Queensland Art Gallery Annual Report 1995-96

C U R A T O R I A L & S U P P O R T S E R V I C E S PROGRAM insured and transported. Insurance coverage was maintained for A computer with built-in recordable CD drive was purchased as a the intrastate tours of 'Out of the Vold...', 'Ancient Land, Modern stand-alone unit for use as an imaging workstation in the Library, A r t _ ' and 'The Spiritual and the Social ...' The forthcoming enabling access to photographic and document images associated Asia-Pacific Triennial required increasing attention to matters with the Asia-Pacific Artists Database. It is also used to access the relating to documentation for transportation, insurance wide range of resources available on the Internet. and handling. In a collaborative project between the Gallery's Library Transportation, insurance, documentation and packing/unpacking and Education Section, an Internet Web-site was developed were also undertaken for and launched through the 380 objects brought , , , . , . , ' , . . . . , the State Library of to the Gallery for con- Queensland's Internet sideration for acquisition. server on 28 June. The These included 134 ,- site provides information objects (books, collages, about the Gallery's drawings installations Collection exhibitions paintings, photographs, facilities and programs, prints, sculptures, video- and currently has a V I tapes and watercolours) particular focus on the from England, France, 1996 Asia PacificTriennial Indonesia Italy Japan t ' The address of the Web New Zealand, The - , , c , ' rw, site is http://www.slq.qld. Philippines the United r govou/qog/ States and Vietnam, which required inter Centenary Open Day lei national transportation activities included a and Customs clearance. 4 display of historical ar Eighteen objects de photographs of previous accessioned from the . . A 1 4 t : _ Gallery buildings, as well Collection, were de- . , . as computer-based 52 spatched for sale or n " demonstrations of art auction. . ' ' . . . gallery collections on CD- Rom and the Internet. Including loans for the A prototype image exhibitions 'A Time Re- database of the Gallery's membered...', 'Leonard Collection was devel- and Kathleen Shillam ...' oped specifically for the and 'Gwyn Hanssen Pigott-', 51 objects were received by the day, with text transferred electronically from the Gallery's Texpress Gallery for exhibition and general display purposes. The Gallery lent Collection Management System to DB Text works software. 217 objects to other institutions for exhibition purposes, including Picasso's La Belle Hollandaise 1905 lent to the 'Carnets' exhibition Under the Museums Australia International Small Grants Program, at the Musée Picasso, Paris. The Registrar was the courier between a grant was awarded to the Librarian to undertake an internship in Australia and France for this work. June/July 1996 at the San Diego Museum of Art, working on their IMAGE (Interactive Multi-Media Art Gallery Explorer) Project. This Eighteen objects were lent from the Collection to State project concerns interactive public access to the museum collection. Government offices, bringing the total on loan at 30 June to 192 objects. Accompanying his donation of works by artists involved with the Fluxus movement, Francesco Conz generously donated a gift of Tours of the Collection Storage facility were provided by Fluxus publications to the research collection. Section staff as part of the Gallery's Centenary Open Day activities. Work on major projects including the Second Asia-Pacific Triennial, the 'Modernism...' and 'Whistler' exhibitions and Souvenir book Library was reflected in a continuing high demand for Library services The Library's role as a central information agency and its innovative and resources. use of technology were demonstrated in the wide range of support provided to the Asia-Pacific Triennial. This included acquisition and The continued contribution to Library prolects by Library organisation of resources; creation and refinement of databases volunteers is gratefully acknowledged. recording artists, contacts and itineraries; training for the Project Team in database entry and retrieval; and the creation of an Internet Web-site to promote the event.