Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report 1993-94

CURATOR I AL & S U P P O R T S E RV I C E S PROGRAM installation, and later demounting, R E G I S T R A T I O N lent to other institutions for of particular works in the 'Asia- Transportation, insurance, exhibition purposes, while Pacific Triennial of Contemporary documentation and packing/ twenty-five items were lent to A r t The scale and diversity of unpacking were undertaken for government offices. material in this exhibition provided 3 0 6 objects under consideration The Section was also many challenges, for acquisition by the Gallery. responsible for arranging transport Regular rotation of displays Fourteen of these items (glassware, (land and air), effecting insurance of works on paper continued and photographs, prints and sculpture cover, preparing documentation, included Japanese prints since the from Christchurch, Wellington, crating, and packing/unpacking the opening of the ARCO Gallery of London and New York) required 170 international works for Asian Art. This required significant international transportation and the 'Asia-Pacific Triennial of involvement from the Conservator, customs clearance. Five items were Contemporary Art Works on Paper, as did the deaccessioned and despatched As the Section had no previous exhibitions 'Fluxus and after' for sale or auction, experience with many of the and 'Reference Points III Arrangements were made for participating countries, staff had The Immediate Past all loans to Gallery-organised to expedite sound contacts and The Senior Conservator and exhibitions, national and working relationships with Conservator, Paintings, in international exhibitions shown institutions, artists and freight conjunction with the Senior at the Gallery, and loans from the agents in each country. Twelve Paintings Conservator from the Gallery's Collection. A total of freight agents, numerous airline National Gallery of Victoria, 6 4 2 items was received on loan staff as well as the transport presented a public seminar for exhibition and general display company, were coordinated by the 'Materials and Techniques of the purposes. Eighty-one items were Section, and substantial contact Impressionists' in association with the exhibition 'Shell presents Van Gogh: His Sources, Genius L . 1 and Influence' ::. The Senior Artisan/Framer . . ,. completed major restoration of the . frame for Godfrey Riverss Under thejacaranda 1903. The frame complements work recently undertaken on the frame and painting of Rivers's Woo/shed, New South Wales 1890. The Senior Artisan/Framer also hand-carved a . . frame, made from white beech andS. modelled on an eighteenth century . Louis XV frame, for Coco e t Jean c.1904-05 by Piere-Auguste Renoir. 21, The Conservator, Paintings has ben involved in preparations for the Fairweather retrospective A s s i s t a n t R e g i s t r a r S i m o n Elliott scheduled to open in September (right) w i t h J o a n n a D a t s u n and 1994. Conservators have begun A n t h o n y W i c k s o f t h e Australian conservation treatment of works to Q u a r a n t i n e a n d I n s p e c t i o n Service e x a m i n e t h e installation be included in the 1995 Centenary F o r t h o s e w h o h a v e b e e n killed 1992 exhibitions, b y I n d o n e s i a n a r t i s t D a d a n g Christanto. 34