We can make another future : Japanese art after 1989

173 172 WE CAN MAKE ANOTHER FUTURE: JAPANESE ART AFTER 1989 CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS Reuben Keehan is Curator, Contemporary Asian Art, at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA). From 2006 to 2011, he was Curator at Artspace, Sydney, and editor of its journal Column . He curated ‘Yayoi Kusama: Look Now, See Forever’ (QAGOMA, 2011), and was part of the curatorial team for ‘The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (QAGOMA, 2012). With Mami Kataoka and Gabriel Ritter, he was co-curator of ‘Out of Doubt: Roppongi Crossing 2013’, the triennial survey of Japanese art at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo. Shihoko Iida is an independent curator currently based in Nagoya, Japan. Iida joined the Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation in 1998 for the inauguration of its gallery (TOCAG) and worked there as curator until 2009. From October 2009 to July 2011, she was a visiting curator at the Australian Centre of Asia Pacific Art, QAGOMA, made possible by a scholarship from the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan. Following this, Iida travelled to Seoul as part of the 2011 International Fellowship Researcher program, hosted by the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea. Iida worked as a co-curator for the Aichi Triennale 2013, and is Associate Curator for the inaugural Sapporo International Art Festival 2014. David Burnett, Curator, International Art Julie Ewington, former Curatorial Manager, Australian Art (until April 2014) Tarun Nagesh, Assistant Curator, Asian Art Russell Storer, Curatorial Manager, Asian and Pacific Art Kathryn Weir, Curatorial Manager, International Art and Australian Cinémathèque PROJECT TEAM Helen Bovey, Acting Head, Access, Education and Regional Services and staff Izabella Chabrowska, Retail Operations Manager, QAGOMA Store and staff Tarragh Cunningham, Exhibitions Manager and staff Andrew Dudley, Head of Registration Tiffany Noyce, Registrar – Major Projects and staff Judy Gunning, Information and Publishing Services Manager Shannon Robinson, Librarian Elly O’Neill, Library Technician and staff Dominique Jones, Acting Foundation Manager and staff Bronwyn Klepp, Principal Marketing and Advertising Officer Zoe Graham, Principal Sponsorship and Business Development Officer Amelia Gundelach, Senior Media Officer Dan Cameron, Senior Communication Officer and staff Michael O’Sullivan, Design Manager Katrina Bell, Senior Exhibition Designer Rebekah Coffey, Exhibition Designer and staff Amanda Pagliarino, Head of Conservation Kim Barrett, Conservator, Works on Paper and staff PUBLICATION Rebecca Mutch, Editor Amy Moore, Graphic Designer Images, rights and permissions: Robyn Ziebell, Curatorial Projects Coordinator Artwork photography: Natasha Harth, Photographer Image assistance: Mark Sherwood, Assistant Photographer Audiovisual support: Ben Wickes, Audiovisual Project Officer Research assistance: QAGOMA Research Library Translation: Pamela Miki Associates Proofreading: Rosemary Peers ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ARTISTS The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art thanks and acknowledges the exhibiting artists and their representatives for their generous assistance with the project. DONORS The Gallery’s contemporary Japanese art collection has benefited from a wide range of support from both individuals and organisations. In particular, the Gallery recognises the substantial support of The Myer Foundation and Michael Sidney Myer in the development of the Gallery’s collection of contemporary Asian art. The Gallery gratefully acknowledges the following donors of artworks featured in this exhibition: Francesco Conz Yayoi Kusama Lee Ufan Dr Morris Low Hidenori Ota Scott Redford Tsuguo Yanai The Gallery also appreciates the significant funding support received from the following for artworks in this exhibition: Grace Davies and Nell Davies Michael Sidney Myer The Myer Foundation John Potter and Roz MacAllan QAGOMA Foundation Win Schubert, AO James C Sourris, AM PROJECT SUPPORT The Gallery thanks the following individuals, organisations and institutions for their assistance with the project, including images and permissions: ARATANIURANO, Tokyo Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco Dumb Type, Kyoto Brad Plumb, Kaikai Kiki Co., New York Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo Kodai Nakahara Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo Toyota Municipal Museum of Art QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Professor Susan Street, AO (Chair) Philip Bacon, AM (Deputy Chair) Gina Fairfax Ross Patane Liz Pidgeon Avril Quaill Rick Wilkinson EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM Chris Saines, CNZM , Director Celestine Doyle, Deputy Director, Marketing, Development and Commercial Services Maud Page, Deputy Director, Collection and Exhibitions Simon Wright, Assistant Director, Learning and Public Engagement CURATOR Reuben Keehan, Curator, Contemporary Asian Art CURATORIAL SUPPORT Russell Storer, Curatorial Manager, Asian and Pacific Art Tarun Nagesh, Assistant Curator, Asian Art Robyn Ziebell, Curatorial Projects Coordinator CURATORIAL VOLUNTEER Rebecca Joyce Following pages YNG (Yoshitomo Nara and graf) / Collaborative group / Japan est. 2003 / Yoshitomo NARA / Artist / Japan b.1959 / graf / Design firm / Japan est. 1993 / Y.N.G.M.S. (Y.N.G.’s Mobile Studio) (detail) 2009 / Automobile with reclaimed timber, synthetic polymer paint on wood panel, found objects and drawings / 530 x 370 x 270cm (installed) / Commissioned for APT6 and the Queensland Art Gallery Collection with assistance from Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo. Purchased 2009 with funds from the Bequest of Grace Davies and Nell Davies through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation