Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report 1993-94

I NTERNAT I ONAL PROGRAMS French Commissionaire for (Thailand); Dadang Christanto, explores his cultural heritage in the exhibition. The Australian Heri Dono and Dede Eri Supria his wall sculpture Vaka faua tulu Commissionaire will be Dr Caroline (Indonesia); Shigeo Toya (Japan); (Family boat no. 3)1993. Turner, Deputy Director & Manager, Sulaiman Esa and Ismail Hashim A valuable addition to the International Programs, Queensland (Malaysia); Bohn-Chang Koo (South international collection is the Art Gallery. Dr Roger Benjamin, Korea); Nguyen Xuan Tiep colour Iinocut Tête de femme 1962 Australia's pre-eminent expert on (Vietnam); Irene Chou (Hong Kong); by Pablo Picasso. The generous Matisse, has been appointed as the Brenda Fajardo (the Philippines) support o f Louis Vuitton Australia exhibition's scholarly adviser, and Xu Bing (China) - w o r k not Pty Ltd enabled the purchase of Loans are being sought from included in the Asia-Pacific Triennial, this important work. institutions in the United States, Also selected for acquisition The Gallery has also acquired France, Britain, Canada, Switzerland, from works displayed as part of the an eighteenth century watercolour Denmark, Sweden, and Japan. An Asia-Pacific Triennial were works by by gift from Mrs Anthea Wieneke. honorary International Committee, New Zealand artists Neil Dawson, Painted by Italian artist Pietro which includes distinguished Michel Tuffery and Anne Noble. Fabris, the work is an interesting government, diplomatic and artistic Neil Dawson's work Canopy 1993 record of eighteenth century representatives, is being formed. is now permanently installed above Naples and Mt Vesuvius, and is the piazza at the Gallery's main a worthy addition to the Gallery's I n t e r na t i ona l Co l l e c t i o n entrance. Michel Tuffery, a New international collection. A c q u i s i t i o n s Zealander of Samoan descent, The main focus of Collection acquisitions for the year was the acquisition of works from . - the 'Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art'. ' At the Media Preview o f the A s i a - p i t It .. Pacific Triennial, Mr Michael Myer - announced the generous donation . of $150 0 0 0 from The Myer , r Foundation and $ 1 5 0 0 0 0 f r om ., Mr Michael Myer and Mrs Ann Gamble Myer for the acquisition / of works from the exhibition to - 1 t form The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. . . The collection is named in . : memory of prominent AustralianIN businessman, Kenneth Myer, who had a lifelong interest in Asia and particularly Japan, and his wife Yasuko, who were both killed in a . - i let, plane crash in 1992. The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection will form the first major collection of .-. contemporary Asian art in Australia. E s a , Sulaiman The collection includes the M a l a y s i a b.1941 works of Montien Boonma G a r d e n o f m y s t e r y ! 1992 17