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Katie Paterson United Kingdom b.1981 To Burn, Forest, Fire 2021 Bespoke incense sticks Dimensions variable Originally commissioned by IHME Helsinki, 2021 Courtesy: The artist Rosslynd Piggott Australia b.1958 Collection of air 2.12.1992 – 28.2.1993 1992–93, Melbourne and various European locations Ink on paper, satin, cotton and viscose tassels, keys, glass, hock maple; cabinet by David Poulton 138 x 250 x 39.5cm South Australian Government Grant 1997 Collection: Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Night and mirrors 1999–2000 Oil, silver and palladium relief, pearl on linen Triptych: 200 x 540cm (overall); a. and c.: 200 x 120cm (each); b.: 200 x 300cm Purchased 2000. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant Patrick Pound New Zealand / Australia b.1962 The air lock 2022 Photographs and objects from the artist’s collection and the QAGOMA Collection Dimensions variable Boxes of air 2019–22 Found photographs and objects, archival box Seven works (two sizes); size A: 26 x 33.5 x 4cm (closed), 26 x 33.5 x 26cm (open); size B: 30.5 x 46.5 x 4cm (closed), 30.5 x 46.5 x 30.5cm (open) Photography and air files 2022 Collage 12 works: 48 x 40.5cm (each) Photograph scatter 2022 Found photographs Dimensions variable Screen-based project 2022 Digital project across four screens 4 x 27-inch monitors Courtesy: The artist, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, and STATION, Melbourne Lloyd Rees Australia 1895–1988 Moreton Bay Fig at Milton, figure under tree c.1912–17 Pencil on paper 11 x 17cm Palm; Creepers on rocks c.1914–17 Pencil on sketch paper 33.5 x 25.4cm Tall pine and stubby palm c.1914–17 Pencil on sketch paper 25 x 25.3cm Tree studies c.1914–17 Pencil on sketch paper 25.1 x 21.6cm Garden steps with climbing plant c.1915 Pencil on paper 33.8 x 24.6cm Bamboos near corner of Park and River Roads; Trees in Milton c.1915–16 Pencil on sketch paper 28.6 x 19.5cm Gift of Alan and Jan Rees through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2014. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program Tomás Saraceno Argentina b.1973 We do not all breathe the same air 2018 Air pollution prints; black carbon, soot, PM2.5, PM10, filter paper 34 x 40cm (each) Courtesy: Studio Tomás Saraceno / Neugerriemschneider, Berlin Drift: A cosmic web of thermodynamic rhythms 2022 13 Aerocene spheres, transparent and metallic mylar, tape, pump with overpressure release, polyester rope, kinetic system, backpack, newspaper, pamphlets, books and photographic prints on paper Dimensions variable Purchased 2022 with funds from the Neilson Foundation through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation Yhonnie Scarce Kokatha and Nukunu peoples Australia b.1973 Cloud Chamber 2020 Glass 760 x 350cm Collection: TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Victoria Wolfgang Sievers Australia 1913–2007 Escalator site at Parliament Station, Melbourne 1977, printed 1994 Type C photograph on paper 50.7 x 40.5cm Purchased 1994 Thu Van Tran Vietnam/France b.1979 Rainbow Herbicides 2018 Graphite and spray paint on Canson paper, walnut frame 426 x 336cm Purchased 2022 with funds from Tim Fairfax AC through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation Jemima Wyman Pairrebeener people Australia b.1977 Plume 20 2022 Handcut digital photos 450 x 530cm Courtesy: Jemima Wyman, Milani Gallery, Brisbane, and Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney In memory of Mark Webb (1957–2022) For the complete title of this artwork please visit: https://qago.ma/plume20 Partners Strategic Partner Tourism and Events Queensland Major Partners Shayher Group Urban Art Projects Tourism and Media Partners Brisbane Airport Corporation Brisbane Economic Development Agency JCDecaux Seven Network Southern Cross Austereo through B105 Supporting Partners Bacchus Wine Merchant Newstead Brewing Co. Lenders The Gallery gratefully acknowledges the following lenders of artworks featured in this exhibition: Institutional lenders Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Holt/Smithson Foundation, New Mexico The David and Indrė Roberts Collection TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Victoria And the private lenders who wish to remain anonymous. Project Support The Gallery gratefully acknowledges the exhibiting artists and those who generously assisted with this project, particularly: Exhibition development Distinguished Professor Lidia Morawska, Director, and Chantal Labbé, Research Support, International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (ILAQH), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Artist liaison Carlos Amorales Enrique Arriaga, Studio Manager, and Janet Martínez, Production Manager, Estudio Amorales, Mexico City; Raul Zorrilla, Executive Director, kurimanzutto, Mexico City Oliver Beer Soizic Oger, Oliver Beer Studio, London/Paris; Tom Hunt, Director, Thaddaeus Ropac, London, Paris, Salzburg, Seoul Dora Budor Franklin Melendez, Founder, DM Office, New York Tacita Dean Rose Lord, Executive Director; Marine Pariente, Director; Brian Loftus, Head Registrar; Allie Nunez, Associate Director, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, Paris, London Peter Fischli and David Weiss Andreas Schleicher-Lange, Director, and Carla Donauer, Sprüth Magers, Berlin and Cologne d Harding Hayley Matthew, artist; Grace Jeremy and Chloe Marston, Studio Managers, d Harding studio, Brisbane; Josh Milani, Director, and Georgia Boe, Artist Liaison, Milani Gallery, Brisbane Mona Hatoum Luís Manuel Araújo and Riet Timmerman, Mona Hatoum Studio, London; Till Fellrath, and Sam Bardouil, Co-Directors, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Michael Blazek, Neon Signs Australia, Brisbane; Kate Davies, Director, and Elena Newman, Registrar, The Roberts Institute of Art, London; Nick Malyon, Neon Neon, Surrey, UK Nancy Holt Lisa Le Feuvre, Executive Director; William T Carson, Program Manager & Assistant Curator; Natalie Rae Good, Collection Manager & Registrar, Holt/Smithson Foundation, New Mexico, USA Jonathan Jones The artist acknowledges Aunty Betty Grant and Dr Uncle Stan Grant Snr AM; the Bathurst Wiradyuri and Aboriginal Community Elders Group, including Uncle Bill Allen Jnr Dinawan Dyirribang and Uncle Brian Grant Maliyan; the late Aunty June Barker and Uncle Roy Barker; the late Uncle Albert Mullett; Uncle Geoff Anderson; Uncle Charles ‘Chicka’ Madden; Aunty Yvonne Koolmatrie; Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin; Aunty Julie Freeman; Uncle Badger Bates; Aunty Lorraine Connelly-Northey; Uncle Allan Murray; and Aunty Maroochy Barambah. Thank you to Lille Madden; Lachlan McDaniel; Luke Mynott, Wes Chew, Julian Wessels and Candace Wise of Sonar Sound; the Hands On Weavers from Wagga Wagga, in particular Aunty Lorraine Tye and Aunty Joyce Hampton; John Kaldor AO and the Kaldor Public Art Projects team, in particular Monique Watkins; and Genevieve O’Callaghan. Acknowledgments 201 200 List of works Acknowledgments