Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report 1991-92

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT The Gallery continues to pursue a strong collection development program which maintains and extends its acquisitions policy. The 270 acquisitions during 1991-92 emphasised the post- 1970 period, works from this group comprising seventy-two percent of al acquisitions. Twenty-five percent of total acquisitions were received through bequests and trusts while a further twenty-three percent were gifts. TANNER, Edwin A review of the strategic development of the Collection for the period July 1990 to December 1991 assessed how the Australia 1920-80 . . Old racer of H. Opperman current acquisitions matched the Gallery's Collection policy, and guidelines for future acquisitions were determined. M.H.R. 1960 Planning for the 'Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' heralded a change in the Gallery's Collection policy towards Oil on composiron board 109.5 x 125.5cm the art of Asia. Japanese ukiyo-e prints already formed a significant focus in the print Collection, but there were fewer Acc. 1991.346 contemporary works. This was rectified with the acquisition of twenty-two prints (including a set of ten screenprints by Purchased 1991. Queensland A r t Gallery Foundation Tadanori Yokoo) and a large photograph by Tokihiro Sato. A small focus collection of examples of the revered Six Old Kilns of medieval japan was begun with the acquisition of two narrow-necked storage jars from the Echizen (c. 1300-1450) and Tokoname (c. 1492-1573) kilns, the latter the gift of Mr James 0. Fairfax through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation. Examples of the Bizen, Tamba, Shigaraki and Seto kilns are yet to be acquired. 1 . Edwin Tanner's Old racer of H. Opperman MHR 1960 and Garry Shead's Portrait of Richard , - r Neville 1964-65 were significant additions to pre 1970 Australian art and further diversified the Gallery's holdings from this period Representation of work of the Queensland sculptor Harold Parker (the focus of a 1993 retrospective exhibition) was enhanced by the gift of / a bust of his mother-in-law, Lady Rosa Robinson. The ma.jor Australian acquisition from the post- 1970 period was Tympan, a collaborative work by George Baldessin, Roger Kemp, Les Kossatz, Mirka Mora and Andrew Sibley, which was supported with funds from the Foundation. The recently acquired works Pterodactyl car by Alison Clouston and Levitating phenomenon by Tim Jones are already amongst the most popular works in the Collection. B E C K M A N N , Max A group of four works by Aboriginal artists Germany 1884-1951 - . (Ena Gimme, Lyndsay Bird Mpetyane, George Landschaft mit ballon (Landscape with baiioor . ( - r Mung Mung and Gloria Tamerra Petyarre) and a (plate 14 from dance mask from the Torres Strait (by Ken Gesichter[Fac(. portfolio) 1918 1k r i \ J .1 Thaiday) further develop the core group Drypoint established by 'Balance 1990: Views, Visions, 233x295cm(com ) 1r. 7 - ,. '. Acc 1991336 p It'l i Influences Purchased 1991 with funds I 1 Contemporary Queensland based artists from the 1991 International ' I i i ,i, . . . Atk Exhibitions Program 7 whose works were acquired include Madonna = . . Staunton and Stephen Newton, the Queensland . ( A r t Gallery Society supporting acquisition of the latter's work. Queenslanders who figured prominently in acquisitions from The Andrew & Lilian Pedersen Memorial Prizes for Drawing & Small Sculpture were Sharon Jewell and Robert Kinder. Works by Giuseppe Romeo, Geff Lowe, Bruce Armstrong and James Davis were also acquired from this source. A major work by jenny 4