The China Project

publisher Queensland Art Gallery Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane PO Box 3686, South Brisbane Queensland 4101 Australia www.qag.qld.gov.au Published for ‘The China Project’ organised by the Queensland Art Gallery and held at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia, 28 March – 28 June 2009, in association with the Australian Centre of Asia Pacific Art. ‘The China Project’ is comprised of three exhibitions: ‘Three Decades: The Contemporary Chinese Collection’; ‘Zhang Xiaogang: Shadows in the Soul’; and ‘William Yang: Life Lines’. This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 , no part may be reproduced without prior written permission from the publisher. No illustration in this publication may be reproduced without the permission of the copyright owners. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the publisher. Copyright for texts in this publication is held by the Queensland Art Gallery and the authors. Copyright for all art works and images is held either by their creators or their representatives, unless otherwise stated. Every attempt has been made to locate holders of copyright and reproduction rights of all images reproduced in this publication. The publisher would be grateful to hear from any reader with further information. © Queensland Art Gallery 2009 Care has been taken to ensure the colour reproductions match as closely as possible the supplied transparencies, film stock or digital files of the original works. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data: The China project. 9781876509934 (pbk.) Bibliography. Art, Chinese--20th century--Exhibitions. Art, Chinese--21st century--Exhibitions. Other authors/contributors: Xiaogang, Zhang, 1958- Yang, William, 1943- Queensland Art Gallery. 709.51074 notes on the publication Text for this publication has been supplied by the authors as attributed. The views expressed are not necessarily those of the publisher. Dimensions of works are given in centimetres (cm), height preceding width followed by depth. Captions generally appear as supplied by artists and lenders. All photography is credited as known. Typeset in Century and Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk. Printed by Printpoint Australia, Brisbane. frontispiece Ah Xian / China/Australia b.1960 China China – bust no.3 1998 page 2 Zhang Xiaogang / China b.1958 Girl with braids 1999 Oil on canvas / 190 x 150cm / Collection: The artist page 5 William Yang / Australia b.1943 Climbing Huang Shan, 2005 (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) (detail) 2008 Digital print, ed. 2/20 / 40 x 40cm / Collection: The artist page 6–7 Hong Hao / China b.1965 Long March in Panjiayuan A (detail) 2004 Type C photograph, ed. 1/9 / 119.4 x 225.3cm / Purchased 2006 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery cover Ah Xian / China/Australia b.1960 China China – bust no.3 (detail) 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 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery William Yang / Australia b.1943 William in scholar’s costume, 1984 (from ‘GoMA self-portrait’ series) (detail) 2008 Digital print, ed. 1/20 / 94.5 x 62.7cm / Collection: The artist Funding has been provided through the Queensland Government Exhibition Indemnity Scheme, administered by Arts Queensland. Zhang Xiaogang / China b.1958 Three comrades (from ‘Bloodline: The big family’ series) (detail) 1994 Oil on canvas / 150 x 180cm / Purchased 1996. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery