Queensland Art Gallery Annual report 1999-2000

Medium: Video Art from the Queensland Art Gallery a publication a n d exhibition in the near future. Collection'. This popular display examined the evolution A joint project with the Innisfail Historical Society, of video technology as art from the late 1960s to the in association with the inauguration of the Queensland present a n d corroborated the Gallery's policy of building Visual Arts Online website was the exhibition A Long a profile collection of this important contemporary Life: Restoration of the See Poy Portraits'. The P medium. The video collection was expanded with the culmination of many months of research and acquisition of four n e w works, including Styx (Sticks) conservation work b y Gallery staff, it featured the 1997 b y N e w Zealand-born artist Virginia King. restored portraits together with works from the Gallery's 'Lustre: Recent Australian Jewellery' was a further Collection a n d from the Cairns Regional Gallery focus exhibition that led to a group of n e w acquisitions Collection Included were photographs b y William Yang for the Gallery's contemporary jewellery holdings. relating to the See Poy Family a n d North Queensland. Curated in response to a request from the Jewellers a n d The Hon. Matt Foley, MLA, Attorney-General, Metalsmiths Group of Australia for a display that would Minister for Justice a n d Minister for the Arts, launched coincide with their 2000 Conference, 'Body Table the See Poy portraits display Renowned calligrapher and Building: Sites for Adornment', the exhibition presented eminent member of the local Chinese community around 9 0 works from the early twentieth century to Professor Huang Miaozi composed a p o em celebrating It t1 the present d a y The display emphasised the innovation the occasion. This was firstly read in Chinese b y Madam a n d beauty of the artform a n d showcased a rarely Yu Feng a n d then in English by the Minister. This was viewed aspect of the Gallery's Collection Thirty recent a n excellent example of the Gallery working closely with works b y senior contemporary designers were acquired regional galleries a n d organisations to present programs for the occasion. of particular relevance to Queensland audiences. R L THE ART AND ARTISTS OF QUEENSLAND DOCUMENTING AND MANAGING THE COLLECTION The exhibition a n d collection activities of the Gallery The Gallery provides a n d maintains complete and place a strategic focus o n works b y Queensland b o r n o r accurate information o n the Collection a n d objects in the Queensland based artists a n d o n art relevant to temporary custody of the Gallery Queensland's social a n d cultural diversity. To support Cataloguing the Collection is a n ongoing task and this aim a n e w position of Research Curator has continued in all departments This year curatorial (Queensland Heritage) was established. The major departments submitted reports o n the status designation commitment of the Research Curator during the past of previously ungraded works (for example a for year was involvement with the Focus Wall exhibition o n permanent display quality a n d 's' for study collection Queensland artist Betty Quelhurst a n d particularly the only) The next phase of the project will involve preparation of a video o n her career. Quelhurst has been completely cataloguing all status 'a' works according to P a significant presence in the Brisbane art scene for the timelines agreed to b y each department ir last 50 years, a n d many of her works present images Photographic documentation of the Collection and easily recognisable to Queensland audiences Works photographic assistance for other sections a n d programs displayed ranged from those of her early years of study continued during the year, including the major task of S under William Dargie to her scenes of Brisbane a n d the installation photography of the Third Asia Pacific Gold Coast. The opening of the exhibition coincided Triennial of Contemporary Art. With the assistance of with International Women's Day the Photographer, the n e w Audiovisual Project Officer, 4 The Research Curator (Queensland Heritage) a n d the Web a n d Multimedia Project Officer, the Gallery engaged with other Queensland agencies, particularly has set a goal of having 75% of the Collection visually through the Research Committee of the Queensland documented in one form or other at all times. Heritage Network Another focus has been research into The Registration section continued to manage the the Aboriginal wome n sculptors from the Boulia area, Gallery's Collection, while also focusing o n other Gallery and it is expected that this material will be presented in business including loans acquisitions a n d exhibitions ,,