a project of the Sidney Myer Centenary Celebration 1899–1999, through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Three Decades The Contemporary Chinese Collection Human human – lotus, cloisonné figure 1 2000–01 Hand-beaten copper, finely enamelled in the cloisonné technique / 158 x 55.5 x 32cm / Purchased 2002. The Queensland Government’s Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund Human human – landscape carved lacquer bust no.5 2000–01 Lacquer carved relief on resin fibreglass / 46 x 45.5 x 27.3cm / Gift of the artist through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2004 China China – bust no.63 2002 Porcelain with stained colour relief landscape design / 38.5 x 38.7 x 22cm / Purchased 2004. The Queensland Government’s Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund Ai Weiwei China b.1957 Dropping a Han dynasty urn 1995 * Gelatin silver photograph, AP, ed. of 3 / 3 sheets: 180 x 169.5cm (each) / Purchased 2006. The Queensland Government’s Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund Table with two legs 2004 Reassembled wooden table (Qing dynasty 1644–1911) / 65 x 184 x 119cm / Purchased 2006. The Queensland Government’s Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund Pillar through round table 2004–05 Pair of elmwood half tables assembled into a single table (Qing dynasty 1644–1911), bisected horizontally by an ironwood pillar (Qing dynasty 1644–1911), on two ironwood pillar fragments / 140 x 656.5 x 123cm (installed) / Purchased 2006. The Queensland Government’s Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund Feet 2005 Fragments of stone sculpture (from the Northern Wei dynasty 386–535 and Northern Qi dynasty 550–577) with individual wooden plinths and wooden table / 14 components: 88 x 220 x 68cm (installed) / Purchased 2006. The Queensland Government’s Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund