The China Project

306 acknowledgments Sponsor Ausenco Indemnity Funding for indemnity has been provided through the Queensland Government Exhibition Indemnity Scheme, administered by Arts Queensland. Artists The Queensland Art Gallery thanks and acknowledges the exhibiting artists and their representatives for their generous assistance to ‘The China Project’. Zhang Xiaogang: Shadows in the Soul Zhang Xiaogang William Yang: Life Lines William Yang Lenders The Gallery is grateful to the following institutions and individuals who lent important works for the exhibition: Three Decades: The Contemporary Chinese Collection Ah Xian, Nicholas Jose, Dr Claire Roberts, Wang Qingsong and Zhang Fang. Zhang Xiaogang: Shadows in the Soul The Droga 8 Collection, which incorporates: Daniel and Lyndell Droga, David and Marisa Droga, Ari and Lisa Droga and Annika and Geoffrey Susskind; Liu Lan, Beijing; Zhang Xiaogang; Private Collection, Beijing. William Yang: Life Lines William Yang, Alan Young Project support The following institutions and individuals are also acknowledged for their valued assistance in realising this ambitious project: Three Decades: The Contemporary Chinese Collection Don Edkins and Steps International, South Africa; Stewart Shannon, National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra; Yanrong Tan, China Film Archive, Beijing; Zhang Tong, Consul, Section for Politics, Information, Science & Technology, Education Affairs, Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China, Brisbane. Zhang Xiaogang: Shadows in the Soul Leng Lin, co-curator of ‘Zhang Xiaogang: Shadows in the Soul’. Beijing Commune, Lisa Corsi, Daniel Droga, PaceBeijing, Zhang Xiaogang Studio. William Yang: Life Lines The artist would like to thank Geemeng Chew, Gary and Gillian Grills, Aaron Seeto, Alan Young and all his relatives. The Queensland Art Gallery acknowledges and thanks the artists who have developed projects for young audiences in conjunction with ‘The China Project’: William Yang, Australia Now Song Dong, Writing with water Thanks are extended to the authors and also to the translators, Philip Tinari and Claire Chak, for their contribution to the publication. All texts for artist entries in the ‘Three Decades’ section, unless otherwise attributed, were compiled and written by Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art staff: Abigail Fitzgibbons, Research Assistant, Asian and Pacific Art; Ruth McDougall, Curatorial Assistant, Australian Centre of Asia Pacific Art; Suhanya Raffel, Curatorial Manager, Asian and Pacific Art; and Russell Storer, Curator, Contemporary Asian Art. Individuals and institutions who assisted with images and permissions are gratefully acknowledged, particularly: Art Gallery of New South Wales; Beijing Commune; Cai Studio; Guo Jian; Nicholas Jose; Alex Kerr; Li Zhensheng and Contact Press Images; Ma Liuming; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney ; National Gallery of Australia; Pace Gallery Beijing; Geoff Parr; Sydney; Dr Claire Roberts; Wang Qingsong; Xu Bing Studio; William Yang; Zhang Xiaogang Studio. The Gallery also thanks the filmmakers included in Three Chinese Directors: Xie Jin, Zhang Yimou, Jia Zhang-ke film program screened at the Australian Cinémathèque, Gallery of Modern Art concurrent with ‘The China Project’ and curated by Kathryn Weir, Curatorial Manager, International Art and Australian Cinémathèque and Rosie Hayes, Assistant Curator, Cinema Acquisitions and Programming. The generous assistance of the China Film Archive, Beijing; the National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra; and the Jeonju International Film Festival is gratefully acknowledged for this program. Donors The contemporary Chinese art collection at the Queensland Art Gallery has benefited from a wide range of support from both individuals and organisations. In particular, the Gallery acknowledges the substantial support of the Myer Foundation and Michael Simcha Baevski in the development of the Gallery’s collection of contemporary Asian art. In addition, the Gallery gratefully acknowledges the following donors of art works to the contemporary Chinese collection: Emeritus Professor Joyce Ackroyd, obe (dec’d) Ah Xian Ai Weiwei Cai Guo-Qiang Linda Carroli Irene Chou Hugh Alexander Dunn ao (dec’d) and (Mrs) Marney Dunn Nicholas Jose Ni Haifeng Timothy North and Denise Cuthbert Dr Claire Roberts Song Dong