Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report 1991-92

GALLERY 14 PROJECT SPACE Gallery 14 policy launch The Gallery 14 Project Space policy was launched during National Arts Week in October 1991. Subsequently, the Gallery presented four very diverse projects by, respectively, Dennis del Favero, Elizabeth Gower, Rosemary Laing and Ian Howard. Gallery 14 was specifically designed as a space for innovative and experimental projects in the visual arts. The pure geometry of the gallery (one half of a cube, measuring 15 x 15 x 7.5m) has an emphatic spatial clarity that both invites and provokes the exploration of difference. The Queensland Art Gallery is committed to utilising the space principally The Gallery 14 for this purpose. installation oneWORLD The Gallery 14 program aims to increase the visibility of and access to new and innovative contemporary art practice. by Ian Howard. The program seeks actively to support non-traditional visual art forms, including installation-based works; multi-media projects utilising video, photography and new technology; collaborative works; and ephemeral and performance events. NO The program is not limited by the curatorial approaches which articulate the Gallery's Collection display or inform its temporary exhibitions program. Within its particular context, it aspires to be a tabula rasa, a space in which practising artists can make their own material and conceptual statement LA j Project proposals * 1 1 a The Gallery, through the support of the Blanche Louisa Buttner Bequest proposes to fund approximately three to four Gallery 14 projects per year. Of those it is proposed sl- I i that one or two will originate in Queensland reflecting the Gallery's on going support i ' - ' •.4 of Queensland-based contemporary art practice. In inviting project proposals the Gallery advertises widely within Queensland and - elsewhere in Australia and will occasionally invite overseas participation Proposals AF are initially assessed at a meeting of all Curatorial staff, whose recommendation forms the basis of their acceptance by the Gallery. Artists are invited to submit a proposal for the The external billboard component of Ian 1 use of Gallery 14 at any time. Howard's installation For each project the Gallery provides an 'oneWORLD'. amount not exceeding $3 000, to be applied to the following costs provision for an artists fee (in , . accordance with current Visual Arts/Craft Board I * guidelines); reasonable material and fabrication costs travel for the artist and a contribution towards accommodation and living costs; -- transportation costs associated with the project. Elizabeth Gower's Additionally, the Gallery provides a standard installation 'Beyond the - ) format project publication, all costs associated Everyday. ii , with insurance an opening function and N U photographic documentation of the project -77 24