Queensland Art Gallery Annual report 1999-2000

Lustre: Recent Australian Jewellery from the Collection interlocking experiments undertaken by innovative 20 May - 6 Aug. 2000 artists in Berlin after the First World War. Pm Plop with the 2000 Conference of Australia's Je\\ elfeix a n d Metaismiths Group, this exhibition German Photography prcsenied around 9 0 works from the early twentieth 2 7 June - 2 3 Oct. 2000 century to the present. Works b y Candida Hofer, Bernhard Prinz and Australian e x p a t r i a t e artist Simone Mangos are included. 18th Century Decorative Arts and Painting 25 May - continuing \ \ b r k s include English furniture a n d silver from the THIRD ASIA-PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF Collection CONTEMPORARY ART (APT3) The Third Asia-Pacific Triennial was planned, developed Shifting Focus: The Uses of Photography a n d presented by the Gallery to provide access to art 27 M a y - 6 Aug. 2000 - works from a diversity of cultures throughout the Asia- Ibis display juxtaposes work b y Queensland Pacific region. Building o n the previous two .\P Is, photographer Rose Simmonds with the Sher-Gil Archive, offered further opportunities for cultural exchanges a photo-based installation b y the Indian artist Vivan between participating artists, countries, and visitors lronl Stindaram. around the world. It demonstrated the Gallery's position as a centre of international standing in the areas of arts Celebrating Patronage: Eight Years of Philanthropy by practice, audience engagement with the visual arts and the Myer Family to the Queensland Art Gallery cultural development, a n d as a major cultural tourism 14 J u n e - 2 0 Aug. 2000 attraction. It also demonstrated the Gallery's commitment \Vorks from The Kenneth a n d Yasuko Myer Collection of to Indigenous Australian and contemporary Asian art. Contemporary Asian Art are presented. APT3 was officially opened b y the Premier, The Hon. Peter Beattie, MLA, before a crowd of over 3000 Earth, Spirit, Fire: Korean Masterpieces of the guests. In attendance at the opening w e r e representatives Chosön Dynasty of the 35 sponsors a n d supporters, Ministers of the 16 J u n e - 2 0 Aug. 2000 Queensland Parliament, the French Ambassador, This is the first major exhibition in Australia focusing o n Directors-General, Consuls, APT artists, international Korean ceramics. It highlights the outstanding a n d national media representatives, art gallery directors contribution that I K o r e a n p o t t e r s have made to a n d curators, conference speakers a n d delegates, artists international ceramic practice well into the twentieth a n d art organisation representatives. century. A distinctive Korean aesthetic emerged during The opening week's events attracted an audience of the ChosOn dynasty (1392-1910), a n d the ceramics of 16 000 a n d encompassed a n intensive program of the period are characterised b y their unique beauty, performances, artists talks, public programs and elegance, simplicity a n d honesty. Developed b y the discussion. Over 75 artists from 20 countries and Queensland Art Gallery a n d the Powerhouse Museum in regions were represented b y 144 art works in a range of Sydney, the exhibition will be included in the Sydney media including performance, sculpture, painting, 2000 Olympic Arts Festival, installation, textile, video, n e w technology and photography. Artists were from Japan, China, Hong Erich Buchholz: The Restless Avant-Gardist Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, the Philippines, 2 5 June-_17 Sept. 2000 Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, India, New A pioneer of geometric abstraction in Germany, Erich Zealand, Papua N e w Guinea, N e w Caledonia, Australia, Buchholz was a key figure in the development of non- a n d for the first time, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Niue, and objective art in Berlin between 1918 a n d 1924. His Wallis a n d Futuna Islands. work, covering a variety of media, demonstrates the Many of the works invited audience interaction,